PWC Systems Inc. makes personal watercraft for sale through specialty sporting goods stores. The company has a
Question:
PWC Systems Inc. makes personal watercraft for sale through specialty sporting goods stores. The company has a standard model but also makes custom-designed models. Management has designed an ABC system with the following activity cost pools and activity rates:
Activity Cost Pool Activity Rates
Supporting manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $22 per direct labour-hour
Order processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $212 per order
Custom design processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $243 per custom design
Customer service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $307 per customer
Management would like an analysis of the profitability of a particular customer, WaveRider, which has ordered the following products over the last 12 months:
The company€™s direct labour rate is $24 per hour.
Required:
Using the company€™s ABC system, compute the customer margin of WaveRider.
Step by Step Answer:
Managerial Accounting
ISBN: 978-1259024900
9th canadian edition
Authors: Ray Garrison, Theresa Libby, Alan Webb