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The following data are for the two products produced by Shakti Company.  Product A...

The following data are for the two products produced by Shakti Company.

 

Product A

Product B

Direct materials

 $15 per unit

$24 per unit

Direct labor hours

 0.3 DLH per unit

1.6 DLH per unit

Machine hours

 0.1 MH per unit

1.2 MH per unit

Batches

 125 batches

225 batches

Volume

 10,000 units

2,000 units

Engineering modifications

 12 modifications

58 modifications

Number of customers

 500 customers

400 customers

Market price

 $30 per unit

$120 per unit

The company’s direct labor rate is $20 per direct labor hour (DLH). Additional information follows.

 

Costs

Driver

Indirect manufacturing

 

 

Engineering support  

 $24,500

Engineering modifications

Electricity  

 34,000

Machine hours

Setup costs  

 52,500

Batches

Nonmanufacturing

 

 

Customer service  

 81,000

Number of customers

Required

1. Compute the manufacturing cost per unit using the plantwide overhead rate based on direct labor hours. What is the gross profit per unit?


2. How much gross profit is generated by each customer of Product A using the plantwide overhead rate? How much gross profit is generated by each customer of Product B using the plantwide over­head rate? What is the cost of providing customer service to each customer? What information is provided by this comparison?


3. Determine the manufacturing cost per unit of each product line using ABC. What is the gross profit per unit?


4. How much gross profit is generated by each customer of Product A using ABC? How much gross profit is generated by each customer of Product B using ABC? Is the gross profit per customer adequate?


5. Which method of product costing gives better information to managers of this company? Explain why.

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