Homework Handout Problem 6-1 ABC Costing High Mountain Coffee Co. is a processor and distributor of different blends of quality coffee. The company buys beans from around the world and roasts, blends and packages them for resale. There are presently 15 different flavors which are sold to gourmet shops in one pound bags. The major cost is raw materials; however, there is substantial amount of manufacturing overhead in the product.This relates to the high level of automation in the roasting and packing. The company uses very little direct labor.

Some of the flavors are very popular and sell in large volumes while a few newer blends have very low volumes. High Mountain prices its coffee at full product cost including allocated overhead plus a markup of 30%. High Mountain competes with comparable qualities but customers are cost conscience.

Data for the 2011 budget includes manufacturing overhead of $3,000,000; direct labor of $600,000, and raw materials of $6,000,000. Total plant production is estimated to be 3,000,000 pounds of coffee.

The expected prime costs for one pound bags of the two following products are as follows:

	Kayakers Delight	Brundage Blended
Direct Material	$3.20	$4.20
Direct Labor	.30	.30

High Mountain has also developed the following budgeted manufacturing overhead information for 2011.

Activity	Cost Driver	Budgeted Activity	Budgeted Cost
Purchasing	Purchase Orders	1,158	579,000
Material Handling	Setups	1,800	720,000
Quality Control	Batches	720	144,000
Roasting	Roasting Hours	96,100	961,000
Blending	Blending Hours	33,600	33,600
Packaging	Packing Hours	260,000	260,000

Total Manufacturing Overhead 3,000,000

Data regarding the 2011 production of Kayakers and Brundage coffee are shown in the following table. There will be no raw material inventory for either of these coffees at the beginning of the year.

	Kayakers Delight	Brundage Blended
Budgeted Sales	2,000 lbs.	100,000 lbs.
Batch Size	500 lbs.	10,000 lbs.
Setups	3	5
Purchase Order Size	500 lbs.	25,000 lbs.
Roasting Hours	1 hr/100 lbs	1 hr/100 lbs
Blending Hours	.5 hr/100 lbs	.5 hr/100 lbs
Packaging	1lb./package	1lb./package

1. Calculate the overhead allocation rate for each blend using direct labor dollars as the driver.