Question

Friday Night, Inc. manufactures high-quality 5-liter boxes of wine which it sells for $14 per box. Below is some information related to Friday Night's capacity and budgeted fixed manufacturing costs for 2019:

Budgeted Fixed Days of Hours of
Denominator-Level Manufacturing Production Production Boxes
Capacity Concept Overhead per Period per Period per Day per Hour
Theoretical capacity $4,000,000 362 22 300
Practical capacity $4,000,000 310 16 250
Normal capacity $4,000,000 310 16 175
Master budget capacity $4,000,000 310 16 200
Production during 2019 was 990,000 boxes of wine, with 15,000 remaining in ending inventory at 12/31/19. Actual variable manufacturing costs were $1,762,200 (there are no variable cost variances). Actual fixed manufacturing overhead costs were $4,000,000, the same as budgeted. What is the total cost per unit (box of wine) when practical capacity is used?
a. $3.45
b. $5.01
c. $5.81
d. $6.39

Answer 1

b. $5.01

Step-by-step explanation:

practical capacity = 310 x 16 x 250 = 1,240,000 boxes of wine per year

fixed overhead costs = $4,000,000 / 1,240,000 = $3.23 per box of wine

variable manufacturing costs = $1,762,200 / 990,000 = $1.78 per box of wine

total production costs per unit when practical capacity is used = $3.23 + $1.78 = $5.01 per box of wine