Allen, Inc. manufactures bookcases and uses an activity-based costing system. Allen’s activity areas and related data follow
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Allen, Inc. manufactures bookcases and uses an activity-based costing system. Allen’s activity areas and related data follow

9. Allen, Inc. manufactures bookcases and uses an activity-based costing system. Allen’s activity areas and related data follow:


Allen produced two styles of bookcases in April: the standard bookcase and an unfinished bookcase, which has fewer parts and requires no finishing. The totals for quantities, direct materials costs, and other data follow:

Requirements
R1. Compute the manufacturing product cost per unit of each type of bookcase.
R2. Suppose that premanufacturing activities, such as product design, were assigned to the standard bookcases at $5 each, and to the unfinished bookcases at $4 each. Similar analyses were conducted of postmanufacturing activities such as distribution, marketing, and customer service. The postmanufacturing costs were $21 per standard bookcase and $18 per unfinished bookcase. Compute the full product costs per unit.
R3. Which product costs are reported in the external financial statements? Which costs are used for management decision making? Explain the difference.
R4. What price should Allen’s managers set for unfinished bookcases to earn a unit profit of $19?
Hint
"Activity-based costing system identifies the activities in a firm while assigning the cost of every activity to all products & services by the actual consumption by each.R3.External financial statements entail manufacturing product costs. Full product costs are critical in decision-making processes. They include pre and post-manufacturing activities."...

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