Kneller Co. manufactures and sells medals for winners of athletic and other events. Its manufacturing plant has the capacity to produce 30,000 medals each month; current monthly production is 10,000 medals. The company normally charges $119 per medal. Cost data for the current level of production are shown below:         Variable costs:     Direct materials $ 576,900 Direct labor $ 184,600 Selling and administrative $ 29,900 Fixed costs:     Manufacturing $ 172,600 Selling and administrative $ 94,400     The company has just received a special one-time order for 500 medals at $108 each. For this particular order, no variable selling and administrative costs would be incurred. This order would also have no effect on fixed costs. Assume that direct labor is a variable cost.   Required: Should the company accept this special order?   multiple choice Accepted Not accepted

Marvel Parts, Incorporated, manufactures auto accessories. One of the company’s products is a set of seat covers that can be adjusted to fit nearly any small car. The company has a standard cost system in use for all of its products. According to the standards that have been set for the seat covers, the factory should work 990 hours each month to produce 1,980 sets of covers. The standard costs associated with this level of production are:     Total Per Set of Covers Direct materials $ 45,738 $ 23.10 Direct labor $ 6,930 3.50 Variable manufacturing overhead (based on direct labor-hours) $ 3,168 1.60   $ 28.20   During August, the factory worked only 1,000 direct labor-hours and produced 2,500 sets of covers. The following actual costs were recorded during the month:     Total Per Set of Covers Direct materials (10,000 yards) $ 56,000 $ 22.40 Direct labor $ 9,250 3.70 Variable manufacturing overhead $ 4,500 1.80   $ 27.90   At standard, each set of covers…

Kaumajet Factory produces two products: table lamps and desk lamps. It has two separate departments: Fabrication and Assembly. The factory overhead budget for the Fabrication Department is $752,400, using 495,000 direct labor hours. The factory overhead budget for the Assembly Department is $687,732, using 77,100 direct labor hours. If a table lamp requires 4 hours of fabrication and 7 hour of assembly, the total amount of factory overhead that Kaumajet Factory will allocate to table lamps using the multiple production department factory overhead rate method with an allocation base of direct labor hours if 7,600 units are produced is a. $67,792 b. $210,444 c. $141,951 d. $520,752

The manufacturing plant of Carilla Ltd. specializes in crafting specialized pieces for carnival. With a monthly production capacity of 15,000 pieces, the company currently manufactures and sells 11,000 pieces per month. Typically priced at $200 per piece, the company's cost breakdown for the ongoing production level is outlined below:  Variable costs that vary with number of units produced Direct materials $ 440,000 Direct manufacturing labor 495,000 Variable costs (for setups, materials handling, quality control, etc.) that vary with number of batches, 220 batches * $500 per batch 110,000  Fixed Costs Fixed manufacturing costs 300,000 Fixed marketing costs 200,000 Total costs $1,545,000 Carilla has just received a special one-time-only order for 4,000 pieces at $150 per piece. Accepting the special order would not affect the company’s regular business. Carilla makes pieces for its existing customers in batch sizes of 50 pieces (220 batches 50 pieces per batch = 11,000…

Northwood Company manufactures basketballs. The company has a ball that sells for $25. At present, the ball Is manufactured In a small plant that relles heavly on direct labor workers. Thus, varlable expenses are high, totallng $15.00 per ball, of which 60% Is direct labor cost. Last year, the company sold 58,000 of these balls, with the following results: $ 1,450,000 Sales (58,800 balls) variable expenses Contribution margin Fixed expenses 870,000 580,000 374,000 Net operating income 206,000 Required: 1. Compute (a) last year's CM ratio and the break-even polnt in balls, and (b) the degree of operating leverage at last year's sales level. 2. Due to an Increase in labor rates, the company estimates that next year's varlable expenses will Increase by $3.00 per ball. If this change takes place and the selling price per ball remalns constant at $25.00, what will be next year's CM ratio and the break-even polnt in balls? 3. Refer to the data in (2) above. If the expected change in varlable…

Kaumajet Factory produces two products: table lamps and desk lamps. It has two separate departments: Fabrication and Assembly. The factory overhead budget for the Fabrication Department is $285,957, using 240,300 direct labor hours. The factory overhead budget for the Assembly Department is $362,356, using 62,800 direct labor hours. If a table lamp requires 3 hours of fabrication and 6 hour of assembly, the amount of factory overhead that Kaumajet Factory will allocate to each unit of table lamp using the multiple production department factory overhead rate method with an allocation base of direct labor hours is a.$92.91 b.$5.77 c.$10.32 d.$38.19

Neely Systems Corporation manufactures and sells various high-tech office automation products. Two divisions of Neely Systems Corporation are the Computer Chip Division and the Computer Division. The Computer Chip Division manufactures one product, a "super chip," that can be used by both the Computer Division and other external customers. The following information is available on this month's operations in the Computer Chip Division: Selling price per chip $50   Variable costs per chip $20   Fixed production costs $60,000   Fixed SG&A costs $90,000   Monthly capacity 10,000 chips External sales 6,000 chips Internal sales 0 chips Presently, the Computer Division purchases no chips from the Computer Chips Division, but instead pays $45 to an external supplier for the 4,000 chips it needs each month. Refer to Neely Systems Corporation. Two possible transfer prices (for 4,000 units) are under consideration by the two divisions: $35 and $40. Corporate profits would…

Northwood Company manufactures basketballs. The company has a ball that sells for $25. At present, the ball is manufactured in a small plant that relies heavily on direct labor workers. Thus, variable expenses are high, totaling $15.00 per ball, of which 60% is direct labor cost. Last year, the company sold 56,000 of these balls, with the following results: Sales (56,000 balls) Variable expenses Contribution margin Fixed expenses $ 1,400,000 840,000 560,000 373,000 Net operating income $ 187,000 Required: 1. Compute (a) last year's CM ratio and the break-even point in balls, and (b) the degree of operating leverage at last year's sales level. 2. Due to an increase in labor rates, the company estimates that next year's variable expenses will increase by $3.00 per ball. If this change takes place and the selling price per ball remains constant at $25.00, what will be next year's CM ratio and the break-even point in balls? 3. Refer to the data in (2) above. If the expected change in…

Bird’s Eye View manufactures satellite dishes used in residential and commercial installations for satellite-broadcasted television. For each unit, the following costs apply: $50 for direct material, $100 for direct labor, and $60 for variable overhead. The company’s annual fixed overhead cost is $1,800,000; it uses expected capacity of 30,000 units produced as the basis for applying fixed overhead to products. A commission of 10 percent of the selling price is paid on each unit sold. Annual fixed selling and administrative expenses are $432,000. The following additional information is available:   Year 1 Year2 Selling price per unit $500 $500 Number of units sold 24,000 28,800 Number of units produced 30,000 26,400 Beginning inventory (units) 18,000 24,000 Ending inventory (units) 24,000 ? a. Prepare pre-tax income statements under absorption and variable costing for Year 1 and Year 2, with any volume variance being charged to Cost of Goods Sold.

The Kaumajet Factory produces two products - table lamps and desk lamps. It has two separate departments - Finishing and Production. The overhead budget for the Finishing Department is $550,000, using 500,000 direct labor hours. The overhead budget for the Production Department is $400,000 using 80,000 direct labor hours.If the budget estimates that a desk lamp will require 1 hours of finishing and 2 hours of production, what is the total amount of factory overhead the Kaumajet Factory will allocate to desk lamps using the multiple production department factory overhead rate method with an allocation base of direct labor hours, if 26,000 units are produced? a.$288,600 b.$475,000 c.$540,000 d.$187,200