The following information is provided for Orbit Antenna Corp., which manufactures two products: Lo-Gain antennas and Hi-Gain antennas for use in remote areas.

Activity Cost Allocation Base

Setup \( 58,000 Number of setups

Machine maintenance 30,000 Number of machine hours

Total indirect manufacturing costs \) 88,000

Lo-Gain Hi-Gain Total

Direct labor hours 1,200 3,800 5,000

Number of setups 40 40 80

Number of machine hours 3,000 2,000 5,000

Orbit Antenna plans to produce 125 Lo-Gain antennas and 225 Hi-Gain antennas.

Requirements

2. Compute the ABC indirect manufacturing cost per unit for each product.

Short Answer

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Per unit Indirect cost

For Lo-Gain:$376

For Hi-Gain: $182.22

Step by step solution

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Calculation of predetermined overhead rate

Predeterminedoverheadrateforsetupcost=totalsetupcosttotalnumberofsetups=$58,00080=$725

predeterminedoverheadrateformachinemaintenancecost=totalmachinemaintenancecosttitalnumberofmachinehour=$30,0005000=$6

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Calculation of per unit indirect cost for Lo-Gain

setupcostforLo-Gain=predeterminedrateforsetup×No.ofsetupsrequiredforLo-Gain=$725×40=$29,000

machinemaintenancecostforLo-Gain=predeterminedrateforsetup×No.ofsetupsrequiredforLo-Gain=$6×3000=$18,000
totalindirectcostforLo-Gain=setupcost+machinemaintenancecost=$29,000+$18,000=$47,000

localid="1651118766150" PerunitindirectcostforLo-Gain=totalindirectcostnumberofunitsproduced=$47,000125=$376

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Calculation of per unit indirect cost for Hi-Gain

setupcostforHi-Gain=predeterminedrateforsetup×No.ofsetupsrequiredforHi-Gain=$725×40=$29,000

machinemaintenancecostforHi-Gain=predeterminedrateforsetup×No.ofsetupsrequired=$6×2000=$12,000

totalindirectcostforHi-Gain=setupcost+machinemaintenancecost=$29,000+$12,000=$41,000

PerunitindirectcostforHi-Gain=totalindirectcostnumberofunitsproduced=$41,000225=$182.22

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How can ABM be used by service companies?

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