17th Edition

ISBN: 9781264294633

Author: Garrison

Publisher: MCG

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Manufacturing cost is the total cost of procuring or producing a product. In other words, the manufacturing cost is the cost that an individual or business owner undertakes for the manufacturing of goods.

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Chapter 7, Problem 3AE

The Excel worksheet form that appears below is to be used to recreate the Renew Problem pertaining to Ferris Corporation. Download the workbook containing this form from Connect, where you will also receive instructions about how to use this worksheet form.

You should proceed to the requirements below only after completing your worksheet.

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3. Using the data you entered in part (2), change the percentage of selling and administrative overhead attributable to processing orders from 45% to 30% and the percentage attributable to supporting customers from 25% to 40%. That portion of the worksheet should look like this:

	Assembling	Processing	Supporting	Other
	Units	Orders	Customers
Manufacturing overhead	50%	35%	5%	10%
Selling and administrative overhead....	10%	30%	40%	20%
Total activity	1,000	250	100
	units	orders	customers

Relative to the results from part (2), what has happened to the customer margin under activity-based costing? Why?

Relative to the results from part (2), what has happened to the product margin under the traditional cost system? Why?

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Chapter 7 Solutions

MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING (CUSTOM LL)

Ch. 7.A - EXERCISE 7A-1 Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing...Ch. 7.A - EXERCISE 7A-2 Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing...Ch. 7.A - EXERCISE 7A-3 Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing...Ch. 7.A - PROBLEM 7A-4 Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing LO...Ch. 7.A - PROBLEM 7A-5 Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing LO...Ch. 7 - Prob. 1Q Ch. 7 - Prob. 2Q Ch. 7 - Prob. 3Q Ch. 7 - What are unit-level, batch-level, product-level,...Ch. 7 - What types of costs should not be assigned to...

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