Fenway Electronics produces video games in three market categories: commercial, home, and miniature. Fenway has traditionally al
located overhead costs to the three products using the companywide allocation base of direct labor hours. The company recently implemented an ABC system when it installed computer-controlled assembly stations that rendered the traditional costing system ineffective. In implementing the ABC system, the company identified the following activity cost pools and cost drivers:
Total Pooled
Category Cost Types of Costs Cost Driver
Unit $360,000 Indirect labor wages, supplies, factory utilities,
machine maintenance Machine hours
Batch 194,400 Materials handling, inventory storage, labor for
setups,packaging, labeling and shipping, Number of
scheduling production
orders
Product 105,600 Research and development Time spent
by research
department
Facility 300,000 Rent, general utilities, maintenance, facility
depreciation, admin. salaries Square
footage
Additional data for each of the product lines follow:
Commercial Home Miniature Total
Direct materials cost $25.00 /unit $15.00 /unit $12.00 /unit —
Direct labor cost $10.00 /hour $8.00 /hour $9.00 /hour —
Number of labor hours 6,000 12,000 2,000 20,000
Number of machine
hours 10,000 45,000 25,000 80,000
Number of production
orders 200 2,000 800 3,000
Research and
development time 10% 20% 70% 100%
Number of units 15,000 45,000 14,000 74,000
Square footage 20,000 50,000 30,000 100,000
Required:
1. Determine the total cost and cost per unit for each product line, assuming that overhead costs are allocated to each product line using direct labor hours as a companywide allocation base. Also determine the combined cost of all three product lines.
3. Determine the total cost and cost per unit for each product line, assuming that an ABC system is used to allocate overhead costs. Determine the combined cost of all three product lines.
