What percentage is assigned to product z


GM Company manufactures two products - Product Y and Product Z. The company uses a plantwide overhead rate based on direct labor-hours. It is considering implementing an activity-based costing (ABC) system that allocates all of its manufacturing overhead to four cost pools. The following additional information is available for the company as a whole and for Products Y and Z.

Activity Cost Pool Acitivity Measure Estimated Overhead Cost Expected Activity
Machining Machine-hours 300000 10000 MHs
Machine setups Number of setups 100000 400 setups
Production design Number of products 80000 2 products
General factory Direct labor-hours 450000 15000 DLHs
Activity Measure Product Y Product Z
Machining 6000 4000
Number of setups 150 250
Number of products 1 1
Direct labor-hours 9500 5500
Units Produced 20000 8000

1. Using the ABC system, how much total manufacturing overhead cost will be assigned to Product Y and Product Z?

2. Using the plantwide overhead rate, what percentage of the total overhead cost is assigned to Product Y? What percentage is assigned to Product Z?

3. Using the ABC system, what percentage of each of the cost pools is assigned to Product Y?

Product Z?a. Machining - Product Y :   b. Machine Setup - Product Y :c. Product Design - Product Y :d. General Factory- Product Y :e. Machining - Product Z :f. Machine Setup - Product Z :g.Product Design - Product Z :h.General Factory - Product Z :

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