Required: 1. Determine the amount of the cost pool for each of the four activities. 2. Determine the activity-driver rates for assigning factory costs to the two products. 3. Determine the activity-based unit cost for each of the products.

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EyeGuard Equipment Inc. (EEI) manufactures protective eyewear for use in commercial and home applications. The product is also used by hunters, home woodworking hobbyists, and in other applications. The firm has two main product lines—the highest-quality product is called Safe-T, and a low-cost, value version is called Safe-V. Information on the factory conversion costs for EEI is as follows:

 

  Factory Costs
Salaries $ 846,000  
Supplies   146,000  
Factory expense   546,000  
  $ 1,538,000  
 

 

EEI uses ABC to determine the unit costs of its products. The firm uses resource consumption cost drivers based on rough estimates of the amount that each activity consumes, as shown below. EEI has four activities: job setup, assembly, inspecting and finishing, and packaging.

 

  Setup Assembly Inspecting and Finishing Packaging Total
Salaries   20 %   60 %   15 %   5 %   100 %
Supplies   25     60     15           100  
Factory expense         90     10           100  
 

 

The activity cost drivers for the two products are summarized below.

 

Activities Activity Driver
Setup Batch
Assembly Units
Inspect and finishing Finishing hours
Packaging Packing hours
 

 

  Safe-V Safe-T
Batches   210     560  
Units   56,000     68,000  
Finishing hours, per unit   0.30     0.20  
Packaging hours, per unit   0.20     0.10  
Materials per unit $ 4.00   $ 5  
 

 

Required:

1. Determine the amount of the cost pool for each of the four activities.

2. Determine the activity-driver rates for assigning factory costs to the two products.

3. Determine the activity-based unit cost for each of the products.

 

 

 

 

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