Cuisinart, a Conair Corporation, manufactures outdoor gas cookers and charcoal smokers. Assume that Cuisinart only makes a single model of each product that the following information pertains to the total manufacturing cost for the products in the current month. Charcoal smoker m_ Number of batches __ Number of Machine hours 16,000 m 925.500 smm smeaa $50341 Manufacturing overhead follows: Activitv Materials Acquisition and Inspection 5 50,100 amount of direct materials cost Product Assembly 123,500 number of machine hours Scheduling 15,180 number of batches A. Determine the total and per-unit cost of manufacturing the Gas Cooker and Charcoal Smoker for the month, assuming all manufacturing overhead related to these two products is assigned on a basis of direct labor dollars. B. Determine the total and per-unit costs of manufacturing the Gas Cooker and Charcoal Smoker for the month, assuming manufacturing overhead is assigned using activity- based costing. C. Comment on the differences between the solutions to requirements (A) and (B). Which is more accurate? What errors my managers make if all manufacturing overhead costs are assigned based on direct labor dollars? D. Cuisinart's manufacturing process has become increasingly animated over the past few years. Discuss how this will likely impact its ability to accurately measure product cost. E. Comment on the adequacy ofthe preceding data to meet management'slneeds