eBook Comparing ABC and Plantwide Overhead Cost Assignments Wellington Chocolate Company uses activity-based costing (ABC). The controller identified two activities and their budgeted costs: Setting up equipment Other overheard $308,000 $1,736,000 Setting up equipment is based on setup hours, and other overhead is based on oven hours. Wellington produces two products, Fudge and Cookies. Information on each product is as follows: Fudge: Cookies Units produced 8,000 445,000 Setup hours 5,600 1,400 Oven hours < 1,400 9,800 Required: Round your answers to the nearest whole dollar, unless otherwise directed. 1. Calculate the activity rate for (a) setting up equipment and (b) other overhead. a. Setting up equipment b. Other overhead per setup hour per oven hour 2. How much total overhead is assigned to Fudge using ABC? 1. Calculate the activity rate for (a) setting up equipment and (b) other overhead.. a. Setting up equipment b. Other overhead per setup hour per oven hour 2. How much total overhead is assigned to Fudge using ABC? 3. What is the unit overhead assigned to Fudge using ABC? Round to the nearest cent. per unit 4. Now, ignoring the ABC results, calculate the plantwide overhead rate, based on oven hours. Round to the nearest cent. per oven hour 5. How much total overhead is assigned to Fudge using the plantwide overhead rate? 6a. The difference in the total overhead assigned to Fudge is different under the ABC system and non-ABC system because, 6b. What is the difference in total overhead assigned to fudge under the two methods?