EXERCISE 8-12 (30 MINUTES)

1.

Order Size Customer

Orders Product

Testing Selling Total

Activity level... 200 1 4 2

direct

customer

sales calls

labor-

order product

testing

hours

Manufacturing:

Indirect labor... R1,650 R180 R120 R 0 R1,950

Factory depreciation... 1,600 0 160 0 1,760

Factory utilities ... 20 0 4 0 24

Factory administration ... 0 48 72 60 180

General selling & adminis-

trative:

Wages and salaries ... 100 80 0 1,600 1,780

Depreciation ... 0 12 0 80 92

Taxes and insurance ... 0 0 0 40 40

Selling expenses ... 0 0 0 400 400

Total overhead cost ... R3,370 R320 R356 R2,180 R6,226

Example: R8.25 per direct labor-hour from the problem statement × 200 direct labor-hours = R1,650

According to these calculations, the overhead cost of the order was R6,226.