The following data are for the two products produced by Tadros Company.

The company's direct labor rate is $20 per direct labor hour (DLH). Additional information follows.
Costs Driver
Indirect manufacturing
Engineering support...... . . . . . . . . . $24,500.................. Engineering modifications
Electricity . . . . . . . . . . . ...... . . . . . . 34,000................................. Machine hours
Setup costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........ . 52,500.......................................... Batches
Nonmanufacturing
Customer service . . . ....... . . . . . . . 81,000.......................... Number of customers
Required
1. Compute the manufacturing cost per unit using the plant wide overhead rate based on direct labor hours. What is the gross profit per unit?
2. How much gross profit is generated by each customer of Product A using the plant wide overhead rate? How much gross profit is generated by each customer of Product B using the plant wide overhead rate? What is the cost of providing customer service to each customer? What information is provided by this comparison?
3. Determine the manufacturing cost per unit of each product line using ABC. What is the gross profit per unit?
4. How much gross profit is generated by each customer of Product A using ABC? How much gross profit is generated by each customer of Product B using ABC? Is the gross profit per customer adequate?
5. Which method of product costing gives better information to managers of this company? Explain why.

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Product A Product B $24 per unit 0.3 DLH per unit 16 DLH per unit Machine hours Batches..._ Volume.... Engineering modifications . 0.1 MH per unit .2 MH per unit 225 batches 2.000 units 58 modifications 400 customers $120 per unit --.. 1 Fari ..12 modifications 500 customers Market price. Mantas wi....