CASE 3A AUERBACH ENTERPRISESAuerbach Enterprises manufactures air conditioners for automobiles and trucks manufactured throughoutNorth America. The company designs its products with flexibility to accommodate many makes andmodels of automobiles and trucks. The companys two main products are MaxiFlow and Alaska.MaxiFlow uses a few complex fabricated parts, but these have been found easy to assemble and test.On the other hand, Alaska uses many standard parts but has a complex assembly and testing process.MaxiFlow requires direct materials costs which total $135 per unit, while Alaskas direct materialsrequirements total $110 per unit. Direct labor costs per unit are $75 for MaxiFlow and $95 for Alaska.Auerbach Enterprises uses machine hours as the cost driver to assign overhead costs to the airconditioners. The company has used a company-wide predetermined overhead rate in past years, butthe new controller, Bennie Leon, is considering the use of departmental overhead rates beginning withthe next year.The following planning information is available for the next year for each the four manufacturingdepartments within the company: Overhead Machine Costs HoursRadiator parts fabrication.............. $ 80,000 10,000Radiator assembly, weld, and test.... 100,000 20,000Compressor parts fabrication.......... 120,000 5,000Compressor assembly and test........ 180,000 45,000 Total $480,000 80,000Normally, the air conditioners are produced in batch sizes of 20 at a time. A production batch of 20 unitsrequires the following number of hours in each department: MaxiFlow AlaskaRadiator parts fabrication........... 28 16Radiator assembly, weld, and test....... 30 74Compressor parts fabrication......... 32 8Compressor assembly and test......... 26 66 Total 116 164Required:1. Compute the departmental overhead rates using machine hours as the cost driver.2. Compute a company-wide overhead rate using machine hours as the cost driver.3. Compute the overhead costs per batch of MaxiFlow and Alaska assuming: (a) The company-wide rate. (b) The departmental rates.4. Compute the total costs per unit of MaxiFlow and Alaska assuming: (a) The company-wide rate. (b) The departmental rates.5. Is one product affected more than the other by use of departmental rates rather than a company-widerate? Why or why not?