They are skill based pay and gain sharing.
Answer:
Using Traditional allocation method
Allocation rate per unit
=<u> Budgeted overhead</u>
Budgeted direct labour hours
Brass
Overhead allocation rate
= <u>$47,500</u>
700 hours
= $67.86 per direct labour hour
Gold
= <u>$47,500</u>
1,200 hours
= $39.58 per direct labour hour
Using activity-based costing
Brass
Allocation rate for material cost pool
= <u>$12,500</u>
400
= $31.25 per material moved
Gold
Allocation rate for material cost pool
= <u>$12,500</u>
100
= $125 per material moved
Brass
Allocation rate for machine set-up pool
= <u>$35,000</u>
400
= $87.50
Gold
Allocation rate for machine set-up pool
= <u>$35,000</u>
600
= $58.33
Explanation:
Using traditional allocation method, the overheads for material cost pool and machine set-up pool will be added. The overhead allocation rate per unit is the division of total overhead by the direct labour hours for each product.
Using activity-based costing, the material cost pool overhead will be divided by the material moved for each product in order to obtain allocation rate for each product.
The allocation rate for machine set-up pool is obtained by dividing the machine set-up overhead by the number of machine set-up for each product.
<u>Answer</u>: Certain brand names, such as Kleenex or Xerox, have become generic name.
<u>Explanation:</u>
Generic name is the term used to refer a product with its brand name rather than the product itself. Kleenex and Xerox are the brand names of the products. Xerox is photocopying product and Kleenex is the brand name for wet wipes. People commonly use the word Kleenex instead of tissues or wet wipes.
This process can be called as genericization and companies loose their trademarks due to these usage of names. These generic names have wide spread popularity.
