Question:Oscar, Inc. manufactures bookcases and uses an activity-based costing system. Oscar’s activity areas and related data follow:

Activity

Budgeted Cost of Activity

Allocation Base

Predetermined Overhead Allocation Rate

Materials handling

\( 240,000

Number of parts

\)1.00

Assembly

3,500,000

Number of assembling direct labor hours

17.00

Finishing

190,000

Number of finished units*

4.50

*Refers to number of units receiving the finishing activity, not the number of units transferred to Finished Goods Inventory

Oscar produced two styles of bookcases in October: the standard bookcase and an unfinished bookcase, which has fewer parts and requires no finishing. The totals for quantities, direct materials costs, and other data follow:

Product

Total Units Produced

Total Direct materials Costs

Total Direct Labor Costs

Total Number of Parts

Total Assembling Direct Labor Hours

Standard bookcase

7,000

\(91,000

\)105,000

28,000

10,500

Unfinished bookcase

7,500

82,500

75,000

22,500

7,500

Requirements

2. Suppose that pre-manufacturing activities, such as product design, were assigned to the standard bookcases at \(5 each and to the unfinished bookcases at \)3 each. Similar analyses were conducted of post-manufacturing activities such as distribution, marketing, and customer service. The post-manufacturing costs were \(20 per standard bookcase and \)18 per unfinished bookcase. Compute the full product costs per unit.

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Answer

Full product cost per unit

For standard bookcase: $87

For unfinished bookcase: $61.93

Step by step solution

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Computation of full product cost for standard bookcase

Manufacturing cost for standard bookcase computed in earlier part: $434,000

Productdesigncost=Costperunits×No.ofunitsproduced=$5×$7000=$35,000Analysiscost=Costperunits×No.ofunitsproduced=$20×$7000=$140000Totalfullproductioncost=Manufacturingcost+Productiondesigncost+Analysiscost=$434,000+$35,000+$140,000=$609,000Fullproductiocostperunit=TotalfullproductioncostNo.ofunitsproduced=$609,000$7000=$87

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Computation of full product cost for unfinished bookcase

Manufacturing cost for unfinished bookcase computed in earlier part: $307,000

Productdesigncost=Costperunits×No.ofunitsproduced=$3×$7000=$22,500Analysiscost=Costperunits×No.ofunitsproduced=$18×$7500=$135000Totalfullproductioncost=Manufacturingcost+Productiondesigncost+Analysiscost=$307,000+$25,000+$135,000=$464,000Fullproductiocostperunit=TotalfullproductioncostNo.ofunitsproduced=$464,000$7500=$61.93

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Assembly Packaging

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Basic Model 185,000 MHr 45,000 MHr 230,000 MHr

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