COST ACCOUNTING
16th Edition
ISBN: 9781323694008
Author: Horngren
Publisher: PEARSON C
expand_more
expand_more
format_list_bulleted
Concept explainers
Videos
Textbook Question
Chapter 5, Problem 5.38P
Choosing cost drivers, activity-based costing, activity-based management. Pastel Bags (PB) is a designer of high-quality backpacks and purses. Each design is made in small batches. Each spring, PB comes out with new designs for the backpack and for the purse. The company uses these designs for a year and then moves on to the next trend. The bags are all made on the same fabrication equipment that is expected to operate at capacity. The equipment must be switched over to a new design and set up to prepare for the production of each new batch of products. When completed, each batch of products is immediately shipped to a wholesaler. Shipping costs vary with the number of shipments. Budgeted information for the year is as follows:
| Pastel Bags Budget for Costs and Activities For the Year Ended February 28, 2017 | |
| Direct materials—purses | $ 319,155 |
| Direct materials—backpacks | 454,995 |
| Direct manufacturing labor—purses | 99,000 |
| Direct manufacturing labor—backpacks | 113,000 |
| Setup | 64,000 |
| Shipping | 73,000 |
| Design | 169,000 |
| Plant utilities and administration | 221,000 |
| Total | $1,513, 150 |
Other budget information follows:
Required
- 2. Identify the most appropriate cost driver for each cost category. Explain briefly your choice of cost driver.
- 3. Calculate the budgeted cost per unit of cost driver for each cost category.
- 4. Calculate the budgeted total costs and cost per unit for each product line.'
- 5. Explain how you could use the information in requirement 4 to reduce costs.
Expert Solution & Answer
Learn your wayIncludes step-by-step video
schedule06:27
Students have asked these similar questions
Pastel Bags (PB) is a designer of high-quality backpacks and purses. Each design is made in small batches. Each spring, PB comes out with new designs for the backpack and for the purse. The company uses these designs for a year and then moves on to the next trend. The bags are all made on the same fabrication equipment that is expected to operate at capacity. The equipment must be switched over to a new design and set-up to prepare for the production of each new batch of products. When completed, each batch of products is immediately shipped to a wholesaler. Shipping costs vary with the number of shipments.
Budgeted information for the next financial year is:
Pastel Bags:
budgeted costs and activities
Direct materials—purses
$319 155
Direct materials—backpacks
454 995
Direct production labour—purses
99 000
Direct production labour—backpacks
113 000
Set-up
64 000
Shipping
73 000
Design
169 000
Plant utilities and administration
221…
Q.Identify the most appropriate cost driver for each cost category. Explain briefly your choice of cost driver.
Payton
Bags (PB) is a designer of high-quality backpacks and purses. Each design is made in small batches. Each spring, PB comes out with new designs for the backpack and for the purse. The company uses these designs for a year and then moves on to the next trend. The bags are all made on the same fabrication equipment that is expected to operate at capacity. The equipment must be switched over to a new design and set up to prepare for the production of each new batch of products. When completed, each batch of products is immediately shipped to a wholesaler. Shipping costs vary with the number of shipments. Budgeted information for the year is as follows:
1(Click
the icon to view the budgeted information.)
Read the
requirements2.
Requirement 1. Identify the cost hierarchy level for each cost category.
Cost
Cost Hierarchy Level
Direct materials—purses
(1)
Direct materials—backpacks
(2)
Direct labor—purses
(3)
Direct…
Chapter 5 Solutions
COST ACCOUNTING
Ch. 5 - What is broad averaging, and what consequences can...Ch. 5 - Why should managers worry about product...Ch. 5 - What is costing system refinement? Describe three...Ch. 5 - What is an activity-based approach to designing a...Ch. 5 - Describe four levels of a cost hierarchy.Ch. 5 - Why is it important to classify costs into a cost...Ch. 5 - What are the key reasons for product cost...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.8QCh. 5 - Department indirect-cost rates are never...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.10Q
Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.11QCh. 5 - Prob. 5.12QCh. 5 - Activity-based costing is the wave of the present...Ch. 5 - Increasing the number of indirect-cost pools is...Ch. 5 - The controller of a retail company has just had a...Ch. 5 - Conroe Company is reviewing the data provided by...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.17MCQCh. 5 - Cost hierarchy. Roberta, Inc., manufactures...Ch. 5 - ABC, cost hierarchy, service. (CMA, adapted)...Ch. 5 - Alternative allocation bases for a professional...Ch. 5 - Plant-wide, department, and ABC Indirect cost...Ch. 5 - Plant-wide, department, and activity-cost rates....Ch. 5 - ABC, process costing. Sander Company produces...Ch. 5 - Department costing, service company. DLN is an...Ch. 5 - Activity-based costing, service company....Ch. 5 - Activity-based costing, manufacturing. Decorative...Ch. 5 - ABC, retail product-line profitability. Fitzgerald...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.28ECh. 5 - Activity-based costing. The job-costing system at...Ch. 5 - ABC, product costing at banks,...Ch. 5 - Problems 5-31 Job costing with single direct-cost...Ch. 5 - Job costing with multiple direct-cost categories,...Ch. 5 - Job costing with multiple direct-cost categories,...Ch. 5 - First-stage allocation, time-driven activity-based...Ch. 5 - First-stage allocation, time-driven activity-based...Ch. 5 - Department and activity-cost rates, service...Ch. 5 - Activity-based costing, merchandising. Pharmahelp,...Ch. 5 - Choosing cost drivers, activity-based costing,...Ch. 5 - ABC, health care. Crosstown Health Center runs two...Ch. 5 - Unused capacity, activity-based costing,...Ch. 5 - Unused capacity, activity-based costing,...Ch. 5 - ABC, implementation, ethics. (CMA, adapted) Plum...Ch. 5 - Activity-based costing, activity-based management,...
