Chapter 4, Problem 5E

Multiple production department factory overhead rate method

Performance Gloves, Inc. produces three sizes of sports gloves: small, medium, and large. A glove pattern is first stenciled onto leather in the Pattern Department. The stenciled patterns are then sent to the Cut and Sew Department, where the glove is cut and sewed together. Performance Gloves uses the multiple production department factory overhead rate method of allocating factory overhead costs. Its factory overhead costs were budgeted as follows:

Pattern Department overhead	$216,000
Cut and Sew Department overhead	960,000
Total	$1,176,000

The direct labor estimated for each production department was as follows:

Pattern Department overhead	36,000	direct labor hours
Cut and Sew Department	960,000
Total	$96,000	direct labor hours

Direct labor hours are used to allocate the production department overhead to the products. The direct labor hours per unit for each product for each production department were obtained from the engineering records as follows:

Production Departments	Small Glove	Medium Glove	Large Glove
Pattern Department	0.20	0.24	0.30
Cut and Sew Department	0.50	0.60	0.72
Direct labor hours per unit	0.70	0.84	1.02

• A. Determine the two production department factory overhead rates.
• B. Use the two production department factory overhead rates to determine the factory overhead per unit for each product.