Precision Manufacturing Incorporated PMI makes two types of industrial component partsthe EX and the TX It annually produces units of EX and units of TX The companys conventional cost system allocates manufacturing overhead to products using a plantwide overhead rate and direct labor dollars as the allocation base. Additional information relating to the companys two product lines is shown below:
EX TX Total
Direct materials $ $ $
Direct labor $ $ $
The company is considering implementing an activitybased costing system that distributes all of its manufacturing overhead to four activities as shown below:
Activity Cost Pool and Activity Measure Manufacturing Overhead Activity
EX TX Total
Machining machinehours $
Setups setup hours
Productlevel number of products
General factory direct labor dollars $ $ $
Total manufacturing overhead cost $
Required:
a Compute the plantwide overhead rate that would be used in the companys conventional cost system.
b Using the plantwide rate, compute the unit product cost for each product.
a Compute the activity rate for each activity cost pool.
b Using the activity rates, compute the unit product cost for each product.