Question

Comparing ABC and Plantwide overhead Cost Assignments Wellington Chocolate Company uses activity-based costing (ABC). The controller identified two activities and their budgeted costs: $432,000 Setting up equipment $1,440,000 Other overhead Setting up equipment is based on setup hours, and other overhead is based on oven hours. Wellington produces two products, Fudge and Cookies. Information on each product is as follows: Fudge Cookies Units produced 8,000 445,000 Setup hours 6,400 1,600 Oven hours 1,600 8,000 Required: 1. Calculate the activity rate for (a) setting up equipment and (b) other overhead. per setup hour a. Setting up equipment b. Other overhead per oven hour 2. How much total overhead is assigned to Fudge using ABC?

Answer 1

$432,000 Setting up equipment ⇒ based on setup hours

$1,440,000 Other overhead ⇒ based on oven hours

product units produced setup hours oven hours

Fudge 8,000 6,400 1,600

Cookies 445,000 1,600 8,000

1) Activity rate:

• a) setup hours = total setup costs / total setup hours = $432,000 / 8,000 hours = $54 per setup hour
• b) oven hours = total other overhead costs / total oven hours = $1,440,000 / 9,600 hours = $150 per oven hour

2) total overhead assigned to fudge = (6,400 setup hours x $54 per setup hour) + (1,600 oven hours x $150 per oven hour) = $345,600 + $240,000 = $585,600