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D4 Exćel Tutorial As you learned in the previous chapters, Current Designs has two main product lines- composite kayaks, which are handmade and very labor-intensive, and rotomolded kayaks, which require less labor but employ more expensive equipment. Current Design's controller, Diane Buswell, is now evaluating several different methods of assigning overhead to these products. It is important to ensure that costs are appropriately assigned to the company's products. At the same time, the system that is used must not be so complex that its costs are greater than its benefits Diane has decided to use the following activities and costs to evaluate the methods of assigning overhead. Activities Designing new models Creating and testing prototypes Creating molds for kayaks Operating oven for the rotomolded kayaks Operating the vacuum line for the composite kayaks Supervising production employees Curing time :(the time that is needed for the chemical Cost $121,000 152,000 188,500 40,000 28,000 180,000 processes to finish before the next step in the production process; many of these costs are related to the space required in the building) 190,500 $900,000 Total As Diane examines the data, she decides that the cost of operating the oven for the rotomolded kayaks and the cost of operating the vacuum line for the composite kayaks can be directly assigned to each of these products lines and do not need to be allocated with the other costs. Instructions For purpose of this analysis, assume that Current Designs uses $234,000 in direct labor costs to produce 1,000 composite kayaks and $286,000 in direct labor costs to produce 4,000 rotomolded kayaks each year (a) One method of allocating overhead would allocate the common costs to each product line by using a allocation basis such as the number of employees working on each type of kayak or the amount of factory space used for the production of each type of kayak. Diane knows that about 50% of the area of the plant and 50% of the employees work on the composite kayaks, and the remaining space and other employees work on the rotomolded kayaks. Using this information and remembering that the cost of operating the oven and vacuum line have been directly assigned, determine the total amount to be assigned to the composite kayak line and the

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