Mastery Problem: Activity-Based Costing WoolCorp WooCorp buys sheep's wool from farmers. The company began operations in January of this year, and is making decisions on product offerings, pricing, and vendors. The company is also examining its method of assigning overhead to products. You've just been hired as a production manager at WoolCorp. Currently WooCorp makes two products: (1) raw, clean wool to be used as stuffing or Insulation and (2) wool yarn for use in the textile industry The company would like you to evaluate its conting methods for its raw wool and wool yarn Single Plantwide Rate WoolCorp is currently using the single plantwide factory overhead rate method, which uses a predetermined overhead rate based on an estimated allocation base such as direct labor hours or machine hours. The rate is computed as follows Single Pantwde Factory Overhead Rate = (Total Budpeted Factory Overhead) + (Total Budgeted Plantwide Allocation Base) WooCorp has been using combing machine hours as its allocation base The company would like to consider avoid costing. In order to understand their current system better, you evaluate WoolCorp's current method of costing for raw wool and wool. The production statt has compiled the following information for you on the production of 450 pounds of either raw wool or wool yarn Budgeted Factory Factory Overhead Type Overhead Sorting $25,600 Cewing Combing 30.400 1.400 Raw Wool Wool Yarn Hours of combing machine use required 70 30 In the following table, use combing machine hours as the allocation base for assigning overhead costs to each product. When required, round your answers to the nearest dollar. Single Plantwide Factory Overhead Rate: per combing hour Raw Wool Wool Yarn Allocated factory overhead cost Activity-Based Costing In order to compare WooCorp's current method with activity-based costing, you interview the production staff and compile the following information, which relates to the costs for raw wool and wool yarn Type of Cost Activity Base Total Cost Sorting Hours of sorting $25,600 Cleaning Units of clearing machine power 38,400 Combing Hours of combing machine use 1,400 Hours of sorting required Units of cleaning machine power required Hours of combing machine use required Raw Wool Wool Yarn 1,000 4,000 1,920 4,480 70 30 In the following table, compute and enter the activity rate for each of the three activities. If required, round your answers to the nearest cent. Activity Activity Rate Sorting per sorting hour Cleaning per unit of cleaning machine power Combing per hour of combing machine use In the following table, allocate the costs of sorting, cleaning, and combing based on the rates of activity consumed by each product's process. When required, round your answers to the nearest dollar. Raw Wool Wool Yarn Sorting cost Cleaning cost Combing cost Total cost Final Question Alter reviewing your work on the Single Plantwide Rate and Activity Based Costing panels, which of the costing method would you recommend to WoolCorp, and why