Question

Additional information about the company follows: Hubs require $24 in direct materials per unit, and Sprockets require $17. The direct labor wage rate is $14 per hour. Hubs require special equipment and are more complex to manufacture than Sprockets. The ABC system has the following activity cost pools: Estimated Activity Activity Cost Pool (Activity Measure) Overhead Cost Hubs Sprockets Total Machine setups (number of setups) $ 27,000 125 100 225 Special processing (machine-hours) $ 258,000 4,300 0 4,300 General factory (organization-sustaining) $ 124,800 NA NA NA Required: 1. Compute the activity rate for each activity cost pool. 2. Determine the unit product cost of each product according to the ABC system.

Answer 1

Question Completion:

Fogerty Company makes two products, titanium Hubs and Sprockets. Data regarding the two products follow:

                                    Direct Labor     Production

                                 hours per unit          Units

Hubs                                  0.7                 27,000

Sprockets                          0.3                59,000

 Answer:

Fogerty Company

The unit product cost of each product according to the ABC system:

                                           Hubs      Sprockets

Unit production cost       $46.22         $22.46

Explanation:

a) Data and Calculations:

                                          Hubs  Sprockets

Direct materials per unit    $24      $17

Direct labor rate per hour  $14       $14

Direct labor per unit           $9.80   $4.20 ($14 *0.3)

Estimated Activity  Activity Cost Pool Overhead     Hubs  Sprockets  Total

                              (Activity Measure)      Cost

Machine setups (number of setups)    $ 27,000       125         100       225

Special processing (machine-hours) $ 258,000   4,300             0    4,300

General factory (organization-sustaining) $ 124,800 NA          NA        NA

Total overhead expenses                   $409,800

Activity rate:

Machine setups = $120 ($27,000/225)

Special processing = $60 ($258,000/4,300)

General factory = $62,400 ($124,800/2)

2. The unit product cost of each product according to the ABC:

Overhead costs:

                                    Hubs      Sprockets    Total

Machine setups       $15,000      $12,000       $27,000

Special processing 258,000                  0      258,000

General factory         62,400        62,400       124,800

Total overhead     $335,400      $74,400    $409,800

Units produced         27,000        59,000        86,000

Overhead per unit    $12.42            $1.26

                                            Hubs      Sprockets

Direct materials per unit  $24.00          $17.00

Direct labor per unit           $9.80           $4.20

Overhead cost per unit    $12.42            $1.26

Unit production cost       $46.22         $22.46