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Two-Stage ABC for Manufacturing with ABC Variances Montreat Manufacturing has de

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Two-Stage ABC for Manufacturing with ABC Variances

Montreat Manufacturing has developed the following activity cost pool information for its 2014 manufacturing activities:

Budgeted Activity Cost

Activity Cost

Driver at Practical Capacity

Purchasing and materials handling

$1,080,000

900,000 kilograms

Setup

      700,000

1,120 setups

Machine operations

      978,000

12,000 hours

First unit inspection

         50,000

1,000 batches

Packaging

      327,125

312,500 units

Actual 2014 production information is as follows:

Standard Product A

Standard Product B

Specialty Products

Units

150,000

100,000

50,000

Batches

100

80

600

Setups*

300

460

900

Machine operations (hours)

6,000

3,000

2,000

Kilograms of raw materials

400,000

300,000

200,000

Direct materials costs

$900,000

$600,000

$820,000

Required:

a.- Determine the unit cost of each product for the Montreat Manufacturing.

b.- Explain why the unit cost of the specialty products is so much higher than the unit cost of Standard product A or Standard Product B.

Budgeted Activity Cost

Activity Cost

Driver at Practical Capacity

Purchasing and materials handling

$1,080,000

900,000 kilograms

Setup

      700,000

1,120 setups

Machine operations

      978,000

12,000 hours

First unit inspection

         50,000

1,000 batches

Packaging

      327,125

312,500 units

Explanation / Answer

a. Unit cost of each product for Montreat Manufacturing:

b. The unit cost of the speciality products is higher than the standard products because of

Standard Product A Standard Product B Speciality Products Direct materials costs $ 900,000 $ 600,000 $ 820,000 Purchases and materials handling $ 480,000 $ 360,000 $ 240,000 Setups $ 187,500 $ 287,500 $ 562,500 Machine operations $ 489,000 $ 244,500 $ 163,000 First unit inspection $ 5,000 $ 4,000 $ 30,000 Packaging $ 157,020 $ 104,680 $ 52,340 Total cost $ 2,218,520 $ 1,600,680 $ 1,867,840 Number of units 150,000 100,000 50,000 Cost per unit $ 14.79 $ 16 $ 37.36