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Marconi Manufacturing produces two items in its Trumbull Plant: Tuff Stuff and Ruff Stuff. Since inception, Marconi has used only one manufacturing-
The two major indirect
A decision was made to separate the Manufacturing Department costs into two activity cost pools as follows:
Fabrication: machine hours will be the cost driver.
Assembly: number of setups will be the cost driver.
The controller has gathered the following information.
*Direct-labor hourly rate is the same in both departments.
Required:
- 1. Assigning overhead based on direct-labor hours, calculate the following:
- a. Total budgeted cost of the Manufacturing Department.
- b. Unit cost of Tuff Stuff and Ruff Stuff.
- 2. After separation of overhead into activity cost pools, compute the total budgeted cost of each activity: Fabrication and Assembly.
- 3. Using activity-based costing, calculate the unit costs for each product. (In computing the pool rates for the Fabrication and Assembly activity cost pools, round to the nearest cent. Then, in computing unit product costs, round to the nearest cent.)
- 4. Discuss how a decision regarding the production and pricing of Ruff Stuff will be affected by the results of your calculations in the preceding requirements.
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