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Direct Method Eilers Company has two producing departments and two support departments. The following budgeted data pertain to these four departments: Support Departments Producing Departments General Factory Receiving Assembly Finishing Direct overhead $400,000 $160,000 $43,000 $74,000 Square footage 2,700 5,400 5,400 Number of receiving orders 300 1,680 1,020 Direct labor hours 25,000 40,000 The company has decided to simplify its method of allocating support service costs by switching to the direct method. Required: 1. Allocate the costs of the support departments to the producing departments using the direct method. Round allocation ratios to four significant digits. Round allocated costs to the nearest dollar. Use the rounded values for subsequent calculations. Allocation ratios: Assembly Finishing Square footage 0.5 V 0.5 V Number of receiving orders 0.58 x 0.34 x Allocations: Assembly Finishing General Factory 200,000 v $ 200,000 v Receiving 99,200 x 60,800 x Direct costs 43,000 v 74,000 v 342,200 x $ 334,800 x Total 2. Using direct labor hours, compute departmental overhead rates. (Round to the nearest cent.) Overhead Rate Assembly 13.69 x per direct labor hour Finishing 8.37 X per direct labor hour