Question 2(11 marks)

Henry's Kitchens makes two types of sandwich makers: Basic and Deluxe. The company expects to manufacture 70,000 units of Basic, which has a per-unit direct material cost of $10 and a per-unit direct labor cost of $60. It also expects to manufacture 30,000 units of Deluxe, which has a per-unit material cost of $15 and a per-unit direct labor cost of $40. It is estimated that Basic will use 140,000 machine hours and Deluxe will require 60,000 machine hours. Historically, the company has used the traditional overhead allocation method and applied overhead at a rate of $21 per machine hour. It was determined that there were three cost pools, and the overhead for each cost pool is shown:

Machine setups $90 000

Machine processing $ 4 000 000

Material requisitions $ 100 000

Total overhead $ 4 190 000

The cost driver for each cost pool and its expected activity is shown:

Basic Deluxe Total

Machine setups 100 200 300

Machine hours 140 000 60 000 200 000

Parts requisitions 80 120 200

Required:

a) What is the per-unit cost for each product under the traditional overhead allocation method? (3 marks)

b) What is the per-unit cost for each product under ABC costing? (4 marks)

c) Briefly comment on the overhead applied per unit under the two overhead allocation methods. i.e. How much was overhead underor overapplied for each product? Further, would you recommend a change to ABC costing for Henry's Kitchens? Why or why not? (4 marks)