Cornerstones of Cost Management (Cornerstones Series)
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ISBN: 9781305970663
Author: Don R. Hansen, Maryanne M. Mowen
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 6, Problem 13E
Friedman Company uses JIT manufacturing. There are several manufacturing cells set up within one of its factories. One of the cells makes stands for flat-screen televisions. The cost of production for the month of April is given below.
During May, 30,000 stands were produced and sold.
Required:
- 1. Explain why
process costing can be used for computing the cost of production for the stands. - 2. Calculate the cost per unit for a stand.
- 3. Explain how activity-based costing can be used to determine the overhead assigned to the cell.
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• Boxing costs based on the cubic feet of space the computer requires
Suppose Compute It estimates it will use 400,000 parts per month and ship products with a total volume of 6,400 cubic feet per month.
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Use the following information for questions 2-4.
Compute It uses activity-based costing. Two of Compute It’s production activities are kitting(assembling the raw materials needed for each computer in one kit) and boxing the completed products for shipment to customers. Assume that Compute It spends $960,000 per month on kitting and $32,000 per month on boxing. Compute It allocates the following:
• Kitting costs based on the number of parts used in the computer
• Boxing costs based on the cubic feet of space the computer requires
Suppose Compute It estimates it will use 400,000 parts per month and ship products with a total volume of 6,400 cubic feet per month.
Assume that each desktop computer requires 125 parts and has a volume of 2 cubic feet.Compute It contracts with its suppliers to pre-kit certain component parts before delivering them to Compute It. Assume this saves $210,000 of the kitting cost and reduces the total number of parts by 100,000 (because Compute It considers each…
Use the following information for questions 2-4.
Compute It uses activity-based costing. Two of Compute It’s production activities are kitting(assembling the raw materials needed for each computer in one kit) and boxing the completed products for shipment to customers. Assume that Compute It spends $960,000 per month on kitting and $32,000 per month on boxing. Compute it allocates the following:
• Kitting costs based on the number of parts used in the computer
• Boxing costs based on the cubic feet of space the computer requires
Suppose Compute It estimates it will use 400,000 parts per month and ship products with a total volume of 6,400 cubic feet per month.
What are the predetermined overhead allocation rates?
Chapter 6 Solutions
Cornerstones of Cost Management (Cornerstones Series)
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