Question

The total factory overhead for Magnum Corporation is budgeted for the year at $500,000. This is divided into three activity pools: fabrication, $246,000; assembly, $144,000, and setup, $110,000. Magnum manufactures two types of kayaks: Basic and Deluxe. The activity-based usage quantities for each project by activity is as follows: Fabrication Assembly Setup Basic 2,000 dlh 8,000 dlh 5 setups Deluxe 10,000 dlh 24,000 dlh 15 setups Total activity-base usage 12,000 dlh 32,000 dlh 20 setups Each product is budgeted for 2,500 units of production for the year. What is the activity-based factory overhead per unit for the Deluxe kayak?

Answer 1

The ABC overhead for a Deluxe kayak will be $170.93

Step-by-step explanation:

`(Cost\: Of \:Manufacturing \:Overhead)/(Cost \:Driver)= Overhead \:Rate`

We are going to divide the overhead cost over the cost driver of each activity.

`\left[\begin{array}{cccc}-&Overhead&Total&Rate\\fabric&246,000&10,000&24.6\\assembly&144,000&32,000&4.5\\setup&110,000&15&7,333.33\\\end{array}\right]`

Now we apply the rate to Deluxe Kayak:

`\left[\begin{array}{cccc}-&Rate&Deluxe&Overhead\\fabric&24.6&10,000&246,000\\assembly&4.5&24,000&108,000\\setup&7,333.33&10&73,333.33\\Total&-&-&427,333.33\\\end{array}\right]`

Finally we divide the overhead for Deluxe between the units produced

427,333.33/ 2,500 = 170.933 = 170.93