Werger Manufacturing Corporation Has a Traditional Costing System in Which

Essay

Werger Manufacturing Corporation has a traditional costing system in which it applies manufacturing overhead to its products using a predetermined overhead rate based on direct labour-hours (DLHs).The company has two products,W82R and L48S,about which it has provided the following data:
$$\begin{array} { | l | r | r | } \hline & \text { W82R } & \text { L48S } \\\hline \text { Direct materials per unit } & \$ 11.50 & \$ 62.90 \\\hline \text { Direct labour per unit } & \$ 2.00 & \$ 13.00 \\\hline \text { Direct labour hours per unit } & 0.20 & 1.30 \\\hline \text { Annual production } & 45,000 & 10,000 \\\hline\end{array}$$
The company's estimated total manufacturing overhead for the year is $1,521,960 and the company's estimated total direct labour-hours for the year is 22,000.
The company is considering using a variation of activity-based costing to determine its unit product costs for external reports.Data for this proposed activity-based costing system appear below:
$$\begin{array} { | l | r | } \hline \text { Activities and Activity Measures } & \text { Estimated Overhead Cost } \\\hline \text { Supporting direct labour (DIHS) } & \$ 352,000 \\\hline \text { Setting up machines (setups) } & 201,960 \\\hline \text { Parts administration (part types) } & \$ 968,000 \\\hline \text { Total } & \$ 1,521,960 \\\hline\end{array}$$
$$\begin{array} { | l | r | r | r | } \hline \text { Activities } & \text { W82R } & \text { L48g } & \text { Total } \\\hline \begin{array} { l } \text { Supporting direct } \\\text { labour }\end{array} & 9,000 & 13,000 & 22,000 \\\hline \text { Settinig up machines } & 8 1 4 & 374 & 1,188 \\\hline \text { Part administration } & 924 & 1,012 & 1,936 \\\hline\end{array}$$
Required:
a.Determine the unit product cost of each of the company's two products under the traditional costing system.
b.Determine the unit product cost of each of the company's two products under activity-based costing system.