(#18-9) Single Plantwide Factory Overhead Rate

Spotted Cow Dairy Company manufactures three productswhole milk, skim milk, and creamin two production departments, Blending and Packing. The factory overhead for Spotted Cow Dairy is $264,600.

The three products consume both machine hours and direct labor hours in the two production departments as follows:

		Direct Labor Hours			Machine Hours
Blending Department
Whole milk			290			730
Skim milk			310			670
Cream			250			270
			850			1,670
Packing Department
Whole milk			340			390
Skim milk			540			480
Cream			160			160
			1,040			1,030
	Total		1,890			2,700

Required:

1. Determine the single plantwide factory overhead rate, using each of the following allocation bases: (a) direct labor hours and (b) machine hours. If required, round all amounts to the nearest dollar.

a. Direct labor overhead rate	$ per direct labor hour
b. Machine hour overhead rate	$ per machine hour

2. Determine the product factory overhead costs, using (a) the direct labor hour plantwide factory overhead rate and (b) the machine hour plantwide factory overhead rate.

	Whole Milk	Skim Milk	Cream
Direct labor hours	$	$	$
Machine hours	$	$	$