Sweet Sugar Company manufactures three products (white sugar, brown sugar, and powdered sugar) in a continuous production process. Senior management has asked the controller to conduct an activity-based costing study. The controller identified the amount of factory overhead required by the critical activities of the organization as follows:Activity. Budgeted activity costProduction. $489,900Setup. 117,600Inspection. 105,600Shipping. 144,300Customer service. 65,500 Total. $ 922,900The activity bases identified for each activity are as follows:Activity. Activity base. Production. Machine hoursSetup. Number of set upsInspection. Number of InspectionsShipping. Number of customer orders.Customer service. Number of customer service requests. The activity bases usage Quantities and units produced for the three products were determined from corporate records and are as follows:(Image 1) Step 2 in (image 2) eBookPrint ItemCustomerNumber ofNumber ofNumber ofServiceSetupsCustomer OrdersMachine HoursInspectionsRequests UnitsWhite sugar3,1208024074050 7,800Brown sugaГ1,9901103602,040320 4,975Powdered sugar1,990110600920130 4,975Total7,1003001,2003,700500 17,750Each product requires 0.9 machine hour per unit.Required:If required, round all per unit amounts to the nearest cent.1. Determine the activity rate for each activity.Productionper machine hourSetupInspectionper moveShippingper cust, ord.Customer serviceper customer service request2. Determine the total and per-unit activity cost for all three products.Total Activity CostActivity Cost Per UnitWhite sugar%24%24%24 akeAssignmentSessionLocator3&eBookPrint ItemTotal7,1003001,2003,700500 17,750Each product requires 0.9 machine hour per unit.Required:If required, round all per unit amounts to the nearest cent.1. Determine the activity rate for each activity.Production$4per machine hourSetup$4per setupInspection$4per moveShippingper cust. ord.Customer serviceper customer service request2. Determine the total and per-unit activity cost for all three products.Total Activity CostActivity Cost Per UnitWhite sugarBrown sugarPowdered sugar3. Why aren't the activity unit costs equal across all three products since they require the same machine time per unit?The unit costs are different because the products consume many activities in ratios different from the volume%24%24%24%24%24%24

Sweet Sugar Company manufactures three products (white sugar, brown sugar, and powdered sugar) in a continuous production process. Senior management has asked the controller to conduct an activity-based costing study. The controller identified the amount of factory overhead required by the critical activities of the organization as follows: Activity. Budgeted activity cost Production. $489,900 Setup. 117,600 Inspection. 105,600 Shipping. 144,300 Customer service. 65,500 Total. $ 922,900 The activity bases identified for each activity are as follows: Activity. Activity base. Production. Machine hours Setup. Number of set ups Inspection. Number of Inspections Shipping. Number of customer orders. Customer service. Number of customer service requests. The activity bases usage Quantities and units produced for the three products were determined from corporate records and are as follows: (Image 1) Step 2 in (image 2)

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Chapter3: Setting Up A New Company

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