Harbor Wheel Company manufactures two tractor wheels: the Ultimate which sells for $1,600 and the Standard, which sells for $1,300. The company currently uses traditional costing and assigns overhead on the basis of direct labor hours (DLH). Total estimated overhead was $7,600,000 and estimated total direct labor hours were 200,000. Management is considering using actity-based costing to compare overhead allocations before making a final decision.
Current Traditional Costing:
Ultimate Standard
Direct materials per wheel $700 $420
Direct labor cost per wheel $120 $100
Direct labor hours per wheel 6 5
Total units produced 25,000 10,000
Activity-Based Costing:
Activity Cost Cost Estimated Expected Use Ultimate Standard
Pools Drivers Overhead of Cost Drivers
Purchasing purchase orders $1,200,000 40,000 17,000 23,000
Machine setups machine setups 900,000 18,000 5,000 13,000
Machining machine hours 4,800,000 120,000 75,000 45,000
Quality Control inspections 700,000 28,000 11,000 17,000
$7,600,000
INSTRUCTIONS:
Using the information above, match each item with the correct answer. Hint: Each item has only one correct answer. Overhead applied to a single Ultimate wheel using traditional costing:
Overhead applied to a single Ultimate wheel using traditional costing:
Total manufacturing cost of the Standard wheel using traditional costing:
Activity-based overhead rate for Quality Control:
Machining overhead applied to the Standard wheel using activity-based costing:
Total manufacturing overhead applied to each Ultimate wheel using activity-based costing: