Kingsport Containers Company makes a single product that is subject to wide seasonal variations in demand. The company uses a job order costing system and computes plantwide predetermined overhead rates on a quarterly basis using the number of units to be produced as the allocation base. Its estimated costs, by quarter, for the coming year are given below: Quarter Pirat Second Third Fourth Direct materials $320,000 $160,000 $ 80,000 $240,000 Direct labor 120,000 60,000 30.000 90,000 Manufacturing overhead 230.000 205.000 194,000 Total manufacturing costa (a) 1670,000 $426,000 $304,000 Number of units to be produced (b) 120,000 60,000 30,000 90,000 Estimated unit product cost (a) (b) 5 5.58 7.10 $ 10.135 Management finds the variation in quarterly unit product costs to be confusing and difficult to work with. It has been suggested that the problem lies with manufacturing overhead because it is the largest element of total manufacturing cost. Accordingly, you have been asked to find a more appropriate way of assigning manufacturing overhead cost to units of product. Required: 1. Assuming the estimated variable manufacturing overhead cost per unit is $0.40, what must be the estimated total fixed 2. Assuming the assumptions about cost behavior from the first three quarters hold constant, what is the estimated unit product cost 3. What is causing the estimated unit product cost to fluctuate from one quarter to the next? 4. Assuming the company computes one predetermined overhead rate for the year rather than computing quarterly overhead rates, calculate the unit product cost for all units produced during the year. Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Required 4 Kingsport Containers Company makes a single product that is subject to wide seasonal variations in demand. The company uses a job order costing system and computes plantwide predetermined overhead rates on a quarterly basis using the number of units to be produced as the allocation base. Its estimated costs, by quarter, for the coming year are given below: Quarter Pirat Second Third Fourth Direct materials $320,000 $160,000 $ 80,000 $240,000 Direct labor 120,000 60,000 30.000 90,000 Manufacturing overhead 230.000 205.000 194,000 Total manufacturing costa (a) 1670,000 $426,000 $304,000 Number of units to be produced (b) 120,000 60,000 30,000 90,000 Estimated unit product cost (a) (b) 5 5.58 7.10 $ 10.135 Management finds the variation in quarterly unit product costs to be confusing and difficult to work with. It has been suggested that the problem lies with manufacturing overhead because it is the largest element of total manufacturing cost. Accordingly, you have been asked to find a more appropriate way of assigning manufacturing overhead cost to units of product. Required: 1. Assuming the estimated variable manufacturing overhead cost per unit is $0.40, what must be the estimated total fixed 2. Assuming the assumptions about cost behavior from the first three quarters hold constant, what is the estimated unit product cost 3. What is causing the estimated unit product cost to fluctuate from one quarter to the next? 4. Assuming the company computes one predetermined overhead rate for the year rather than computing quarterly overhead rates, calculate the unit product cost for all units produced during the year. Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Required 4
