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Ch17 (Part 2) Hwk Question 3 of 4 < > View Policies -/3.75 E Current Attempt in Progress Health 'R Us, Inc., uses a traditional product costing system to assign overhead costs uniformly to all its packaged multigrain products. To meet Food and Drug Administration requirements and to assure its customers of safe, sanitary, and nutritious food, Health 'R Us engages in a high level of quality control. Health 'R Us assigns its quality-control overhead costs to all products at a rate of 17% of direct labor costs. Its direct labor cost for the month of June for its low-calorie breakfast line is $70,500. In response to repeated requests from its financial vice president, Health 'R Us's management agrees to adopt activity-based costing. Data relating to the low- calorie breakfast line for the month of June are as follows. Activity Cost Pools Cost Drivers Overhead Rate Number of Cost Drivers Used per Activity Inspections of material received In-process inspections FDA certification Number of pounds Number of servings Customer orders $0.90 per pound $0.33 per serving $12.00 per order 5,900 pounds 11,000 servings 450 orders Compute the quality-control overhead cost to be assigned to the low-calorie breakfast product line for the month of June (1) using the traditional product costing system (direct labor cost is the cost driver), and (2) using activity-based costing. SEP O 29 tv " Ch17 (Part 2) Hwk Question 3 of 4 < > View Policies -/3.75 E Current Attempt in Progress Health 'R Us, Inc., uses a traditional product costing system to assign overhead costs uniformly to all its packaged multigrain products. To meet Food and Drug Administration requirements and to assure its customers of safe, sanitary, and nutritious food, Health 'R Us engages in a high level of quality control. Health 'R Us assigns its quality-control overhead costs to all products at a rate of 17% of direct labor costs. Its direct labor cost for the month of June for its low-calorie breakfast line is $70,500. In response to repeated requests from its financial vice president, Health 'R Us's management agrees to adopt activity-based costing. Data relating to the low- calorie breakfast line for the month of June are as follows. Activity Cost Pools Cost Drivers Overhead Rate Number of Cost Drivers Used per Activity Inspections of material received In-process inspections FDA certification Number of pounds Number of servings Customer orders $0.90 per pound $0.33 per serving $12.00 per order 5,900 pounds 11,000 servings 450 orders Compute the quality-control overhead cost to be assigned to the low-calorie breakfast product line for the month of June (1) using the traditional product costing system (direct labor cost is the cost driver), and (2) using activity-based costing. SEP O 29 tv "