Question

Venus Creations sells window treatments (shades, blinds, and awnings) to both commercial and residential customers. The following information relates to its budgeted operations for the current year. Revenues Direct materials costs Direct labor costs Overhead costs Operating income (loss) Commercial $357,500 $30,000 140,000 97,500 267,500 $90,000 Residential $460,500 $50,000 260,000 170,500 480,500 $(20,000) The controller, Peggy Kingman, is concerned about the residential product line. She cannot understand why this line is not more profitable given that the installations of window coverings are less complex for residential customers. In addition, the residential client base resides in close proximity to the company office, so travel costs are not as expensive on a per client visit for residential customers. As a result, she has decided to take a closer look at the overhead costs assigned to the two product lines to determine whether a more accurate product costing model can be developed. Here are the three activity cost pools and related information she developed: Estimated Overhead Activity Cost Pools Scheduling and travel Setup time Supervision $97.500 110,500 60,000 Cost Drivers Hours of travel Number of setups Direct labor cost

  

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Answer 1

Overhead Rates :-

Scheduling and travel = $97,500/1500= $65 per hour of travel

Setup time = $110500/650= $170 per setup

Supervision = $60000/($140000+$260000)= 0.15 of labour cost

Commercial Residential   

Scheduling and travel $52000 ($65*800 hours) $ 45500 ($65*700 hours)

Setup time $68000 ($170* 400 setup) $ 42500 ($170*250 setup)

Supervision $21000 ($0.15*$140000) $39000 ($0.15*$260000)

Total cost assigned $141000 $ 127000