GM Company manufactures two products - Product Y and Product Z. The company uses a plantwide overhead rate based on direct labor-hours. It is considering implementing an activity-based costing (ABC) system that allocates all of its manufacturing overhead to four cost pools. The following additional information is available for the company as a whole and for Products Y and Z.
Activity Cost Pool |
Acitivity Measure |
Estimated Overhead Cost |
Expected Activity |
|
Machining |
Machine-hours |
300000 |
10000 |
MHs |
Machine setups |
Number of setups |
100000 |
400 |
setups |
Production design |
Number of products |
80000 |
2 |
products |
General factory |
Direct labor-hours |
450000 |
15000 |
DLHs |
Activity Measure |
Product Y |
Product Z |
Machining |
6000 |
4000 |
Number of setups |
150 |
250 |
Number of products |
1 |
1 |
Direct labor-hours |
9500 |
5500 |
Units Produced |
20000 |
8000 |
1. Using the ABC system, how much total manufacturing overhead cost will be assigned to Product Y and Product Z?
2. Using the plantwide overhead rate, what percentage of the total overhead cost is assigned to Product Y? What percentage is assigned to Product Z?