Fundamentals of Cost Accounting
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ISBN: 9781259565403
Author: William N. Lanen Professor, Shannon Anderson Associate Professor, Michael W Maher
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 10, Problem 48E
Costs of Quality
Nuke-It-Now manufactures microwave ovens. The following represents the financial information from one of its manufacturing plants for two years:
Required
- a. Classify these items into prevention (P), appraisal (A), internal failure (IF), or external failure (EF) costs.
- b. Calculate the ratio of the prevention, appraisal, internal failure, and external failure costs to sales for year 1 and year 2.
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Fixed costs (salaries, tools): $72,930 per year
Variable costs (supplies): $1.30 per maintenance hour
Estimated usage by:
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Actual usage by:
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1. Calculate a single charging rate for the Maintenance Department. Round your answer to the nearest cent.
per maintenance hour
2. Use this rate to assign the costs of the Maintenance Department to the user departments based on actual usage. Calculate the total amount charged for maintenance for the year.
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