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Argosy University/ Phoniex University/
Nov-2005 - Oct-2011
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Phoniex University
Oct-2001 - Nov-2016
Activity-Based Costing
Kauli Company produces cellular phones. It has just completed an order for 10,000 phones placed by Stay Connect, Ltd. Kauli recently shifted to an activity based costing system, and its controller is interested in the impact that the ABC system had on the Stay Connect order. Data for that order are as follows: direct materials, $36,950; purchased parts, $21,100; direct labor hours, 220; average direct labor pay rate per hour, $15.
Under Kauli’s traditional costing system, overhead costs were assigned at a rate of 270 percent of direct labor cost.
Data for activity-based costing for the Stay Connect order are as follows:
|
Activity |
Cost Driver |
Activity Cost Rate |
Activity Usage |
|
Electrical |
Engineering hours |
$19 per engineering |
32 engineering |
|
engineering design |
 |
hour |
hours |
|
Setup |
Number of setups |
$29 per setup |
11 setups |
|
Parts production |
Machine hours |
$26 per machine |
134 machine |
| Â | Â |
hour |
hours |
|
Product testing |
Number of tests |
$32 per test |
52 tests |
|
Packaging |
Number of |
$0.0374 per package |
10,000 |
| Â |
packages |
 |
packages |
|
Building occupancy |
Machine hours |
$9.80 per machine |
134 machine |
| Â | Â |
hour |
hours |
|
Assembly |
Direct labor hours |
$15 per direct labor |
220 direct |
| Â | Â |
hour |
labor hours |
Required
1. Use the traditional costing approach to compute the total cost and the product unit cost of the Stay Connect order.
2. Using the cost hierarchy, identify each activity as unit level, batch level, product level, or facility level.
3. Prepare a bill of activities for the activity costs.
4. Use ABC to compute the total cost and product unit cost of the Stay Connect order.
5. What is the difference between the product unit cost you computed using the traditional approach and the one you computed using ABC? Does the use of ABC guarantee cost reduction for every order?
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