Chapter 19: Q19-11RQ (page 1063)
Define value engineering. How is it used to control costs?
Value engineering is a systematic approach to providing value products at reduced prices. To control cost using value engineering target cost is used.
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Rennie Plant Service completed a special landscaping job for Brenton Company. rennie uses ABC and has the following predetermined overhead allocation rates:
Activity Predetermined
Allocation Base Overhead Allocation Rate
Designing Number of designs \( 290 per design
Planting Number of plants \) 20 per plant
The Rennie job included \(1,500 in plants; \)800 in direct labor; one design; and 30 plants.
Requirements
3. If Rennie desires an operating income of 30% of cost, how much should the company charge for the Brenton job?
Question:Oscar, Inc. manufactures bookcases and uses an activity-based costing system. Oscar’s activity areas and related data follow:
Activity | Budgeted Cost of Activity | Allocation Base | Predetermined Overhead Allocation Rate |
Materials handling | \( 240,000 | Number of parts | \)1.00 |
Assembly | 3,500,000 | Number of assembling direct labor hours | 17.00 |
Finishing | 190,000 | Number of finished units* | 4.50 |
*Refers to number of units receiving the finishing activity, not the number of units transferred to Finished Goods Inventory
Oscar produced two styles of bookcases in October: the standard bookcase and an unfinished bookcase, which has fewer parts and requires no finishing. The totals for quantities, direct materials costs, and other data follow:
Product | Total Units Produced | Total Direct materials Costs | Total Direct Labor Costs | Total Number of Parts | Total Assembling Direct Labor Hours |
Standard bookcase | 7,000 | \(91,000 | \)105,000 | 28,000 | 10,500 |
Unfinished bookcase | 7,500 | 82,500 | 75,000 | 22,500 | 7,500 |
Requirements
2. Suppose that pre-manufacturing activities, such as product design, were assigned to the standard bookcases at \(5 each and to the unfinished bookcases at \)3 each. Similar analyses were conducted of post-manufacturing activities such as distribution, marketing, and customer service. The post-manufacturing costs were \(20 per standard bookcase and \)18 per unfinished bookcase. Compute the full product costs per unit.
“Prevention is much cheaper than external failure.” Do you agree with this statement? Why or why not?
Martin, Inc. manufactures bookcases and uses an activity-based costing system. Martin’s activity areas and related data follow:
Activity | Budgeted Cost of Activity | Allocation Base | Predetermined Overhead Allocation Rate |
Materials handling | \( 230,000 | Number of parts | \)1.50 |
Assembly | 3,200,000 | Number of assembling direct labor hours | 16.00 |
Finishing | 150,000 | Number of finished units* | 3.00 |
*Refers to the number of units receiving the finishing activity, not the number of units transferred to Finished Goods Inventory
Martin produced two styles of bookcases in April: the standard bookcase and an unfinished bookcase, which has fewer parts and requires no finishing. The totals for quantities, direct materials costs, and other data follow:
Product | Total Units Produced | Total Direct materials Costs | Total Direct Labor Costs | Total Number of Parts | Total Assembling Direct Labor Hours |
Standard bookcase | 3,000 | \(54,000 | \)67,500 | 9,000 | 4,500 |
Unfinished bookcase | 3,500 | 56,000 | 52,500 | 7,000 | 3,500 |
Requirements
1. Compute the manufacturing product cost per unit of each type of bookcase.
Koehler (see Exercise E19-15 and Exercise E19-16) makes handheld calculators in two models—basic and professional—and wants to further refine its costing system by allocating overhead using activity-based costing. The estimated \(721,000 of manufacturing overhead has been divided into three primary activities: Materials Handling, Machine Setup, and Insertion of Parts. The following data have been compiled:
Material Handling | Machine Setup | Insertion of Parts | Total | |
Overhead costs | \) 45,000 | \( 136,000 | \) 540,000 | $ 721,000 |
Allocation base | Number of parts | Number of setups | Number of parts | |
Expected usage: | ||||
Basic Model | 32 parts per calculator | 24 setups per year | 32 parts per calculator | |
Professional Model | 58 parts per calculator | 44 setups per year | 58 parts per calculator |
Requirement 1
Koehler expects to produce 200,000 basic models and 200,000 professional models. Compute the predetermined overhead allocation rates using activity-based costing. How much overhead is allocated to the basic model? To the professional model?
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