Problem 7-17 Comparing Traditional and Activity-Based Product Margins (L07-1, LO7-3, LO7-4, LO7-5) Smoky Mountain Corporation makes two types of hiking boots-the Xtreme and the Pathfinder. Data concerning these two product lines appear below: Selling price per unit Direct materials per unit Direct labor per unit Direct labor-hours per unit Estimated annual production and sales Xtreme $ 120.00 $ 64.10 $ 13.50 1.5 DLHS 30,000 units Pathfinder $ 90.00 $ 53.00 $ 9.00 1.0 LHS 70,000 unita The company has a traditional costing system in which manufacturing overhead is applied to units based on direct labor-hours. Data concerning manufacturing overhead and direct labor-hours for the upcoming year appear below: Estimated total manufacturing overhead Estimated total direct labor-hours $ 2,300,000 115,000 DLHS Required: 1. Compute the product margins for the Xtreme and the Pathfinder products under the company's traditional costing system. 2. The company is considering replacing its traditional costing system with an activity-based costing system that would assign its manufacturing overhead to the following four activity cost pools (the Other cost pool includes organization-sustaining costs and idle capacity costs): $ Activities and Activity Measures Supporting direct labor direct labor-hours) match setupa (setups Product sustaining (number of products Other Total manufacturing overhead cost Estimated Overhead Cost 977,500 612,000 700,000 10,500 $ 2,300,000 Expected Activity Xtreme Pathfinder Total 45,000 70,000 115,000 300 210 510 1 1 2 NA NA NA Compute the product margins for the Xtreme and the Pathfinder products under the activity-based costing system. 3. Prepare a quantitative comparison of the traditional and activity-based cost assignments. Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Required Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Compute the product margins for the Xtreme and the Pathfinder products under the company's traditional costing system. (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places and final answers to the nearest whole dollar amount.) Xtreme Pathfinder Total Product margin Required Required 2 > Compute the product margins for the Xtreme and the Pathfinder products under the activity-based costing system. 3. Prepare a quantitative comparison of the traditional and activity-based cost assignments. Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Compute the product margins for the Xtreme and the Pathfinder products under the activity-based costing system. (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.) Xtreme Pathfinder Total Product margin HHH May Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Prepare a quantitative comparison of the traditional and activity-based cost assignments. (Round your intermediate calculation decimal places and "Percentage" answers to 1 decimal place.) Xtreme Total % of Total Amount Pathfinder % of Amount Total Amount Amount Amount Traditional Cost System % % % % % % Total cost assigned to products Xtreme Pathfinder Total % of % of Amount Total Amount Amount Total Amount Amount Activity-Based Costing System Direct costs: % % % % Indirect costs: % % % % % % Total cost assigned to products Costs not assigned to products: Total cost
