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 62P
Assigning Capacity Costs
Mercia Chocolates produces gourmet chocolate products with no preservatives. Any production must be sold within a few days, so producing for inventory is not an option. Mercia’s single plant has the capacity to make 90,000 packages of chocolate annually. Currently, Mercia sells to only two customers: Vern’s Chocolates (a specialty candy store chain) and Mega Stores (a chain of department stores). Vern’s orders 45,000 packages and Mega Stores orders 15,000 packages annually. Variable
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What cost per package should the cost system report? Why? If you need more information to answer the question, describe it.
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Mercia Chocolates produces gourmet chocolate products with no preservatives. Any production must be sold within a few days, so producing for inventory is not an option. Mercia's single plant has the capacity to make 90,000 packages of chocolate annually. Currently. Mercia sells to only two customers: Vern's Chocolates (a specialty candy store chain) and Mega Stores (a chain of department stores). Vern's orders 45,000 packages and Mega Stores orders 15,000 packages annually. Variable manufacturing costs are $10 per package, and annual fixed manufacturing costs are $540,000.
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Part 1- What cost per package should the cost system report? Why? If you need more information to answer the question, describe it.
Refer to the information in part 1 above. The gourmet chocolate business has two seasons, holi days and non-holidays. The holiday season lasts exactly four months and the non-holiday season lasts eight months. Vern's orders the same amount each month, so Vern's orders…
Mercia Chocolates produces gourmet chocolate products with no preservatives. Any production must be sold within a few days, so producing for inventory is not an option. Mercia’s single plant has the capacity to make 97,500 packages of chocolate annually. Currently, Mercia sells to only two customers: Vern’s Chocolates (a specialty candy store chain) and Mega Stores (a chain of department stores). Vern’s orders 61,500 packages and Mega Stores orders 22,500 packages annually. Variable manufacturing costs are $25 per package, and annual fixed manufacturing costs are $624,000.
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Chapter 10 Solutions
Fundamentals of Cost Accounting
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