Compare traditional and ABC allocations at a pharmacy (Learning Objective 2)
Dover Pharmacy, part of a large chain of pharmacies, fills a variety of prescriptions for customers. The complexity of prescriptions filled by Dover varies widely; pharmacists can spend between five minutes and six hours on a prescription order. Traditionally, the pharmacy has allocated its
The pharmacy chain’s controller is exploring whether activity-based costing (ABC) may better allocate the pharmacy overhead costs to pharmacy orders. The controller has gathered the following information:
The clerk for Dover has gathered the following information regarding two recent pharmacy orders:
Requirements
- 1. What is the traditional overhead rate based on the number of prescriptions?
- 2. How much pharmacy overhead would be allocated to customer order number 1247 if traditional overhead allocation based on the number of prescriptions is used?
- 3. How much pharmacy overhead would be allocated to customer order number 1248 if traditional overhead allocation based on the number of prescriptions is used?
- 4. What are the following cost pool allocation rates?
- a. Pharmacy occupancy costs
- b. Packaging supplies
- c. Professional training and insurance costs
- 5. How much would be allocated to customer order number 1247 if activity-based costing (ABC) is used to allocate the pharmacy overhead costs?
- 6. How much would be allocated to customer order number 1248 if activity-based costing (ABC) is used to allocate the pharmacy overhead costs?
- 7. Which allocation method (traditional or activity-based costing) would produce a more accurate product cost? Explain your answer.
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