ain Components manufactures and distributes various plumbing products used in homes and other buildings. Over time, the production staff has noticed that products they considered easy to make were difficult to sell at margins considered reasonable, while products that seemed to take a lot of staff time were selling well despite recent price increases. A summer intern has suggested that the cost system might be providing misleading information. The controller decided that a good summer project for the intern would be to develop, in one self-contained area of the plant, an alternative cost system with which to compare the current system. The intern identified the following cost pools and, after discussion with some plant personnel, appropriate cost drivers for each pool. There were: Cost Pools Costs Activity Drivers Receiving $ 600,000 Direct material cost Manufacturing 5,500,000 Machine-hours Machine setup 900,000 Production runs Shipping 1,000,000 Units shipped In this particular area, Cain produces two of its many products: Standard and Deluxe. The following are data for production for the latest full year of operations. Products Standard Deluxe Total direct material costs $ 200,000 $ 200,000 Total direct labor costs $ 650,000 $ 340,000 Total machine-hours 132,000 118,000 Total number of setups 120 80 Total pounds of material 13,500 13,500 Total direct labor-hours 6,450 4,200 Number of units produced and shipped 11,000 14,000 Problem 9-62 (Algo) Activity-Based Costing and Predetermined Overhead Rates (LO 9-3, 5, 6) Required: a. The current cost accounting system charges overhead to products based on machine-hours. What unit product costs will be reported for the two products if the current cost system continues to be used? b. The intern suggests an ABC system using the cost drivers identified above. What unit product costs will be reported for the two products if the ABC system is used?

ain Components manufactures and distributes various plumbing products used in homes and other buildings. Over time, the production staff has noticed that products they considered easy to make were difficult to sell at margins considered reasonable, while products that seemed to take a lot of staff time were selling well despite recent price increases. A summer intern has suggested that the cost system might be providing misleading information. The controller decided that a good summer project for the intern would be to develop, in one self-contained area of the plant, an alternative cost system with which to compare the current system. The intern identified the following cost pools and, after discussion with some plant personnel, appropriate cost drivers for each pool. There were: Cost Pools Costs Activity Drivers Receiving $ 600,000 Direct material cost Manufacturing 5,500,000 Machine-hours Machine setup 900,000 Production runs Shipping 1,000,000 Units shipped In this particular area, Cain produces two of its many products: Standard and Deluxe. The following are data for production for the latest full year of operations. Products Standard Deluxe Total direct material costs $ 200,000 $ 200,000 Total direct labor costs $ 650,000 $ 340,000 Total machine-hours 132,000 118,000 Total number of setups 120 80 Total pounds of material 13,500 13,500 Total direct labor-hours 6,450 4,200 Number of units produced and shipped 11,000 14,000 Problem 9-62 (Algo) Activity-Based Costing and Predetermined Overhead Rates (LO 9-3, 5, 6) Required: a. The current cost accounting system charges overhead to products based on machine-hours. What unit product costs will be reported for the two products if the current cost system continues to be used? b. The intern suggests an ABC system using the cost drivers identified above. What unit product costs will be reported for the two products if the ABC system is used?

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Problem 9-62 and 9-63 (Algo)

Cain Components manufactures and distributes various plumbing products used in homes and other buildings. Over time, the production staff has noticed that products they considered easy to make were difficult to sell at margins considered reasonable, while products that seemed to take a lot of staff time were selling well despite recent price increases. A summer intern has suggested that the cost system might be providing misleading information.

The controller decided that a good summer project for the intern would be to develop, in one self-contained area of the plant, an alternative cost system with which to compare the current system. The intern identified the following cost pools and, after discussion with some plant personnel, appropriate cost drivers for each pool. There were:

Cost Pools		Costs	Activity Drivers
Receiving	$	600,000	Direct material cost
Manufacturing		5,500,000	Machine-hours
Machine setup		900,000	Production runs
Shipping		1,000,000	Units shipped

In this particular area, Cain produces two of its many products: Standard and Deluxe. The following are data for production for the latest full year of operations.

	Products
	Standard	Deluxe
Total direct material costs	$	200,000	$	200,000
Total direct labor costs	$	650,000	$	340,000
Total machine-hours		132,000		118,000
Total number of setups		120		80
Total pounds of material		13,500		13,500
Total direct labor-hours		6,450		4,200
Number of units produced and shipped		11,000		14,000

Problem 9-62 (Algo) Activity-Based Costing and Predetermined Overhead Rates (LO 9-3, 5, 6)

Required:

a. The current cost accounting system charges overhead to products based on machine-hours. What unit product costs will be reported for the two products if the current cost system continues to be used?

b. The intern suggests an ABC system using the cost drivers identified above. What unit product costs will be reported for the two products if the ABC system is used?

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