Single plantwide factory overhead rate Spotted Cow Dairy Company manufactures three productswhole milk, skim milk,...
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Single plantwide factory overhead rate
Spotted Cow Dairy Company manufactures three productswhole milk, skim milk, and creamin two production departments, Blending and Packing. The factory overhead for Spotted Cow Dairy is $392,000.
The three products consume both machine hours and direct labor hours in the two production departments as follows:
Line Item Description
Direct LaborHours
MachineHours
Blending Department
Whole milk
300
770
Skim milk
330
700
Cream
250
270
Sub total
880
1,740
Packing Department
Whole milk
360
400
Skim milk
560
500
Cream
160
160
Sub total
1,080
1,060
Total
1,960
2,800
Required:
a. Determine the single plantwide factory overhead rate, using each of the following allocation bases: (a) direct labor hours and (b) machine hours. If required, round all amounts to the nearest dollar. i. Direct labor hour overhead rate $_____ per direct labor hour ii. Machine hour overhead rate $_______per machine hour
b. Determine the product factory overhead costs, using (a) the direct labor hour plantwide factory overhead rate and (b) the machine$hour plantwide factory overhead rate.
Line Item Description
Whole Milk
Skim Milk
Cream
Direct labor hours
Machine hours
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