Bohmker Corporation Is Introducing a New Product Whose Direct Materials

Essay

Bohmker Corporation is introducing a new product whose direct materials cost is $25 per unit, direct labor cost is $13 per unit, variable manufacturing overhead is $9 per unit, and variable selling and administrative expense is $4 per unit. The annual fixed manufacturing overhead associated with the product is $18,000 and its annual fixed selling and administrative expense is $9,000. Management plans to produce and sell 1,000 units of the new product annually. The new product would require an investment of $110,500 and has a required return on investment of 10%. Management would like to set the selling price on a new product using the absorption costing approach to cost-plus pricing.Required:a. Determine the unit product cost for the new product.b. Determine the markup percentage on absorption cost for the new product.c. Determine the selling price for the new product using the absorption costing approach.