Friday, November 9, 2018

BriteLite Inc. manufactures entry and dining room lighting fixtures. Five activities are used in manufacturing the fixtures.

BriteLite Inc. manufactures entry and dining room lighting fixtures. Five activities are used in manufacturing the fixtures. These activities and their associated activity costs and activity bases are as follows:
Activity 
Activity Costs  
(Budgeted) 
Activity Base
Casting $42,000 Machine hours
Assembly   13,500 Direct labor hours
Inspecting   5,800 Number of inspections
Setup   16,800 Number of setups
Materials handling   3,600 Number of loads
Corporate records were obtained to estimate the amount of activity to be used by the two products. The estimated activity-base usage quantities and units produced for each product and in total are provided in the table below.

Activity Base            | Entry | Dining | Total
Machine hours            |   800 |    600 | 1,400
Direct labor hours       |   500 |    400 |   900
Number of inspections.   |   140 |    150 |   290
Number of setups         |    80 |     60 |   140
Number of loads          |    50 |     40 |    90
Units produced           | 1,200 |    500 | 1,700

a. Determine the activity rate for each activity.

b. Use the activity rates in (a) to determine the total and per unit activity costs associated with each product.


Answer:

Estimated Total 
Activity Activity- Activity 
Cost ÷ Base Usage = Rate 
Casting $42,000 1,400  mh $30  /mh 
Assembly 13,500 900  dlh $15  /dlh 
Inspecting 5,800 290  insp. $20  /insp. 
Setup 16,800 140  setups $120  /setup 
Materials handling 3,600 90  loads $40  /load 
    
Activity 
Entry Lighting Fixtures Dining Room Lighting Fixtures 
Activity- 
Base Activity Activity 
Usage × Rate = Cost 
Casting 800  mh $30  /mh $24,000 600  mh $30  /mh $18,000 
Assembly 500  dlh $15  /dlh 7,500 400  dlh $15  /dlh 6,000 
Inspecting 140  insp. $20  /insp. 2,800 150  insp. $20  /insp. 3,000 
Setup 80  setups $120  /setup 9,600 60  setups $120  /setup 7,200 
Materials handling 50  loads $40  /load 2,000 40  loads $40  /load 1,600 
Total activity cost $45,900  $35,800 
÷ Number of units ÷   1,200  ÷ 500 
Activity cost per unit $  38.25  $  71.60 

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