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3.. Smoky Mountain Corporation makes two types of hiking boots—Xtreme and the Pa

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3.. Smoky Mountain Corporation makes two types of hiking boots—Xtreme and the Pathfinder. Data concerning these two product lines appear below:

   

Xtreme

Pathfinder

  Selling price per unit

$

125.00

$

91.00

  Direct materials per unit

$

64.20

$

55.00

  Direct labor per unit

$

16.00

$

10.00

  Direct labor-hours per unit

1.6

DLHs

1.0

DLHs

  Estimated annual production and sales

25,000

units

71,000

units

   

The company has a traditional costing system in which manufacturing overhead is applied to units based on direct labor-hours. Data concerning manufacturing overhead and direct labor-hours for the upcoming year appear below:

    

  Estimated total manufacturing overhead

$2,331,000           

  Estimated total direct labor-hours

111,000 DLHs

   

Required:

1.

Compute the product margins for the Xtreme and the Pathfinder products under the company’s traditional costing system. (Do not round your intermediate calculations.)

Xtreme

Pathfinder

Total

Product margin

$0

         

2.

The company is considering replacing its traditional costing system with an activity-based costing system that would assign its manufacturing overhead to the following four activity cost pools (the Other cost pool includes organization-sustaining costs and idle capacity costs):

   

Estimated

Expected Activity

  Activities and Activity Measures

Overhead Cost

Xtreme

Pathfinder

Total

  Supporting direct labor (direct labor-hours)

$

888,000

40,000   

71,000   

111,000  

  Batch setups (setups)

583,000

310   

220   

530

  Product sustaining (number of products)

780,000

1   

1   

2

  Other

80,000

NA   

NA   

NA

  Total manufacturing overhead cost

$

2,331,000

   

Compute the product margins for the Xtreme and the Pathfinder products under the activity-based costing system. (Negative product margins should be indicated with a minus sign. Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.)

Xtreme

Pathfinder

Total

Product margin

$0

         

3.

Prepare a quantitative comparison of the traditional and activity-based cost assignments. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your "Percentage" answer to 1 decimal place. (i.e. .1234 should be entered as 12.3))

3.. Smoky Mountain Corporation makes two types of hiking boots—Xtreme and the Pathfinder. Data concerning these two product lines appear below:

Pathfinder Total Xtreme %of %of Total Amount Amount Total Amount Amount Amount Traditional Cost System Total cost assigned to products Pathfinder Total Xtreme %of %of Total Amount Amount Total Amount Amount Amount Activity-Based Costing System Direct costs Indirect costs Total cost assigned to products Costs not assigned to products 0 Total cost

Explanation / Answer

Answer:1 MOH per direct labor hour =$2,331,000 /111,000 =$21.00

Answer:2

Answer:3

Particulars Xtreme Pathfinder Total SP Per unit 125 91 216 Direct materials per unit 64.2 55 119.2 Direct labor per unit 16 10 26 Manufacturing overhead 33.6 21 54.6 Total costs 113.8 86 199.8 Product Margin 11.2 5 16.2
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