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For many years, Zapro Company manufactured a single product called a mono-relay.

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Question

For many years, Zapro Company manufactured a single product called a mono-relay. Then three years ago, the company automated a portion of its plant and at the same time introduced a second product called a bi-relay that has become increasingly popular. The bi-relay is a more complex product, requiring one hour of direct labor time per unit to manufacture and extensive machining in the automated portion of the plant. The mono-relay requires only 0.75 hour of direct labor time per unit and only a small amount of machining. Manufacturing overhead costs are currently assigned to products on the basis of direct labor-hours.





Despite the growing popularity of the company's new bi-relay, profits have been declining steadily. Management is beginning to believe that there may be a problem with the company's costing system. Material and labor costs per unit are as follows:



Mono-Relay Bi-Relay

Direct materials $ 35 $ 48

Direct labor (0.75 hours @ $12 per hour and

1.0 hours @ $12 per hour) $ 9 $ 12



Management estimates that the company will incur $1,000,000 in manufacturing overhead costs during the current year and 40,000 units of the mono-relay and 10,000 units of the bi-relay will be produced and sold.





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value:

5 points







Requirement 1:



Compute the predetermined manufacturing overhead rate assuming that the company continues to apply manufacturing overhead cost on the basis of direct labor-hours. Using this rate and other data from the problem, determine the unit product cost of each product. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)



Predetermined manufacturing overhead rate $ per DLH

Unit product cost of Mono-Relay $

Unit product cost of Bi-Relay $



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8.

value:

5 points







Requirement 2:



Management is considering using activity-based costing to apply manufacturing overhead cost to products for external financial reports. The activity-based costing system would have the following four activity cost pools:



Activity Cost Pool Activity Measure Estimated

Overhead Cost

Maintaining parts inventory Number of part types $ 180,000

Processing purchase orders Number of purchase orders 90,000

Quality control Number of tests run 230,000

Machine related Machine-hours 500,000



$ 1,000,000





Expected Activity

Activity Measure Mono-Relay Bi-Relay Total

Number of part types 75 150 225

Number of purchase orders 800 200 1,000

Number of tests run 2,500 3,250 5,750

Machine-hours 4,000 6,000 10,000







Determine the activity rate (i.e., predetermined overhead rate) for each of the four activity cost pools. (Omit the "$" sign in your response.)



Activity Cost Pool Activity Rate

Maintaining inventory $ per part type

Processing purchase orders $ per order

Quality control $ per test

Machine-related $ per MH



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9.

value:

5 points







Requirement 3:

Using the activity rates you computed in Requirement 2 above, do the following



(a) Determine the total amount of manufacturing overhead cost that would be applied to each product using the activity-based costing system. After these totals have been computed, determine the amount of manufacturing overhead cost per unit of each product. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)



Overhead per unit of Mono-Relay $

Overhead per unit of Bi-Relay $



(b) Compute the unit product cost of each product. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)



Unit product cost for Mono-Relay $

Unit product cost for Bi-Relay $

Explanation / Answer

Requirement 1:
Predetermined manufacturing overhead rate $25.00 per DLH
40,000 units of Mono-relay @0.75 hours PU 30,000 hours
10,000 units of Bi-relay @1.00 hour PU       10,000 hours
Total Direct labor hours required          40,000 hours

Predetermined OH Rate = Total Manufacturing Overhead
                                                       Total Direct labor hour
= $1,000,000 / 40,000 = $25.00 per DLH

Unit product cost of Mono-Relay     $62.75
Unit product cost of Bi-Relay          $85.00

                                 Mono-Relay       Bi-Relay
Direct Materials             $35.00           $48.00
Direct Labor                    $9.00           $12.00
Manufacturing OH
$25.00 x 0.75                $18.75
$25.00 x 1.00                                    $25.00
Unit Product Cost       $62.75          $85.00
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Requirement 2:
Determine the activity rate (i.e., predetermined overhead rate) for each of the four activity cost pools. (Omit the "$" sign in your response.)

Activity         Estimated Expected      Activity
Cost Pool            Cost       Activity            Rate

Maintaining    $180,000   225 part types $800 per
inventory           $180,000 / 225            part type
                          
Processing         $90,000  1,000 orders    $90 per
purchase order       $90,000 / 1,000       order
                                

Quality            $230,000   5,750 tests      $40 per
control                   $230,000 / 5,750       test

Machine        $500,0000 10,000 MHs.       $50 per
related           $500,0000 / 10,000 MHs.         MH

Requirement 3:
(a) Determine the total amount of manufacturing overhead cost that would be applied to each product using the activity-based costing system. After these totals have been computed, determine the amount of manufacturing overhead cost per unit of each product. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)

                                Mono-Relay             Bi-Relay
                      Exp. Activity    Amount   Exp. Act. Amount

Maintaining
Parts Inv. @$800      75            $60,000    150      $120,000

Processing
PO @$90                 800           $72,000    200        $18,000

QC @$40               2,500        $100,000   3,250    $130,000

Machine related
@$50                   4,000        $200,000    6,000   $300,000

Total Manufacturing
Overhead Cost                     $432,000                $568,000

Units produced                       40,000                     10,000

Manufacturing OH
Per unit                             $10.80                    $56.80

(b) Compute the unit product cost of each product. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)
                                Mono-Relay       Bi-Relay
Direct Materials             $35.00           $48.00
Direct Labor                    $9.00           $12.00
Manufacturing OH          $10.80          $56.80
Unit Product Cost       $54.80        $116.80
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