Activity-Based Determining the cost of a product, which consist of direct materials, direct labor, and factory overhead.Product Costing
Mello Manufacturing Company is a diversified manufacturer that
manufactures three products (Alpha, Beta, and Omega) in a
continuous production process. Senior management has asked the
controller to conduct an activity-based costing study. The
controller identified the amount of factory overhead required by
the critical activities of the organization as follows:
Activity | Activity Cost Pool | |||
Production | $259,200 | |||
Changing the characteristics of a machine to produce a different product.Setup | 55,000 | |||
Materials handling | 9,750 | |||
Inspection | 60,000 | |||
Product engineering | 123,200 | |||
Total | $507,150 |
The A measure of activity that is related to changes in cost.
Used in analyzing and classifying cost behavior.activity bases
identified for each activity are as follows:
Activity | Activity Base |
Production | Machine hours |
Setup | Number of setups |
Materials handling | Number of parts |
Inspection | Number of inspection hours |
Product engineering | Number of engineering hours |
The activity-base usage quantities and units produced for the three products were determined from corporate records and are as follows:
Machine Hours | Number of Setups | Number of Parts | Number of Inspection Hours | Number of Engineering Hours | Units | |||||||||||||
Alpha | 1,440 | 75 | 65 | 400 | 125 | 1,800 | ||||||||||||
Beta | 1,080 | 165 | 80 | 300 | 175 | 1,350 | ||||||||||||
Omega | 720 | 310 | 180 | 500 | 140 | 900 | ||||||||||||
Total | 3,240 | 550 | 325 | 1,200 | 440 | 4,050 |
Each product requires 48 minutes per unit of machine time.
Required:
If required, round all per unit amounts to the nearest cent.
1. Determine the The cost of an activity per unit of activity base.activity rate for each activity.
Production | $ per machine hour |
Changing the characteristics of a machine to produce a different product.Setup | $ per setup |
Materials handling | $ per part |
Inspection | $ per inspection hour |
Product engineering | $ per engineering hour |
2. Determine the total and per-unit activity cost for all three products.
Total Activity Cost | Activity Cost Per Unit | |
Alpha | $ | $ |
Beta | ||
Omega |
3. Why aren’t the activity unit costs equal across all three products since they require the same machine time per unit?
The unit costs are different because the products consume many activities in ratios different from the
.
Activity cost per unit = Overhead cost/Total Activity | |
Production | $80.00 |
Changing the characteristics of a machine to produce a different product.Setup | 100 |
Materials handling | 30 |
Inspection | 50 |
Product engineering | 280 |
Cost assigned = activity rate*Activity consumed
Total Activity Cost | Activity Cost Per Unit | |
Alpha | $179,650.00 | $99.81 |
Beta | $169,300.00 | $125.41 |
Omega | $158,200.00 | $175.78 |
The unit costs are different because the products consume many activities in ratios different from the
volume
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