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Manning Company produces 3 products and uses the job order method to determine unit costs. Manning uses direct labor hours as a base to allocate overhead. The following beginning of the year estimates are known:
Total manufacturing overhead $1,100,000
Total units produced (all 3 products) 100,000
Total direct labor hours 100,000
Total direct labor cost $1,120,000
Total direct material cost $2,000,000
Total machine hours 50,000
The following end of the year results are also known:
Product1 Product2 Product3 Total
Direct labor hours 50,000 30,000 35,000 115,000
Direct labor costs $600,000 $200,000 $400,000 $1,200,000
Direct materials costs $700,000 $800,000 $600,000 $2,100,000
Manufacturing overhead $1,050,000
Total units produced 41,000 29,000 35,000 105,000
Machine hours 13,000 22,000 13,000 48,000
1. Calculate the cost per unit of each product.
2. At this stage, is manufacturing overhead under or over applied (and by how much)?
3. If all three products sell at a market determined price of $55, what strategy would you recommend?
4. Repeat questions 1-3 assuming the company uses machine hours to allocate overhead. Repeat again using total units as the base. Repeat one more time using direct labor cost as the base.