Compute the activity rate for each activity cost pool did


Fogerty Company makes two products, titanium Hubs and Sprockets. Data regarding the two products follow:

Additional information about the company follows:

a. Hubs require $32 in direct materials per unit, and Sprockets require $18.

b. The direct labor wage rate is $15 per hour.

c. Hubs are more complex to manufacture than Sprockets and they require special equipment.

 

Estimated Overhead Cost

Activity

Activity Cost Pool (Activity Measure)

 

Hubs

Sprockets

Total

Machine setup (number of setups)

$72,000

100

300

400

Special processing (machine-hours)

$200,000

5,000

0

5,000

General factory (organization-sustaining)

$816,000

NA

NA

NA

d. The ABC system has the following activity cost pools:

a. Compute the activity rate for each activity cost pool. Did you compute an activity rate for all of the activity cost pools? Why?

b. Determine the unit product cost of each product according to the ABC system.

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