Exam 7: Activity-Based Costing: a Tool to Aid Decision Making

Meester Corporation has an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools--Machining, Order Filling, and Other. In the first stage allocations, costs in the two overhead accounts, equipment depreciation and supervisory expense, are allocated to three activity cost pools based on resource consumption. Data used in the first stage allocations follow: Distribution of Resource Consumption Across Activity Cost Pools: Machining costs are assigned to products using machine-hours (MHs) and Order Filling costs are assigned to products using the number of orders. The costs in the Other activity cost pool are not assigned to products. Activity data for the company's two products follow:Activity: What is the overhead cost assigned to Product H2 under activity-based costing? (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.)

Villella Corporation is conducting a time-driven activity-based costing study in its Tech Support Department. The company has provided the following data to aid in that study: Required: Prepare a time-driven activity-based costing Customer Cost Analysis report that determines the total Tech Support Department cost assigned to each customer.

Feldpausch Corporation has provided the following data from its activity-based costing system: The company makes 470 units of product W26B a year, requiring a total of 660 machine-hours, 50 orders, and 40 inspection-hours per year. The product's direct materials cost is $40.30 per unit and its direct labor cost is $42.22 per unit. The product sells for $118.00 per unit.According to the activity-based costing system, the product margin for product W26B is:

Salem Corporation is conducting a time-driven activity-based costing study in its Order Fulfillment Department. The company has provided the following data to aid in that study: Required: Using time-driven activity-based costing, determine the total Order Fulfillment Department cost assigned to each customer.

Weimar Corporation is conducting a time-driven activity-based costing study in its Order Fulfillment Department. The company has provided the following data to aid in that study: On the Capacity Analysis report in time-driven activity-based costing, the "unused capacity in minutes" would be closest to:

Meester Corporation has an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools--Machining, Order Filling, and Other. In the first stage allocations, costs in the two overhead accounts, equipment depreciation and supervisory expense, are allocated to three activity cost pools based on resource consumption. Data used in the first stage allocations follow: Distribution of Resource Consumption Across Activity Cost Pools: Machining costs are assigned to products using machine-hours (MHs) and Order Filling costs are assigned to products using the number of orders. The costs in the Other activity cost pool are not assigned to products. Activity data for the company's two products follow:Activity: How much overhead cost is allocated to the Order Filling activity cost pool under activity-based costing?

Nissley Wedding Fantasy Corporation makes very elaborate wedding cakes to order. The owner of the company has provided the following data concerning the activity rates in its activity-based costing system: The measure of activity for the size-related activity cost pool is the number of planned guests at the wedding reception. The greater the number of guests, the larger the cake. The measure of complexity is the number of tiers in the cake. The activity measure for the order-related cost pool is the number of orders. (Each wedding involves one order.) The activity rates include the costs of raw ingredients such as flour, sugar, eggs, and shortening. The activity rates do not include the costs of purchased decorations such as miniature statues and wedding bells, which are accounted for separately.Data concerning two recent orders appear below: Assuming that all of the costs listed above are avoidable costs in the event that an order is turned down, what amount would the company have to charge for the Tijerina wedding cake to just break even?

Oltz Corporation is conducting a time-driven activity-based costing study in its Customer Support Department. The company has provided the following data to aid in that study: On the Customer Cost Analysis report in time-driven activity-based costing, the total cost assigned to Customer U would be closest to:

Goertz Corporation has an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools--Machining, Order Filling, and Other. In the first stage allocations, costs in the two overhead accounts, equipment depreciation and supervisory expense, are allocated to the three activity cost pools based on resource consumption. Data used in the first stage allocations follow: Distribution of Resource Consumption Across Activity Cost Pools: Machining costs are assigned to products using machine-hours (MHs) and Order Filling costs are assigned to products using the number of orders. The costs in the Other activity cost pool are not assigned to products. Activity data for the company's two products follow:Activity: Finally, the costs of Machining and Order Filling are combined with the following sales and direct cost data to determine product margins.Sales and Direct Cost Data: How much overhead cost is allocated to the Order Filling activity cost pool under activity-based costing?

Figge and Mathews PLC, a consulting firm, uses an activity-based costing in which there are three activity cost pools. The company has provided the following data concerning its costs and its activity based costing system:Costs: Distribution of resource consumption: Required:a. How much cost, in total, would be allocated to the Working On Engagements activity cost pool? b. How much cost, in total, would be allocated to the Business Development activity cost pool? c. How much cost, in total, would be allocated to the Other activity cost pool?

Krueger Corporation is conducting a time-driven activity-based costing study in its Customer Support Department. The company has provided the following data to aid in that study: On the Customer Cost Analysis report in time-driven activity-based costing, the total cost assigned to Customer T would be closest to:

The following data have been provided by Hooey Corporation from its activity-based costing accounting system: Distribution of Resource Consumption across Activity Cost Pools: The "Other" activity cost pool consists of the costs of idle capacity and organization-sustaining costs that are not assigned to products.Required:a. Determine the total amount of supervisory wages and factory utilities costs that would be allocated to the Machining activity cost pool.b. Determine the total amount of supervisory wages and factory utilities costs that would NOT be assigned to products.

Addleman Corporation has an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools--Processing, Supervising, and Other. In the first stage allocations, costs in the two overhead accounts, equipment expense and indirect labor, are allocated to the three activity cost pools based on resource consumption. Data used in the first stage allocations follow: Distribution of Resource Consumption Across Activity Cost Pools: Processing costs are assigned to products using machine-hours (MHs) and Supervising costs are assigned to products using the number of batches. The costs in the Other activity cost pool are not assigned to products. Activity data for the company's two products follow:Activity: Finally, the costs of Processing and Supervising are combined with the following sales and direct cost data to determine product margins.Sales and Direct Cost Data: The activity rate for the Supervising activity cost pool under activity-based costing is closest to:

Doede Corporation uses activity-based costing to compute product margins. In the first stage, the activity-based costing system allocates two overhead accounts--equipment depreciation and supervisory expense--to three activity cost pools--Machining, Order Filling, and Other--based on resource consumption. Data to perform these allocations appear below: Distribution of Resource Consumption Across Activity Cost Pools: In the second stage, Machining costs are assigned to products using machine-hours (MHs) and Order Filling costs are assigned to products using the number of orders. The costs in the Other activity cost pool are not assigned to products.Activity: Finally, sales and direct cost data are combined with Machining and Order Filling costs to determine product margins.Sales and Direct Cost Data: What is the overhead cost assigned to Product W1 under activity-based costing? (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places and your final answer to nearest whole dollar amount.)

Production order processing is an example of a:

Jahnel Corporation is conducting a time-driven activity-based costing study in its Tech Support Department. The company has provided the following data to aid in that study: On the Customer Cost Analysis report in time-driven activity-based costing, the time-driven activity rate for Resolving Problems would be closest to:

Perl Corporation uses an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools. The company has provided the following data concerning its costs: The distribution of resource consumption across the three activity cost pools is given below: How much cost, in total, would be allocated in the first-stage allocation to the Order Processing activity cost pool?

Roediger Corporation is conducting a time-driven activity-based costing study in its Customer Service Department. The company has provided the following data to aid in that study: On the Capacity Analysis report in time-driven activity-based costing, the "impact on expenses of matching capacity with demand" would be closest to:

Gutknecht Corporation uses an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools. The company has provided the following data concerning its costs and its activity-based costing system: Distribution of resource consumption: How much cost, in total, would be allocated in the first-stage allocation to the Other activity cost pool?

In activity-based costing, a product margin may exclude costs from some of the company's activity cost pools.