Farragut, Inc., uses activity-based costing to account for its chrome bumper manufacturing process
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Farragut, Inc., uses activity-based costing to account for its chrome bumper manufacturing process

3. Farragut, Inc., uses activity-based costing to account for its chrome bumper manufacturing process. Company managers have identified four manufacturing activities: materials handling, machine setup, insertion of parts, and finishing. The budgeted activity costs for 2010 and their allocation bases are as follows:


Farragut expects to produce 1,000 chrome bumpers during the year. The bumpers are expected to use 3,000 parts, require 20 setups, and consume 2,000 hours of finishing time.
Requirements
R1. Compute the cost allocation rate for each activity.
R2. Compute the indirect manufacturing cost of each bumper.
Hint
"R 1To compute the cost allocation rate, one requires an activity level. Choose an activity which directly relates to the incurred costs.The most common activity levels are direct labor/ machine hours.Divide the total overhead by the number of labor/machine hours.R 2An expense related to the manufacturing process but is not directly associated with the product or service, for example, the cos...

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