Mello Manufacturing Company is a diversified manufacturer that manufactures three products (Alpha, Beta, and Omega) in a continuous production process. Senior management has asked the controller to conduct an activity-based costing study. The controller identified the amount of factory overhead required by the critical activities of the organization as follows:

1	Activity	Activity Cost Pool
2	Production	$259,200.00
3	Setup	55,000.00
4	Material handling	9,750.00
5	Inspection	60,000.00
6	Product engineering	123,200.00
7	Total	$507,150.00

The activity bases identified for each activity are as follows:

Activity	Activity Base
Production	Machine hours
Setup	Number of setups
Material handling	Number of parts
Inspection	Number of inspection hours
Product engineering	Number of engineering hours

The activity-base usage quantities and units produced for the three products were determined from corporate records and are as follows:

	Machine	Number of	Number of	Number of	Number of
	Hours	Setups	Parts	Inspection Hours	Engineering Hours	Units
Alpha	1,440	75	65	400	125	1,800
Beta	1,080	165	80	300	175	1,350
Omega	720	310	180	500	140	900
Total	3,240	550	325	1,200	440	4,050

Each product requires 40 minutes per unit of machine time.

Required:

Complete the Activity Tables for Alpha, Beta and Omega.

1.	Determine the activity rate for each activity.*
2.	Use the activity rates in (1) to determine the total and per-unit activity costs associated with all three products.*
3.	Why arent the activity unit costs equal across all three products since they require the same machine time per unit?
	* If required, round all per-unit amounts to the nearest cent.