MTI makes three types of lawn tractors: M3100, M4100, and M6100. In the past, it allocated overhead to products using machine-hours. Last year, the company produced 10,000 units of M3100, 17,500 units of M4100, and 10,000 units of M6100 and had the following revenues and costs: MTI Income Statement M3100 M4 100 M6100 Total Sales revenue. Direct costs Direct materials. $9,000,000 $15,000,000 $13,500,000 $37,500,000 3,000,000 600,000 4,500,000 900,000 3,300,000 10,800,000 1,800,000 Direct labor. Variable overhead Setting up machines..... Processing sales orders... Warehousing.. Operating machines Shipping.... Contribution margin.. Plant administration 3,300,000 2,400,000 1,800,000 2,400,000 1,200,000 900,000 $14,700,000 6,000,000 Gross profit .... $ 8,700,000 MTI's controller has heard about activity-based costing and puts together an employee team to recommend cost allocation bases. The employee team recommends the following: Activity Cost Driver M3100 M4100 M6100 Setting up machines..... Processing sales orders. Warehousing..... Operating machines Shipping.. Production runs Sales orders received Units held in inventory Machine-hours Units shipped 10 20 20 180 400 220 100 200 100 6,000 9,000 10,000 10,000 17,500 10,000 The employee team recommends that plant administration costs not be allocated to products.

Golfers, Inc. (Gl) manufactures golf-related equipment including golf balls. This year's expected production of golf balls is 80,000 packs (each consisting of four golf balls). Cost data are as follows: Product costs directly traceable to balls! Direct materials. Direct labour Variable manufacturing overhead Fixed manufacturing overhead General allocated overhead Pack $2.30 1.20 0.25 Packs $184,000 96,000 20,000 40,800 21,600 $362,400 The full cost of one pack of golf balls is $4.53. Gl has received an offer from an outside supplier to supply any desired quantity of balls at a price of $5.45 per pack of four golf balls. The cost accounting department has provided the following information: a. The direct fixed manufacturing overhead is the cost of leasing the machine that stamps out the balls. The machine can produce a maximum of 500,000 balls per year. If the balls are bought, the machine will no longer be needed. b. No other costs will be affected. Per Unit Required: 1. Prepare an…

Parker Plastic, Incorporated, manufactures plastic mats to use with rolling office chairs. Its standard cost information for last year follows: Direct materials (plastic) Direct labor Variable manufacturing overhead (based on direct labor hours) Fixed manufacturing overhead ($378,000 ÷ 900,000 units) Parker Plastic had the following actual results for the past year: Number of units produced and sold Number of square feet of plastic used Cost of plastic purchased and used Number of labor hours worked Direct labor cost Variable overhead cost Fixed overhead cost Direct Labor Rate Variance Direct Labor Efficiency Variance IF TI 1,000,000 11,800,000 $ 8,260,000 $ Required: Calculate Parker Plastic's direct labor rate and efficiency variances. Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). F 245,000 2,891,000 $ 318,500 $ 355,000 Standard Quantity 12 square…

Summer Enterprises produces "Breeze" and "Storm" cooling fans. Selected data related to each product is as follows: Breeze Storm Sales price per unit $200 $300 Direct materials per unit $60 $70 Direct labour per unit $30 $35 Variable overhead per unit $10 $15 Direct labour hours per unit 2 There is a maximum of 24,000 direct labour hours available each year.