Multiple Production Department Factory Overhead Rate Method

Home & Farm Glove Company produces three types of high performance sports gloves: small, medium, and large. A glove pattern is first stenciled onto leather in the Pattern Department. The stenciled patterns are then sent to the Cut and Sew Department, where the final glove is cut and sewed together. Home & Farm uses the multiple production department factory overhead rate method of allocating factory overhead costs. Its factory overhead costs were budgeted as follows:

Pattern Department overhead		$97,600	Â
Cut and Sew Department overhead		162,000	Â
Â	Total	$259,600	Â

The direct labor estimated for each production department was as follows:

Pattern Department		1,600	direct labor hours
Cut and Sew Department		2,000	Â
Â	Total	3,600	direct labor hours

Direct labor hours are used to allocate the production department overhead to the products. The direct labor hours per unit for each product for each production department were obtained from the engineering records as follows:

Production Departments	Small Glove		Medium Glove		Large Glove
Pattern Department	0.06	Â	0.07	Â	0.08	Â
Cut and Sew Department	0.09	Â	0.11	Â	0.13	Â
Direct labor hours per unit	0.15	Â	0.18	Â	0.21	Â

If required, round all per unit answers to the nearest cent.

a. Determine the two production department factory overhead rates.

Pattern Department	$ _________________ per dlh
Cut and Sew Department	$ _________________ per dlh

b. Use the two production department factory overhead rates to determine the factory overhead per unit for each product.

Small glove	$ _________________ per unit
Medium glove	$ _________________ per unit
Large glove	$ _________________ per unit