Question

Horten Sporting Goods Corporation makes two types of racquets, tennis and badminton. The company uses the same facility to make both products even though the processes are quite different. The company has recently converted its cost accounting system to activity-based costing. The following are the cost data that Jane Price, the cost accountant, prepared for the third quarter of 2018 (during which Horten made 70,000 tennis racquets and 30,000 badminton racquets).
Direct Cost Tennis Racquet (TR) Badminton Racquet (BR)
Direct materials $17.10 per unit $14.80 per unit
Direct labor 33.50 per unit 23.10 per unit

Category Estimated Cost Cost Driver Amount of Cost Driver
Unit level $736,000 Number of inspection hours TR: 15,900 hours; BR: 7,100 hours
Batch level 353,800 Number of setups TR: 83 setups; BR: 39 setups
Product level 152,500 Number of TV commercials TR: 4; BR: 1
Facility level 630,000 Number of machine hours TR: 30,600 hours; BR: 39,400 hours
Total $1,872,300

Inspectors are paid according to the number of actual hours worked, which is determined by the number of racquets inspected. Engineers who set up equipment for both products are paid monthly salaries. TV commercial fees are paid at the beginning of the quarter. Facility-level cost includes depreciation of all production equipment.

Required
a. Compute the cost per unit for each product.
b. If management wants to price badminton racquets 30 percent above cost, what price should the company set?

Answer 1

Answer:

Horten Sporting Goods Corporation

                                    TR                BR

a. Cost per unit         $66.98        $62.08

b. Price of Badminton Racquets = $80.70

Explanation:

a) Data and Calculations:

                                   Tennis              Badminton

                                Racquets              Racquets

Units produced          70,000                 30,000

Direct costs:

Direct materials      $17.10 per unit      $14.80 per unit

Direct labor             33.50 per unit        23.10 per unit

Category       Estimated   Cost Driver                         Amount of Cost Driver

                          Cost                                                      TR         BR      Total

Unit level       $736,000 Number of inspection hrs   15,900  7,100  23,000

Batch level      353,800  Number of setups                     83       39        122

Product level   152,500  Number of TV commercials       4          1            5

Facility level   630,000   Number of machine hrs  30,600 39,400 70,000

Total           $1,872,300

Overhead Rates:

Inspection  = $32 ($736,000/23,000) per inspection hour

Equipment setup = $2,900 (353,800/122) per equipment setup

TV commercials = $30,500 ($152,500/5) per commercial

Depreciation = $9 ($630,000/70,000) per machine hour

Overhead Allocation:

                                                        TR                  BR                    Total

Inspection  = $32                     $508,800       $227,200       $736,000

                               ($32*15,900)           ($32*7,100)

Equipment setup = $2,900       240,700            113,100         353,800

                                ($2,900*83)            ($2,900*39)

TV commercials = $30,500      122,000            30,500          152,500

                               ($30,500 *4)            ($30,500 *1)

Depreciation = $9                    275,400          354,600         630,000

                              ($9 * 30,600)            ($9 * 39,400)    

Total allocated expenses   $1,146,900        $725,400     $1,872,300

Units produced                        70,000           30,000

Overhead cost per unit         $16.384           $24.18

Cost per unit:

                                    TR                BR

Direct materials        $17.10         $14.80

Direct labor               33.50           23.10

Overhead cost          16.38            24.18

Total cost per unit $66.98        $62.08

Cost of Badminton = $62.08

30% markup =              18.62

Price =                        $80.70