P4-1B VideoPlus, Inc. manufactures two types of DVD players, a deluxe model and a standard model. The deluxe model is a multi-format progressive-scan DVD player with networking capability, Dolby digital, and DTS decoder. The standard model’s primary fea- ture is progressive-scan. Annual production is 50,000 units for the deluxe and 20,000 units for the standard.

 

Both products require 2 hours of direct labor for completion. Therefore, total annual direct labor hours are 140,000 [2 hrs. 3 (20,000 1 50,000)]. Expected annual manufactur- ing overhead is $1,050,000. Thus, the predetermined overhead rate is $7.50 ($1,050,000 4 140,000) per direct labor hour. The direct materials cost per unit is $42 for the deluxe model and $11 for the standard model. The direct labor cost is $18 per unit for both the deluxe and the standard models.

 

The company’s managers identified six activity cost pools and related cost drivers and accumulated overhead by cost pool as  follows.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expected                          Use of                  Expected Use of

 

Estimated         Cost        Drivers by Product

 

 

 

Activity Cost Pool	Cost Driver	Â	Overhead	Â	Drivers	Â	Standard	Â	Deluxe
Purchasing	Orders	Â	$   126,000	Â	400	Â	100	Â	300
Receiving	Pounds	Â	30,000	Â	20,000	Â	4,000	Â	16,000
Assembling	Number of parts	Â	444,000	Â	74,000	Â	20,000	Â	54,000
Testing	Number of tests	Â	115,000	Â	23,000	Â	10,000	Â	13,000
Finishing	Units	Â	140,000	Â	70,000	Â	20,000	Â	50,000
Packing and shipping	Pounds	Â	195,000	Â	80,000	Â	18,000	Â	62,000

 

$1,050,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Instructions

 

(a)   Under traditional product costing, compute the total unit cost of both products. Prepare a simple comparative schedule of the individual costs by product (similar to Illustration 4-10 on page 152).

 

(b)   Under ABC, prepare a schedule showing the computations of the activity-based over- head rates (per cost driver).

 

(c)   Prepare a schedule assigning each activity’s overhead cost pool to each product based on the use of cost drivers. (Include a computation of overhead cost per unit, rounding to the nearest cent.)

 

(d)   Compute the total cost per unit for each product under ABC.

 

(e)   Classify each of the activities as a value-added activity or a non–value-added activity.

 

(f)    Comment on (1) the comparative overhead cost per unit for the two products under ABC, and (2) the comparative total costs per unit under traditional costing and ABC.