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Comprehensive Activity-Based Costing ExerciseSilicon Optics has supplied the following dat...

Comprehensive Activity-Based Costing Exercise

Silicon Optics has supplied the following data for use in its activity-based costing system:

Overhead Costs

 

Wages and salaries

$350,000

Other overhead costs

200,000

Total overhead costs

$550,000

 

Activity Cost Pool

Activity Measure

Total Activity

Direct labor support

Number of direct labor-hours

10,000 DLHs

Order processing

Number of orders

500orders

Customer support

Number of customers

100customers

Other

This is an organization-sustaining activity

Not applicable

 

 

Distribution of Resource Consumption

Across Activities

 

Direct Labor Support

Order Processing

Customer Support

Other

Total

Wages and salaries

30%

35%

25%

10%

100%

Other overhead costs

25%

15%

20%

40%

100%

During the year, Silicon Optics completed an order for a special optical switch for a new customer, Indus Telecom. This customer did not order any other products during the year. Data concerning that order follow:

 

Data Concerning the Indus Telecom Order

Selling price

$295 per unit

Units ordered

100 units

Direct materials

$264 per unit

Direct labor-hours

0.5 DLH per unit

Direct labor rate

$25 per DLH

Required:

1. Using Exhibit 7-5 as a guide, prepare a report showing the first-stage allocations of overhead costs to the activity cost pools.

2. Using Exhibit 7-6 as a guide. compute the activity rate, for the activity cost pools.

3. Prepare a report showing the overhead costs for the order from Indus Telecom, including customer support costs.

4. Using Exhibit 7- 11 as a guide, prepare a report showing the customer margin for Indus Telecom.

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