Textbook Problem

Multiple production department factory overhead rate method

Four Finger Appliance Company manufactures small kitchen appliances. The product line consists of blenders and toaster ovens. Four Finger Appliance presently uses the multiple production department factory overhead rate method. The factory overhead is as follows:

Assembly Department	$186,000
Test and Pack Department	120,000
Total	$306,000

The direct labor information for the production of 7,500 units of each product is as follows:

	Assembly Department	Test and Pack Department
Blender	750 dlh	2,250 dlh
Toaster oven	2,250	750
Total	3,000 dlh	3,000 dlh

Four Finger Appliance used direct labor hours to allocate production department factory overhead to products.

A. Determine the two production department factory overhead rates.

B. Determine the total factory overhead and the factory overhead per unit allocated to each product.