Wagner Printers performs all types of printing, including custom work, such as advertising displays, and standard work,
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The overhead is applied to each job using a predetermined (normalized) rate based on estimated overhead and labor hours. Once the cost of the prospective job is determined, the sales manager develops a bid that reflects both the existing market conditions and the estimated price of completing the job. In the past, the normalized rate for overhead has been computed by using the historical average of overhead per direct labor hour. Wagner has become increasingly concerned about this practice for two reasons. First, it hasn’t produced accurate forecasts of overhead in the past. Second, technology has changed the printing process, so that the labor content of jobs has been decreasing, and the normalized rate of overhead per direct labor hour has steadily been increasing. The file Wagner Printers.xlsx shows the overhead data that Wagner has collected for its shop for the past 52 weeks.
The average weekly overhead for the last 52 weeks is $54,208, and the average weekly number of labor hours worked is 716.Therefore, the normalized rate for overhead that will be used in the upcoming week is about $76 (= 54208/716) per direct labor hour.
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1. Determine whether you can develop a more accurate estimate of overhead costs.
2. Wagner is now preparing a bid for an important order that may involve a considerable amount of repeat business. The estimated requirements for this project are 15 labor hours, 8 machine hours, $150 direct labor cost, and $750 direct material cost. Using the existing approach to cost estimation, Wagner has estimated the cost for this job as $2040 (= 150 + 750 + (76 X 15)). Given the existing data, what cost would you estimate for this job?
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Authors: Christian Albright, Wayne Winston, Christopher Zappe
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