Wilkins Corporation manufactures safes-large mobile safes, and large walk-in stationary bank safes. As part of its annual budgeting process, Wilkins is analyzing the profitability of its two products. Part of this analysis involves estimating the amount of overhead to be allocated to each product line. The following information relates to overhead.

Instructions:

(a) The total estimated manufacturing overhead was \(\$ 235,000\). Under traditional costing (which assigns overhead on the basis of direct-labor hours), what amount of manufacturing overhead costs are assigned to:
(1) One mobile safe?
(2) One walk-in safe?

(b) The total estimated manufacturing overhead of \(\$ 235,000\) was comprised of \(\$ 150,000\) for material-handling costs and \(\$ 85,000\) for purchasing activity costs. Under activitybased costing ( \(\mathrm{ABC}\) ):
(1) What amount of material handling costs are assigned to:

(a) One mobile safe?

(b) One walk-in safe?
(2) What amount of purchasing activity costs are assigned to:

(a) One mobile safe?

(b) One walk-in safe?

(c) Compare the amount of overhead allocated to one mobile safe and to one walk-in safe under the traditional costing approach versus under ABC.
Identify activity cost pools.

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Mobile Walk-in Safes Safes Units planned for production Material moves per product line 200 50 300 200 Purchase orders per product line 450. 350 Direct labor hours per product line 800 1,700