Question

Ranada Company manufactures and sells sportswear products. Ranada uses activity-based costing to determine the cost of the customer return processing and the shipping activity. The customer return processing activity has an activity rate of $45 per return, and the shipping activity has an activity rate of $10 per shipment. Ranada shipped 3,000 units of Product 1 in 1,200 shipments (some shipments are more than one unit). There were 150 returns. Determine the per-unit customer costs for combined shipping and returns of Product 1.

Answer 1

Per unit customer costs = $4.5 per unit

Step-by-step explanation:

Under activity based costing cost are allocated based on per activity rate.

Customer return processing activity rate = $45 per return

Shipping activity rate = $10 per shipment

for Product 1

Total cost of shipment and return will be as follows:

Shipment = 1,200 X $10 = $12,000

Returns = 150 X $10 = $1,500

Total = $12,000 + $1,500 = $13,500

Total units = 3,000

Per unit customer costs = $13,500/3,000 units = $4.5 per unit