Problem 7-17 Comparing Traditional and Activity-Based Product Margins [LO7-1, 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 $123.00 $ 63.80 $ 10.80 1.2 DLHS 27,000 units Pathfinder $ 86.00 $ 50.00 $ 9.00 1.6 DLHS 74,000 units 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 $ 2,340,800 106,400 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) Batch setups (setups) Product sustaining (number of products) Other Total manufacturing overhead cost Estimated Expect Overhead Cost Xtreme Pat $ 691,600 32,400 74 900,000 270 700,000 1 49,200 NA $ 2,340,800 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 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): Estimated Expected Activity Activities and Activity Measures Overhead Cost Xtreme Pathfinder Total Supporting direct labor (direct labor-hours) 691,600 32,400 74,000 106,400 Batch setups (setups) 900,000 270 230 500 Product sustaining (number of products) 700,000 Other 49,200 Total manufacturing overhead cost $ 2,340,890 $ 1 NA 1 NA 2 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 3 Xtreme Pathfinder Total % of % of Amount Total Amount Amount Total 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
