Lens Care Inc. (LCI) manufactures specialized equipment for polishing optical lenses. There are two models - one mainly used for fine eyewear (F-32) and another for lenses used in binoculars, cameras, and similar equipment (B-13). The manufacturing cost of each unit is calculated using activity-based costing, using the following manufacturing cost pools: Cost Pools Allocation Base Costing Rate Materials handling Number of parts $ 3.80 per part Manufacturing supervision Hours of machine time $ 14.94 per hour Assembly Number of parts $
Process Costing
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Job Costing
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Lens Care Inc. (LCI) manufactures specialized equipment for polishing optical lenses. There are two models - one mainly used for fine eyewear (F-32) and another for lenses used in binoculars, cameras, and similar equipment (B-13).
The manufacturing cost of each unit is calculated using activity-based costing, using the following manufacturing cost pools:
| Cost Pools | Allocation Base | Costing Rate | ||
| Materials handling | Number of parts | $ | 3.80 | per part |
| Manufacturing supervision | Hours of machine time | $ | 14.94 | per hour |
| Assembly | Number of parts | $ | 4.00 | per part |
| Machine setup | Each setup | $ | 57.20 | per setup |
| Inspection and testing | Logged hours | $ | 46.20 | per hour |
| Packaging | Logged hours | $ | 20.20 | per hour |
LCI currently sells the B-13 model for $4,925 and the F-32 model for $5,140.
| B-13 | F-32 | ||||||
| Direct materials | $ | 165.20 | $ | 76.16 | |||
| Number of parts | 174.00 | 134 | |||||
| Machine hours | 8.60 | 4.34 | |||||
| Inspection time | 3.10 | 2.20 | |||||
| Packaging time | 1.60 | 1.20 | |||||
| Setups | 4 | 3 | |||||
The market price for B-13 and F-32 are reduced to $4,845 and $5,015 respectively. To achieve the target cost, Lens Care plans to reduce materials handling costs. How many parts must be removed from F-32 in order to achieve the target cost for F-32 (round up to whole units)?
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