Cosgrove Company manufactures two products, Product K-7 and Product L-15. Product L-15 is of fairly recent origin, having been developed as an attempt to enter a market closely related to that of Product K-7. Product L-15 is the more complex of the two products, requiring 3 hours of direct labor time per unit to manufacture compared to 2 hour of direct labor time for Product K-7. Product L-15 is produced on an automated production line.
Overhead currently is applied to the products on the basis of direct labor-hours. The company estimated it would incur $1,021,448 in manufacturing overhead costs and produce 19,300 units of Product L-15 and 96,500 units of Product K- 7 during the current year.
Unit costs for materials and labor are: |
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Product K-7 |
Product L-15 |
Direct material |
$ |
21 |
$ |
29 |
Direct labor |
$ |
8 |
$ |
18 |
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a-1 |
Compute the predetermined overhead rate under the current method. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)
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a-2 |
Determine the unit product cost of each product for the current year. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)
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The company is considering the use of activity-based costing as an alternative to its traditional costing method for manufacturing overhead. Data relating to the company's activity cost pools for the current year are given below:
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Total Cost |
Product K-7 |
Product L-15 |
Total |
Machine setups required |
$ |
511,920 |
1,190 |
1,970 |
3,160 |
Purchase orders issued |
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54,964 |
559 |
169 |
728 |
Machine-hours required |
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227,160 |
7,730 |
11,200 |
18,930 |
Maintenance requests issued |
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227,404 |
740 |
896 |
1,636 |
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$ |
1,021,448 |
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Using the data above, determine the unit product cost of each product for the current year. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)
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