Solved

Wetz Manufacturing Corporation Has a Traditional Costing System in Which

Question 14

Essay

Wetz Manufacturing Corporation has a traditional costing system in which it applies manufacturing overhead to its products using a predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor-hours (DLHs).The company has two products,Q30V and S33B,about which it has provided the following data:
The company's estimated total manufacturing overhead for the year is $1,527,600 and the company's estimated total direct labor-hours for the year is 38,000.
The company is considering using a variation of activity-based costing to determine its unit product costs for external reports.Data for this proposed activity-based costing system appear below:
Required:
a.Determine the manufacturing overhead cost per unit of each of the company's two products under the traditional costing system.
b.Determine the manufacturing overhead cost per unit of each of the company's two products under activity-based costing system.
 Q30V  S33B  Direct materials per unit.......... $34.10$52.70 Direct labor per unit .............. $16.10$39.10 Direct labor-hours per unit....... 0.701.70 Annual production .................. 30,00010,000\begin{array} { l r r } & \text { Q30V } & \text { S33B } \\\text { Direct materials per unit.......... } & \$ 34.10 & \$ 52.70 \\\text { Direct labor per unit .............. } & \$ 16.10 & \$ 39.10 \\\text { Direct labor-hours per unit....... } & 0.70 & 1.70 \\\text { Annual production .................. } & 30,000 & 10,000\end{array}  Activities and Activity Measures..... Estimated Overhead Cost Assembling products (DLHs)........... $608,000Preparing batches (batches)............ 197,000 Axial milling (MHs)........................ 722,000 Total.............................................. $1,527,600\begin{array}{lc} \text { Activities and Activity Measures.....} &\text { Estimated Overhead Cost }\\ \text {Assembling products (DLHs)........... } &\$608,000\\ \text {Preparing batches (batches)............ } &197,000\\ \text { Axial milling (MHs)........................ } &\underline{722,000}\\ \text { Total.............................................. } &\underline{\$1,527,600}\\\end{array}

Assembling products..... Preparing batches........Axial milling................. Q30V  S33B  Total 21,00017,00038,0004561,5201,9765708741,444\begin{array}{c}\begin{array}{lll}\\\text {Assembling products.....}\\ \text { Preparing batches........}\\ \text {Axial milling.................}\end{array}\begin{array}{lll}\text { Q30V } & \text { S33B } & \text { Total } \\21,000 & 17,000 & 38,000 \\456 & 1,520 & 1,976 \\570 & 874 & 1,444\end{array}\end{array}

Correct Answer:

verifed

Verified

a.Traditional Manufacturing Overhead Cos...

View Answer

Unlock this answer now
Get Access to more Verified Answers free of charge

Related Questions

Unlock this Answer For Free Now!

View this answer and more for free by performing one of the following actions

qr-code

Scan the QR code to install the App and get 2 free unlocks

upload documents

Unlock quizzes for free by uploading documents