Additional Business Textbook Solutions
Find more solutions based on key concepts
Discussion Questions 1. What characteristics of the product or manufacturing process would lead a company to us...
Managerial Accounting (4th Edition)
Does each partner have to contribute an equal amount of assets in order to split profit and losses?
Principles of Accounting Volume 1
S6-2 Determining inventory costing methods
Ward Hard ware does not expect costs to change dramatically and want...
Horngren's Financial & Managerial Accounting, The Financial Chapters (6th Edition)
E9-15 Identifying and correcting internal control weakness
Learning Objective 1
Suppose The Right Rig Dealers...
Horngren's Accounting (11th Edition)
How do the relationships between the balance sheet, income statement, job cost ledger, and equipment ledger hel...
Construction Accounting And Financial Management (4th Edition)
Knowledge Booster
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, accounting and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.Similar questions
- Q.Identify the cost hierarchy level for each cost categoryarrow_forwardColby Company makes cases for cell phones of all sizes and types for sale through specialty retailers. The company makes a standard model for the most recent iPhone as well as a deluxe model. Management has designed an ABC system with the following activity cost pools and activity rates for these models: Activity Cost Pool Supporting manufacturing Order processing Customer service Management would like an analysis of the profitability of a particular customer, Cell City, which has ordered the following products over the last 12 months: Number of cases Number of orders Direct labour-hours per case Selling price per case Direct materials cost per case. Sales Costs: Activity Rates $2 per direct labour-hour $19 per order $60 per customer Direct materials Direct labour Supporting manufacturing Order processing Customer service The company's direct labour rate is $20 per hour. Required: Using the company's ABC system, compute the customer margin of Cell City. Customer margin Standard Model…arrow_forwardColby Company makes cases for cell phones of all sizes and types for sale through specialty retailers. The company makes a standard model for the most recent iPhone as well as a deluxe model. Management has designed an ABC system with the following activity cost pools and activity rates for these models: Activity Cost Pool Supporting manufacturing Order processing Customer service Management would like an analysis of the profitability of a particular customer, Cell City, which has ordered the following products over the last 12 months: Number of cases Number of orders Direct labour-hours per case Selling price per case Direct materials cost per case The company's direct labour rate is $19 per hour. Sales Costs: Activity Rates $3 per direct labour-hour $15 per order $50 per customer Direct materials Direct labour Supporting manufacturing Order processing Customer service Customer margin Standard Deluxe Model Model 120 35 23 ta ta OSOF 0.20 $ $ 5 35 10 64 $9 $ Required: Using the…arrow_forward
- Management would like an analysis of the profitability of a particular customer, Cell City, which has ordered the following products over the last 12 months: Number of cases Number of orders. Direct labour-hours per case Selling price per case. Direct materials cost per case Sales Costs: Direct materials Direct labour Supporting manufacturing Order processing Customer service The company's direct labour rate is $30 per hour. Required: Using the company's ABC system, compute the customer margin of Cell City. Customer margin Standard Model 290 5 0.25 $49 $ 26 70 Deluxe Model 105 2 $ 0.40 $ 69 $29 70 (70)arrow_forwardDengerarrow_forwardRahularrow_forward
- Malone Manufacturing produces windshield wipers. Right now, the three models they will produce are Model X, Model Y, and Model Z. They currently have two weeklong production runs where they are limited to 70 hours to produce their products. They want greater insights on each of the models to determine how they contribute to the company, and which model they should focus on. They have provided you with the below dashboard: 1. What is the contribution margin per labor hour for Model X 2. What is the contribution margin per labor hour for Model Y 3. What is the contribution margin per labor hour for Model Z What is the total contribution margin at 70 hours for Model X What is the total contribution margin at 70 hours hours for Model Y What is the total contribution margin at 70 hours hours for Model Zarrow_forwardSylvan Creations designs, manufactures, and sells modern wood sculptures. Sandra Johnson is an artist for the company. Johnson has spent much of the past month working on the design of an intricate abstract piece. Jim Chase, product development manager, likes the design. However, he wants to make sure that the sculpture can be priced competitively. Ellen Cooper, Sylvan’s cost