Managerial Accounting: Creating Value in a Dynamic Business Environment
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ISBN: 9781260417074
Author: HILTON, Ronald
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION
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Chapter 11, Problem 27E
Evening Star, Inc. produces binoculars of two quality levels: field and professional. The field model requires three direct-labor hours, while the professional binoculars require five hours. The firm uses direct-labor hours for flexible budgeting.
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- 1. How many standard hours are allowed in May, when 200 field models and 300 professional binoculars are manufactured?
- 2. Suppose the company based its flexible
overhead budget for May on the number of binoculars manufactured, which is 500. What difficulties would this approach cause?
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Evening Star, Inc. produces binoculars of two quality levels: field and professional. The field model requires three direct-labor hours, while the professional binoculars require five hours. The firm uses direct-labor hours for flexible budgeting.
Required:1. How many standard hours are allowed in May, when 200 field models and 300 professional binoculars are manufactured?2. Suppose the company based its flexible overhead budget for May on the number of binoculars manufactured, which is 500. What difficulties would this approach cause?
Novak Company uses a flexible budget for manufacturing overhead based on direct labor hours. Variable manufacturing overhead costs per direct labor hour are as follows: Indirect labor: $1.10, Indirect materials: 0.80, Utilities: 0.50. Fixed overhead costs per month are Supervision $4, 000, Depreciation $1, 200, and Property Taxes $800. The company believes i will normally operate in a range of 7, 000-10, 000 direct labor hours per month. Prepare a monthly manufacturing overhead flexible budget for 2022 for the expected range of activity, using increments of 1, 000 direct labor hours. (List variable costs before fixed costs.)
Novak Company uses a flexible budget for manufacturing overhead based on direct labor hours. Variable manufacturing overhead costs per direct labor hour are as follows: Indirect labor: $1.10, Indirect materials: 0.80, Utilities 0.50. Fbed overhead costs per month are Supervision $4,000, Depreciation $1, 200, and Property Taxes $800. The company believes it will normally operate in a range of 7, 000-10,000 direct labor hours per month. Prepare a monthly manufacturing overhead flexible budget for 2022 for the expected range of activity, using increments of 1, 000 direct labor hours. (List variable costs before fixed costs)
Chapter 11 Solutions
Managerial Accounting: Creating Value in a Dynamic Business Environment
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