Saturday 19 May 2012

Rawlings Corp. has two product lines, A and B. Rawlings has identified the following detailed information about its cost pools and cost drivers.


Rawlings Corp. has two product lines, A and B. Rawlings has identified the following detailed information about its cost pools and cost drivers.
 


  Cost pools

      Material handling
$56,320  
      Machine maintenance
$17,850  


  Cost drivers
  
      Number of material moves
440  
      Number of machine hours
51,000  


 
Requirement 1:
Calculate Rawlings’ activity rate for each cost pool. (Round your maintenance answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)
 

    Activity rate

  Materials Handling
$ 128 correct
 per  material move
  Machine Maintenance
$ 0.35 correct
 per machine hour


 
Requirement 2:
Determine the total amount of overhead assigned to Rawlings' products if they have the following requirements: (Omit the "$" sign in your response.)
 

Product A
Product B
  Number of material moves
250      
190      
  Number of machine hours
17,300     
33,700      


 

Total overhead assigned
  Product A
$ 38,055 correct       
  Product B
$ 36,115 correct       
Explanation:
1:
Material Handling:  $56,320 / 440 = $128 /move
Maintenance:  $17,850 / 51,000 = 0.35 /machine hr

2:

  Product A


  Materials Handling:
250 moves × $128 =
$ 32,000      
  Maintenance:
17,300 MH × $0.35 =
6,055      




     Total OH

$ 38,055      








 
  Product B


  Materials Handling:
190 moves × $128 =
$ 24,320      
  Maintenance:
33,700 MH × $0.35 =
11,795      




     Total OH

$ 36,115      

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