Chapter 19: Q19-14RQ (page 1063)
What is a just-in-time management system?
Just-in-time is a manufacturing system that focuses on reducing waste by procuring inventory as and when needed.
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Harcourt Pharmaceuticals manufactures an over-the-counter allergy medication. The company sells both large commercial containers of 1,000 capsules to health care facilities and travel packs of 20 capsules to shops in airports, train stations, and hotels. The following information has been developed to determine if an activity-based costing system would be beneficial:
Activity Estimated Estimated Quantity
Indirect Cost Allocation Base of Allocation Base
Materials handling \( 96,000 Number of kilos 24,000 kilos
Packaging 210,000 Number of machine hours 3,000 hours
Quality assurance 114,000 Number of samples 1,900 samples
Total indirect costs \) 420,000
Other production information includes the following:
Commercial Containers Travel Packs
Units produced 2,800 containers 51,000 packs
Weight in kilos 9,800 5,100
Machine hours 1,960 510
Number of samples 560 765
Requirements
3. Use the predetermined overhead allocation rates to compute the activity-based costs per unit of the commercial containers and the travel packs. Round to two decimal places. (Hint: First compute the total activity-based costs allocated to each product line, and then compute the cost per unit.)
The Oakman Company (see Short Exercise S19-1) has refined its allocation system by separating manufacturing overhead costs into two cost pools—one for each department. The estimated costs for the Mixing Department,
Requirements
1. Compute the predetermined overhead allocation rates. Round to two decimal places.
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
Requirements
3. If Rennie desires an operating income of 30% of cost, how much should the company charge for the Brenton job?
Refer to Short Exercise S19-8. Spectrum Corp. desires a 25% target gross profit after covering all product costs. Considering the total product costs assigned to the Products C and D in Short Exercise S19-8, what would Spectrum have to charge the customer to achieve that gross profit? Round to two decimal places.
The following information is provided for Orbit Antenna Corp., which manufactures two products: Lo-Gain antennas and Hi-Gain antennas for use in remote areas.
Activity Cost Allocation Base
Setup \( 58,000 Number of setups
Machine maintenance 30,000 Number of machine hours
Total indirect manufacturing costs \) 88,000
Lo-Gain Hi-Gain Total
Direct labor hours 1,200 3,800 5,000
Number of setups 40 40 80
Number of machine hours 3,000 2,000 5,000
Orbit Antenna plans to produce 125 Lo-Gain antennas and 225 Hi-Gain antennas.
Requirements
1. Compute the indirect manufacturing cost per unit using direct labor hours for the single plantwide predetermined overhead allocation rate.
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