Ellix Company manufactures two models of ultra-high fidelity speakersthe X200 model and the X99 model....
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Ellix Company manufactures two models of ultra-high fidelity speakersthe X200 model and the X99 model. Data regarding the two products follow:
Product
Direct Labor-Hours
Annual Production
Total Direct Labor-Hours
X200
0.4
DLHs per unit
21,000
units
8,400
DLHs
X99
0.6
DLH per unit
45,000
units
27,000
DLHs
35,400
DLHs
Additional information about the company follows:
Model X200 requires $31 in direct materials per unit, and model X99 requires $30.
The direct labor workers are paid $30 per hour.
The company has always used direct labor-hours as the allocation base for applying manufacturing overhead cost to products.
Model X200 is more complex to manufacture than model X99 and requires special equipment.
Because of the special work required in (d) above, the company is considering an activity-based absorption costing that applies manufacturing overhead cost to products using three activity cost pools:
Activity Cost Pool
Activity Measure
Estimated Total Cost
Estimated Total Activity
X200
X99
Total
Machine setups
Number of setups
$ 172,500
92
138
230
Special processing
Machine-hours
403,300
1,090
0
1,090
General factory
Direct labor-hours
1,062,000
8,400
27,000
35,400
$ 1,637,800
Required:
Assume the company continues applying overhead costs to products using direct labor-hours.
Compute the plantwide predetermined overhead rate.
Compute each model's unit product cost.
Assume the company decides to apply overhead cost to products using activity-based absorption costing.
Compute the activity rate for each activity cost pool and determine the amount of overhead cost applied to each model.
Compute each model's unit product cost.
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