Q. 19-5SE

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Darby Corp. is considering the use of activity-based costing. The following information is provided for the production of two product lines:

                   Activity                                           Cost                        Allocation Base

Setup                                                             \( 105,000    Number of setups

Machine maintenance                                      60,000    Number of machine hours

Total indirect manufacturing costs           \) 165,000

 

                                                                   Product A                Product B          Total

Direct labor hours                                        7,000                        5,000           12,000

Number of setups                                              30                          170                200

Number of machine hours                           1,600                        2,400            4,000

 

Darby plans to produce 375 units of Product A and 250 units of Product B. Compute the ABC indirect manufacturing cost per unit for each product.

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Per unit indirect cost

For Product A: $106

For Product B: $501

1Calculation of predetermined rates

predetermined rate for setup=total setup costtotal number of setups                                                    =$105,000200                                                    =$525

predetermined rate for machine maintenance =total machine maintenance costtotal number of machine hour                                                                                      =$60,0004000                                                                                      =$15

2Calculation of per unit indirect cost for Product A

setup cost for product A = predetermined rate for setup×no. of setups required for produc A                                             =$525×30                                           =$15,750

maintenance cost for product A = predetermined rate for setup×no. of machine hour required                                             =$15×1600                                           =$24,000

total indirect  cost for product A = setup cost + machine maintenance cost                                             =$15,750+$24,000                                           =$39,750

per unit indirect cost for product A = Total indirect costno.of units produced                                                              =$39,750375                                                              =$106

3Calculation of per unit indirect cost for Product B

setup cost for product B = predetermined rate for setup×no. of setups required for produc B                                             =$525×170                                           =$89,250

maintenance cost for product B = predetermined rate for setup×no. of machine hour required                                                             =$15×2400                                                            =$36,000


total indirect  cost for product B = setup cost + machine maintenance cost                                             =$89,250+$36,000                                           =$125,250

per unit indirect cost for product B = Total indirect costno.of units produced                                                              =$125,250250                                                              =$501