accountant, presents Chase with the following cost data for the expected production of 75 sculptures: Design cost $10,000 Direct materials 80,000 Direct manufacturing labor 27,500 Variable manufacturing overhead 10,000 Fixed manufacturing overhead 42,500 Fixed marketing costs 17,500 Q.What challenges might managers at Sylvan Creations encounter in achieving the target cost and how might they overcome these challenges?arrow_forwardSylvan Creations designs, manufactures, and sells modern wood sculptures. Sandra Johnson is an artist for the company. Johnson has spent much of the past month working on the design of an intricate abstract piece. Jim Chase, product development manager, likes the design. However, he wants to make sure that the sculpture can be priced competitively. Ellen Cooper, Sylvan’s cost accountant, presents Chase with the following cost data for the expected production of 75 sculptures: Design cost $10,000 Direct materials 80,000 Direct manufacturing labor 27,500 Variable manufacturing overhead 10,000 Fixed manufacturing overhead 42,500 Fixed marketing costs 17,500 Q.Chase believes that competition will require Sylvan to reduce the price of the sculpture to $2,800. Rather than using the highest-grade wood available, Sylvan could use standard grade wood and lower the cost of direct materials by 25%. This redesign will require an additional $1,500 of design cost. Will this design change allow…arrow_forward
- Sylvan Creations designs, manufactures, and sells modern wood sculptures. Sandra Johnson is an artist for the company. Johnson has spent much of the past month working on the design of an intricate abstract piece. Jim Chase, product development manager, likes the design. However, he wants to make sure that the sculpture can be priced competitively. Ellen Cooper, Sylvan’s cost accountant, presents Chase with the following cost data for the expected production of 75 sculptures: Design cost $10,000 Direct materials 80,000 Direct manufacturing labor 27,500 Variable manufacturing overhead 10,000 Fixed manufacturing overhead 42,500 Fixed marketing costs 17,500 Q. Chase thinks that Sylvan Creations can successfully market each piece for $3,000. To earn the required return on capital, the company’s target operating income per unit is 20% of target price. Calculate the target full cost per unit of producing the 75 sculptures. Does the cost estimate Cooper developed meet Sylvan’s requirements?…arrow_forwardVijayarrow_forwardQuality Clothing, Inc., produces skorts and jumper uniforms for schoolchildren. In the process of cutting out the cloth pieces for each product, a certain amount of scrap cloth is produced. Quality has been selling this cloth scrap to Jorges Scrap Warehouse for $3.25 per pound. Last year, the company sold 40,000 lb. of scrap, which would be enough to make 10,000 teddy bears that the management of Quality is now interested in producing. Their processes would need some reprogramming, particularly in the cutting and stitching processes, but it would require no additional worker training. However, new packaging would be needed. The total variable cost to produce the teddy bears $3.85. Fixed costs would increase by $95,000 per year for the lease of the packaging equipment and Quality estimates it could produce and sell 10,000 teddy bears per year. Finished teddy bears could be sold for $18.00 each. Should Quality continue to sell the scrap cloth or should Quality process the scrap into teddy bears to sell?arrow_forward
arrow_back_ios
SEE MORE QUESTIONS
arrow_forward_ios
Recommended textbooks for you
Managerial AccountingAccountingISBN:9781337912020Author:Carl Warren, Ph.d. Cma William B. TaylerPublisher:South-Western College Pub
Cornerstones of Cost Management (Cornerstones Ser...AccountingISBN:9781305970663Author:Don R. Hansen, Maryanne M. MowenPublisher:Cengage Learning
Essentials of Business Analytics (MindTap Course ...StatisticsISBN:9781305627734Author:Jeffrey D. Camm, James J. Cochran, Michael J. Fry, Jeffrey W. Ohlmann, David R. AndersonPublisher:Cengage Learning
Principles of Accounting Volume 2AccountingISBN:9781947172609Author:OpenStaxPublisher:OpenStax College
Managerial Accounting
Accounting
ISBN:9781337912020
Author:Carl Warren, Ph.d. Cma William B. Tayler
Publisher:South-Western College Pub
Cornerstones of Cost Management (Cornerstones Ser...
Accounting
ISBN:9781305970663
Author:Don R. Hansen, Maryanne M. Mowen
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Essentials of Business Analytics (MindTap Course ...
Statistics
ISBN:9781305627734
Author:Jeffrey D. Camm, James J. Cochran, Michael J. Fry, Jeffrey W. Ohlmann, David R. Anderson
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Principles of Accounting Volume 2
Accounting
ISBN:9781947172609
Author:OpenStax
Publisher:OpenStax College
Cost Accounting - Definition, Purpose, Types, How it Works?; Author: WallStreetMojo;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwrwUf8vYEY;License: Standard YouTube License, CC-BY