EXERCISE 8-21 (CONTINUED)

3. a. The overhead applied to each product can be determined as follows:

The Deluxe Model

Predetermined (a)

(a) × (b)

Overhead

Activity Cost Pool

Overhead Rate (b)

Activity

Applied

Purchasing ... $340 per purchase order 200 purchase orders $ 68,000

Processing... $5.20 per machine-hour 20,000 machine-hours 104,000

Scrap/rework...$189.50 per order 1,000 orders 189,500

Shipping... $150 per shipment 250 shipments 37,500

Total overhead cost ... $399,000

Manufacturing overhead cost per unit = $399,000 ÷ 5,000 units = $79.80 per unit

The Regular Model

Purchasing ... $340 per purchase order 400 purchase orders $136,000

Processing... $5.20 per machine-hour 15,000 machine-hours 78,000

Scrap/rework...$189.50 per order 1,000 orders 189,500

Shipping... $150 per shipment 650 shipments 97,500

Total overhead cost ... $501,000

Manufacturing overhead cost per unit = $501,000 ÷ 40,000 units = $12.53 per unit

Problem 8-22 (continued)

b. The unit product cost of each model under an activity costing ap-

proach would be:

Deluxe Regular

Direct materials... $ 40.00 $25.00

Direct labor... 14.00 7.00

Manufacturing overhead (above) .. 79.80 12.53

Total unit product cost... $133.80 $44.53