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Chapter 19: Q19-20RQ (page 1063)
What is the purpose of quality management systems?
The primary purpose of the quality management system is the continuous improvement of business services.
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Rennie Plant Service completed a special landscaping job for Brenton Company. rennie uses ABC and has the following predetermined overhead allocation rates:
Activity Predetermined
Allocation Base Overhead Allocation Rate
Designing Number of designs \( 290 per design
Planting Number of plants \) 20 per plant
The Rennie job included \(1,500 in plants; \)800 in direct labor; one design; and 30 plants.
Requirements
3. If Rennie desires an operating income of 30% of cost, how much should the company charge for the Brenton job?
Question:Lally, Inc. produces universal remote controls. Lally uses a JIT costing system. One of the company’s products has a standard direct materials cost of \(9 per unit and a standardconversion cost of \)35 per unit. During January 2018, Lally produced 500 unitsand sold 495 units on account at \(45 each. It purchased \)4,800 of direct materials onaccount and incurred actual conversion costs totaling \(14,000.
Requirements
1. Prepare summary journal entries for January.
2. The January 1, 2018, balance of the Raw and In-Process Inventory account was\)70. Use a T-account to find the January 31 balance.
3. Use a T-account to determine whether conversion costs are overallocated orunderallocated for the month. By how much? Prepare the journal entry to adjustthe Conversion Costs account.
Harris Systems specializes in servers for workgroup, e-commerce, and ERP applications. The company’s original job costing system has two direct cost categories: direct materials and direct labor. Overhead is allocated to jobs at the single rate of \(22 per direct labor hour.
A task force headed by Harris’s CFO recently designed an ABC system with four activities. The ABC system retains the current system’s two direct cost categories. Overhead costs are reflected in the four activities. Pertinent data follow:
___________________________________________________________________
Activity Allocation Base Predetermined Overhead
Allocation Rate____
Materials handling Number of parts \) 0.85
Machine setup Number of setups 500.00
Assembling Number of assembling hours 80.00
Shipping Number of shipments 1,500.00_______
Harris Systems has been awarded two new contracts, which will be produced as Job A and Job B. Budget data relating to the contracts follow:
____________________________________________________________
Job A Job B__
Number of parts 15,000 2,000
Number of setups 6 4
Number of assembling hours 1,500 200
Number of shipments 1 1
Total direct labor hours 8,000 600
Number of units produced 100 10
Direct materials cost \( 220,000 \) 30,000
Direct labor cost \( 160,000 \) 12,000__
Requirements
3. Which costing system more accurately assigns to jobs the costs of the resources consumed to produce them? Explain.
Refer to Exercise E19-20. For 2019, Eason’s managers have decided to use the same indirect manufacturing costs per wheel rim that they computed in 2018 using activity based costing. In addition to the unit indirect manufacturing costs, the following data are expected for the company’s standard and deluxe models for 2019:
Standard Deluxe
Sales price \( 800.00 \) 940.00
Direct materials 31.00 48.00
Direct labor 45.00 52.00
Because of limited machine hour capacity, Eason can produce either2,000 standard rims or2,000 deluxe rims.
Requirements
1. If Eason’s managers rely on the ABC unit cost data computed in Exercise E19-20, which model will they produce? Carry each cost to the nearest cent. (Ignore selling and administrative expenses for this calculation.)
Question:Blanchette Plant Service completed a special landscaping job for Kerry Company. Blanchette uses ABC and has the following predetermined overhead allocation rates:
Activity Predetermined
Allocation Base Overhead Allocation Rate
Designing Number of designs \( 290 per design
Planting Number of plants \) 20 per plant
The Kerry job included \(750 in plants; \)1,300 in direct labor; one design; and 30 plants.
Requirements
3. If Blanchette desires an operating income of 30% of cost, how much should the company charge for the Kerry job?
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