Required Information Cain Components manufactures and distributes various plumbing products used in homes and other buildings. Over time, the production staff has noticed that products they considered easy to make were difficult to sell at margins considered reasonable, while products that seemed to take a lot of staff time were selling well despite recent price increases. A summer intern has suggested that the cost system might be providing misleading information The controller decided that a good summer project for the intern would be to develop, in one self-contained area of the plant, an alternative cost system with which to compare the current system. The intern identified the following cost pools and, after discussion with some plant personnel, appropriate cost drivers for each pool. There were: $ Cost Pools Receiving Manufacturing Machine setup Shipping Costs 600, see 5,500,000 900,000 1,000,000 Activity Drivers Direct material cost Machine.hours Production runs units shipped In this particular area, Cain produces two of its many products. Standard and Deluxe. The following are data for production for the latest full year of operations 5220.ee Standard S180, 565e, ce 124.ee 126, Total direct material costs Total direct labor costs Total machine-hours Total nusber of setups Total pounds of saterial Total direct labor.hours unter of units produced and shipped 15,5 11.50 6.650 12.ee Total direct material costs Total direct labor costs Tatal machine-hours Total number of setups Total pounds of material Total direct labor-hours Number of units produced and shipped Standard $180.ee $650, eee 124, Bee 140 11, see 6,65e 13, cee Deluxe $220,000 $380, cee 126, 60 15,5ee 4,400 12, eee Required: a. The current cost accounting system charges overhead to products based on machine-hours. What unit product costs will be reported for the two products of the current cost system continues to be used? b. The intern suggests an ABC system using the cost drivers Identified above. What unit product costs will be reported for the two products of the ABC system is used? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required A Required B The current cost accounting system charges overhead to products based on machine hours. What unit product costs will be reported for the two products of the current cost system continues to be used? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round "Unit cost" answers to 2 decimal places.) Standard Deluxe Direct costs Overhead Total costs Number of units Unit cost Red > Required: . The current cost accounting system charges overhead to products based on machine hours. What unit product costs will be reported for the two products if the current cost system continues to be used? b. The inter suggests an ABC system using the cost drivers Identified above. What unit product costs will be reported for the two products of the ABC system is used? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required A Required B The intern suggests an ABC system using the cost drivers identified above. What unit product costs will be reported for the two products if the ABC system is used? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round "Unit cost" answers to 2 decimal places.) standard Deluxe Direct Costs Overhead Receiving Manufacturing Machine Setup Shipping Total costs berotus UAB
