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MumsDay Corporation manufactures a complete line of fiberglass attache cases and suitcas...

MumsDay Corporation manufactures a complete line of fiberglass attache cases and suitcases. MumsDay has three manufacturing departments (molding, component, and assembly) and two service departments (power and maintenance).

The sides of the cases are manufactured in the molding department. The frames, hinges, locks, and so on are manufactured in the component department. The cases are completed in the assembly department Varying amounts of materials, time, and effort are required for each type of case. The power department and maintenance department provide services to the three manufacturing departments. MumsDay has always used a plantwide overhead rate. Direct labor hours are used to assign overhead to products. Management calculates the predetermined rate by dividing the company’s total estimated overhead by the total estimated direct labor hours to be worked in the three manufacturing departments.

Whit Portlock, manager of cost accounting, has recommended that MumsDay use departmental overhead rates. He developed the planned operating costs and expected levels of activity for the coming year, presented by department in the following schedules:

Manufacturing Departments (000s)

Molding

Component

Assembly

Departmental activity measures

Direct labor hours

500

2,000

1,500

Machine hours

875

125

0

Departmental costs

Raw materials

$12,400

$30,000

$ 1,250

Direct labor

3,500

20,000

12,000

Variable overhead

3,500

10,000

16,500

Fixed overhead

17,500

6,200

6,100

Total departmental costs

$36,900

$66,200

$35,850

Use of service departments

Maintenance

Estimated usage in labor hours for

coming year

90

25

10

Power (in kilowatt-hours)

Estimated usage for coming year

360

320

120

Maximum allotted long-term capacity

(in kilowatt-hours)

500

350

150

Service Departments

Power

Maintenance

Departmental activity measures

Maximum capacity

1,000 kwh

Adjustable

Estimated usage in coming year

800 kwh

125 hours

Departmental costs

Materials and supplies

$ 5,000

$1,500

Variable labor

1,400

2,250

Fixed overhead

12,000

250

Total service department costs

$18,400

$4,000

Required:

a. Calculate the plantwide overhead rate for MumsDay Corp. for the coming year using the same method as used in the past.

b. Whit Portlock has been asked to develop departmental overhead rates for comparison with the plantwide rate.

(i) Allocate maintenance department costs to the three manufacturing departments using labor hours.

(ii) Allocate the fixed costs in the power department to the three manufacturing departments according to long-term capacity and the variable costs according to planned usage.

(iii) Calculate departmental overhead rates for the three manufacturing departments using a machine-hour base for the molding department and a direct-labor-hour base for the component and assembly departments.

c. Should MumsDay use a plantwide rate or departmental rates to assign overhead to its products? Explain your answer.

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