Single Plantwide Factory Overhead Rate Gwinnett County Chrome Company manufactures three chrome-plated products—automobile bumpers, valve covers, and wheels. These products are manufactured in two production departments (Stamping and Plating). The factory overhead for Gwinnett County Chrome is $239,200. The three products consume both machine hours and direct labor hours in the two production departments as follows:   Direct Labor Hours Machine Hours Stamping Department     Automobile bumpers   590     810   Valve covers   310     570   Wheels   350     620       1,250     2,000   Plating Department     Automobile bumpers   195     1,150   Valve covers   200     700   Wheels   195     750       590     2,600     Total   1,840     4,600     Required: 1.  Determine the single plantwide factory overhead rate, using each of the following allocation bases: (a) direct labor hours and (b) machine hours. Direct labor hour overhead rate $fill in the blank 1 per direct labor hour Machine hour overhead rate $fill in the blank 2 per machine hour 2.  Determine the product factory overhead costs, using (a) the direct labor hour plantwide factory overhead rate and (b) the machine hour plantwide factory overhead rate.   Automobile Bumpers Valve Covers Wheels Direct labor hours $fill in the blank 3 $fill in the blank 4 $fill in the blank 5 Machine hours $fill in the blank 6 $fill in the blank 7 $fill in the blank 8

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Single Plantwide Factory Overhead Rate

Gwinnett County Chrome Company manufactures three chrome-plated products—automobile bumpers, valve covers, and wheels. These products are manufactured in two production departments (Stamping and Plating). The factory overhead for Gwinnett County Chrome is $239,200.

The three products consume both machine hours and direct labor hours in the two production departments as follows:

  Direct Labor Hours Machine Hours
Stamping Department    
Automobile bumpers   590     810  
Valve covers   310     570  
Wheels   350     620  
    1,250     2,000  
Plating Department    
Automobile bumpers   195     1,150  
Valve covers   200     700  
Wheels   195     750  
    590     2,600  
  Total   1,840     4,600  

 

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1.  Determine the single plantwide factory overhead rate, using each of the following allocation bases: (a) direct labor hours and (b) machine hours.

Direct labor hour overhead rate $fill in the blank 1 per direct labor hour
Machine hour overhead rate $fill in the blank 2 per machine hour

2.  Determine the product factory overhead costs, using (a) the direct labor hour plantwide factory overhead rate and (b) the machine hour plantwide factory overhead rate.

  Automobile Bumpers Valve Covers Wheels
Direct labor hours $fill in the blank 3 $fill in the blank 4 $fill in the blank 5
Machine hours $fill in the blank 6 $fill in the blank 7

$fill in the blank 8

 

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