Check my wor Blast it" sald David Wilson, president of Teledex Company. "We've just lost the bid on the Koopers job by $3,000. It seems we're either too high to get the job or too low to make any money on half the jobs we bid." Teledex Company manufactures products to customers' specifications and uses a job-order costing system. The company uses a plantwide predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor cost to apply its manufacturing overhead (assumed to be all fixed) to jobs. The following estimates were made at the beginning of the year Department Manufacturing overhead Direct labor Fabricating Machining Assembiy Total Plant 379,75 434,688 97,6se $911,48 $ 217,000 108, see 325,500 651,000 s 651, 60e Jobs require varying amounts of work in the three departments. The Koopers job. for example, would have required manufacturing costs in the three departments as follows Fabricating- Machining- Assembly- T Direct materials Direct labor Manufacturing overbead Total Plant s 8,100 $14, 700 s4,700 s6,200 s 300 s 6e0 s 3,1ee $7,900