Problem Set: Module 3 1. EX.04.03.ALGO 2. EX.04.06 3. TMM.04.06 4. EX.04.05.ALGO 5. EX.04.07.ALGO eBook Single Plantwide and Multiple Production Department Factory Overhead Rate Methods and Product Cost Distortion The management of Nova Industries Inc. manufactures gasoline and diesel engines through two production departments, Fabrication and Assembly. Management needs accurate product cost information in order to guide product strategy. Presently, the company uses a single plantwide factory overhead rate for allocating factory overhead to the two products. However, management is considering the multiple production department factory overhead rate method. The following factory overhead was budgeted for Nova: Fabrication Department factory overhead Assembly Department factory overhead Total Direct labor hours were estimated as follows: $810,000 360,000 $1,170,000 Progress: 5/5 items Fabrication Department 4,500 hours Assembly Department Total 4,500 9,000 hours In addition, the direct labor hours (dih) used to produce a unit of each product in each department were determined from engineering records, as follows: Production Departments Fabrication Department Assembly Department Gasoline Engine Diesel Engine 1.30 dlh 2.70 4.00 dlh 2.70 dlh 1.30 Direct labor hours per unit 4.00 dlh a. Determine the per-unit factory overhead allocated to the gasoline and diesel engines under the single plantwide factory overhead rate method, using direct labor hours as the activity base. Gasoline engine $ Diesel engine 507 X per unit 507 X per unit b. Determine the per-unit factory overhead allocated to the gasoline and diesel engines under the multiple production department factory overhead rate method, using direct labor hours as the activity base for each department. Gasoline engine $ per unit Diesel engine 450 590 per unit c. Recommend to management a product costing approach, based on your analyses in (a) and (b). Management should select the multiple department factory overhead rate method of allocating overhead costs. The single plantwide factory overhead rate method indicates that both products have the same factory overhead per unit. Each product uses the direct labor hours differently Thus, the multiple department rate method avoids the cost distortions by accounting for the overhead Check My Work Previous