Smoky Mountain Corporation makes two types of hiking boots-Xtreme and Pathfinder. Data concerning these two product lines appear below: Selling price per unit Direct materials per unit Direct labor per unit . Direct labor-hours per unit Estimated annual production and sales Estimated total nanufacturing overhead Estimated total direct labor-hours Xtreme $ 116.00 $ 64.00 $ 12.00 1.5 DLHS 29,000 units The company has a traditional costing system that applies manufacturing overhead to units based on direct labor-hours. Data concerning manufacturing overhead and direct labor-hours for the upcoming year appear below: Batch setups (setups) Product sustaining (number of products) Other Total manufacturing overhead cost Activities and (Activity Measures) Supporting direct labor (direct labor-hours) Pathfinder $ 80.00 $ 52.00 $ 8.00 1.0 DLH 76,000 units Required: 1. Compute the product margins for Xtreme and Pathfinder under the company's traditional costing system. 2. The company is considering replacing its traditional costing system with an activity-based costing system that would assign its manufacturing overhead to the following four activity cost pools (the Other cost pool includes organization-sustaining costs and idle capacity costs): $ 1,912,000 119,500 DLHS Estimated Overhead Cost $ 693,100 539,000 640,000 39,900 $ 1,912,000 Expected Activity Xtrene 43,500 290 1 NA Pathfinder Total 76,000 119,500 200 1 NA Compute the product margins for Xtreme and Pathfinder under the activity-based costing system. 3. Prepare a quantitative comparison of the traditional and activity-based cost assignments. 490 2 NA
Smoky Mountain Corporation makes two types of hiking boots-Xtreme and Pathfinder. Data concerning these two product lines appear below: Selling price per unit Direct materials per unit Direct labor per unit . Direct labor-hours per unit Estimated annual production and sales Estimated total nanufacturing overhead Estimated total direct labor-hours Xtreme $ 116.00 $ 64.00 $ 12.00 1.5 DLHS 29,000 units The company has a traditional costing system that applies manufacturing overhead to units based on direct labor-hours. Data concerning manufacturing overhead and direct labor-hours for the upcoming year appear below: Batch setups (setups) Product sustaining (number of products) Other Total manufacturing overhead cost Activities and (Activity Measures) Supporting direct labor (direct labor-hours) Pathfinder $ 80.00 $ 52.00 $ 8.00 1.0 DLH 76,000 units Required: 1. Compute the product margins for Xtreme and Pathfinder under the company's traditional costing system. 2. The company is considering replacing its traditional costing system with an activity-based costing system that would assign its manufacturing overhead to the following four activity cost pools (the Other cost pool includes organization-sustaining costs and idle capacity costs): $ 1,912,000 119,500 DLHS Estimated Overhead Cost $ 693,100 539,000 640,000 39,900 $ 1,912,000 Expected Activity Xtrene 43,500 290 1 NA Pathfinder Total 76,000 119,500 200 1 NA Compute the product margins for Xtreme and Pathfinder under the activity-based costing system. 3. Prepare a quantitative comparison of the traditional and activity-based cost assignments. 490 2 NA
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Transcribed Image Text:Smoky Mountain Corporation makes two types of hiking boots-Xtreme and Pathfinder. Data concerning these two product lines
appear below:
Selling price per unit
Direct materials per unit
Direct labor per unit.
Direct labor-hours per unit
Estimated annual production and sales.
Xtreme
Estimated total manufacturing overhead
Estimated total direct labor-hours
$ 116.00
$ 64.00
$ 12.00
1.5 DLHS.
29,000 units
Pathfinder
$ 80.00
$ 52.00
$ 8.00
1.0 DLH
76,000 units
The company has a traditional costing system that applies manufacturing overhead to units based on direct labor-hours. Data
concerning manufacturing overhead and direct labor-hours for the upcoming year appear below:
$ 1,912,000
119,500 DLHs
Required:
1. Compute the product margins for Xtreme and Pathfinder under the company's traditional costing system.
2. The company is considering replacing its traditional costing system with an activity-based costing system that would assign its
manufacturing overhead to the following four activity cost pools (the Other cost pool includes organization-sustaining costs and idle
capacity costs):
Estimated
Overhead Cost
$ 693,100
539,000
640,000
39,900
$ 1,912,000.
Expected Activity
Pathfinder Total
76,000 119,500
200
490
1
2
NA
Xtreme
43,500
Activities and (Activity Measures)
Supporting direct labor (direct labor-hours)
Batch setups (setups)
Product sustaining (number of products)
Other
Total manufacturing
overhead cost
Compute the product margins for Xtreme and Pathfinder under the activity-based costing system.
3. Prepare a quantitative comparison of the traditional and activity-based cost assignments.
290
1
ΝΑ
NA
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