Question: Altima Company uses an overhead costing system based on direct labor hours for its two products X and Y. The company is considering adopting an

Altima Company uses an overhead costing system based on direct labor hours for its two products X and Y. The company is considering adopting an activity-based costing system, and collects the following information for the month of October.

Product X

Product Y

Production units

20,000

2,000

Direct materials cost per unit

$50.00

$40.00

Direct labor cost per hour

$10.00

$10.00

Direct labor hours

34,000

6,000

Activity Consumption

Overhead Cost pool

Overhead cost

Total activity

Product X

Product Y

Machine setup

$60,000

1,000 setups

300

700

Engineering change order

40,000

100 orders

20

80

Facility rent

90,000

1,000 sq. feet

300

700


Required:

(1) Compute the unit manufacturing cost of each product under a volume-based costing system based on direct labor hours. Show all necessary calculations.

(2) Compute the unit manufacturing cost of each product under the activity-based costing system. Show all necessary calculations.

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