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Craftmore Machining produces machine tools for the construction industry. The following de...

Craftmore Machining produces machine tools for the construction industry. The following details about overhead costs were taken from its company records.

Production Activity

Indirect Labor

Indirect Materials

Other Overhead

Grinding

$320,000

 

 

Polishing

 

$135,000

 

Product modification

600,000

 

 

Providing power

 

 

$255,000

System calibration

500,000

 

 

Additional information on the drivers for its production activities follows.

Grinding  

13,000 machine hours

Polishing  

13,000 machine hours

Product modification  

1,500 engineering hours

Providing power

17,000 direct labor hours

System calibration  

 400 batches

Required

1. Classify each activity as unit level, batch level, product level, or facility level.


2. Compute the activity overhead rates using ABC. Form cost pools as appropriate.


3. Determine overhead costs to assign to the following jobs using ABC.

 

Job 3175

Job 4286

Number of units

 200 units

2,500 units

Machine hours  

 550 MH

5,500 MH

Engineering hours  

26 eng hours

32 eng. hours

Batches  

30 batches

90 batches

Direct labor hours  

 500 DLH

4,375 DLH


4. What is the overhead cost per unit for Job 3175? What is the overhead cost per unit for Job 4286?


5. If the company used a plantwide overhead rate based on direct labor hours, what is the overhead cost for each unit of Job 3175? Of Job 4286?


6. Compare the overhead costs per unit computed in requirements 4 and 5 for each job. Which method more accurately assigns overhead costs?

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