a. Determine the activity rates for each of the three nonmanufacturing activity pools.

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Arctic Air Inc. manufactures cooling units for commercial
buildings. The price and cost of goods sold for each unit are as
follows:
Category
Per Unit Dollar Amount
Price
$60,000
Cost of goods sold
Gross profit
28,000
32,000
In addition, the company incurs selling and administrative
expenses of $226,250. The company wishes to assign these costs
to its three major customers, Gough Industries, Breen Inc., and
The Martin Group. These expenses are related to three major
nonmanufacturing activities: customer service, project bidding,
and engineering support. The engineering support is in the form
of engineering changes that are placed by the customer to
change the design of a product. The budgeted activity costs and
activity bases associated with these activities are:
Budgeted Activity Cost
Activity Base
$51,500 Number of service requests
Activity
Customer service
Project bidding
Engineering support
64,000 Number of bids
110,500 Number of customer design changes
Total costs
226,000
Activity-base usage and unit volume information for the three
customers is as follows:
Activity
Number of service requests
Gough Industries Breen Inc. The Martin Group Total
35
27
115
177
Number of bids
50
40
95
185
Number of customer design changes
18
35
108
161
Unit volume
30
16
50
Instructions
a. Determine the activity rates for each of the three
nonmanufacturing activity pools.
b. Determine the activity costs allocated to the three
customers, using the activity rates in (a).
c. Construct customer profitability reports for the three
customers, dated for the year ended December 31, using the
activity costs in (b). The reports should disclose the gross
profit and income from operations associated with each
customer.
d. Provide recommendations to management on how
operations can be improved based on the profitability
reports in (c).
Transcribed Image Text:Arctic Air Inc. manufactures cooling units for commercial buildings. The price and cost of goods sold for each unit are as follows: Category Per Unit Dollar Amount Price $60,000 Cost of goods sold Gross profit 28,000 32,000 In addition, the company incurs selling and administrative expenses of $226,250. The company wishes to assign these costs to its three major customers, Gough Industries, Breen Inc., and The Martin Group. These expenses are related to three major nonmanufacturing activities: customer service, project bidding, and engineering support. The engineering support is in the form of engineering changes that are placed by the customer to change the design of a product. The budgeted activity costs and activity bases associated with these activities are: Budgeted Activity Cost Activity Base $51,500 Number of service requests Activity Customer service Project bidding Engineering support 64,000 Number of bids 110,500 Number of customer design changes Total costs 226,000 Activity-base usage and unit volume information for the three customers is as follows: Activity Number of service requests Gough Industries Breen Inc. The Martin Group Total 35 27 115 177 Number of bids 50 40 95 185 Number of customer design changes 18 35 108 161 Unit volume 30 16 50 Instructions a. Determine the activity rates for each of the three nonmanufacturing activity pools. b. Determine the activity costs allocated to the three customers, using the activity rates in (a). c. Construct customer profitability reports for the three customers, dated for the year ended December 31, using the activity costs in (b). The reports should disclose the gross profit and income from operations associated with each customer. d. Provide recommendations to management on how operations can be improved based on the profitability reports in (c).
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