Compute the activity rates for the activity cost pools


Exercise - Comprehensive Activity-Based Costing Exercise

Advanced Products Corporation has supplied the following data from its activity-based costing system:

Overhead Costs

Wages and salaries

$300,000

Other overhead costs

100,000

Total overhead costs

$400,000

 

Activity Cost Pool

Activity Measure

Total Activity for the Year

Supporting direct labor

Number of direct labor-hours

20,000 DLHs

Order processing

Number of customer orders

400 orders

Customer support

Number of customers

200 customers

Other

This is an organization-sustaining activity

Not applicable

Distribution of Resource Consumption Across Activates:

 

Supporting Direct Labor

Order Processing

Customer Support

Other

Total

Wages and salaries

40%

30%

20%

10%

100%

Other overhead costs

30%

10%

20%

40%

100%

During the year, Advanced Products completed one order for a new customer. Shenzhen Enterprises. This customer did not order any other products during the year. Data concerning that order follow:

Data Concerning the Shenzhen Enterprises Order

Units ordered

10 units

Direct labor-hours

2 DLHs per unit

Selling price

$300 per unit

Direct materials

$180 per unit

Direct labor

$50 per unit

Required:

1. Prepare a report showing the first-stage allocations of overhead costs to the activity cost pools.

2. Compute the activity rates for the activity cost pools.

3. Calculate the total overhead costs for the order from Shenzhen Enterprises including customer support costs.

4. Calculate the customer margin for Shenzhen Enterprises.

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