EXERCISE 8-21 (CONTINUED)

2. b. The activity rates are computed as follows:

Making

Windows Processing

Orders Customer

Relations

Total activity... 100,000 DLHs 2,000 orders 100 customers

Indirect factory wages... $1.20 $80.00 $ 400.00

Production equipment depreciation ... 2.70

Other factory costs... 0.24

Administrative wages and salaries ... 30.00 900.00

Office expenses ... 6.00 40.00

Marketing expenses ... 0.00 0.00 1,500.00

Total cost... $4.14 $116.00 $2,840.00

Example: $120,000 ÷ 100,000 DLHs = $1.20 per DLH

Indirect factory wages attributable to the activity making windows from the first-stage allocation

above.

Case 8-33 (continued)