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> Refer to Exercise 4-22. Required: 1. Calculate the global consumption ratios for the two products. 2. Using the activity consumption ratios for number of orders and number of setups, show that the same cost assignment can be achieved using these two driv

> Silven Company has identified the following overhead activities, costs, and activity drivers for the coming year: Silven produces two models of cell phones with the following expected activity demands: Required: 1. Determine the total overhead assigned t

> Bob Russo, cost accounting manager for Hemple Products, was asked to determine the costs of the activities performed within the company’s Manufacturing Engineering Department. The department has the following activities: creating bills

> Calzado Company produces leather shoes in batches. The shoes are produced in one plant located on 20 acres. The plant operates two shifts, five days per week. Each time a batch is produced, just in-time suppliers deliver materials to the plant. When the

> Bob Russo, cost accounting manager for Hemple Products, was asked to determine the costs of the activities performed within the company’s Manufacturing Engineering Department. The department has the following activities: creating bills of materials (BOMs

> Refer to the interview in Exercise 4-17 (especially to Questions 4 and 7). The general ledger reveals the following annual costs: Supervisor’s salary $ 64,600 Clerical salaries 210,000 Computers, desks, and printers 32,000 Computer supplies 7,200 Tel

> Lising Therapy has a physical therapist who performs electro-mechanical treatments for its patients. During April, Lising had the following cost and output information: Direct materials $ 750 Hygienist’s salary $4,250 Overhead $5,000 Number of treatments

> Golding Bank is in the process of implementing an activity-based costing system. A copy of an interview with the manager of Golding’s Credit Card Department follows. QUESTION 1: How many employees are in your department? RESPONSE: There are eight employe

> Deoro Company has identified the following overhead activities, costs, and activity drivers for the coming year: Deoro produces two models of dishwashers with the following expected prime costs and activity demands: The company’s normal

> McCourt Company produces two types of leather purses: standard and handcrafted. Both purses use equipment for cutting and stitching. The equipment also has the capability of creating standard designs. The standard purses use only these standard designs.

> Mariposa, Inc., produces machine tools and currently uses a plantwide overhead rate, based on machine hours. Alice Chen, the plant manager, has heard that departmental overhead rates can offer significantly better cost assignments than can a plantwide ra

> Craig Company uses a predetermined overhead rate to assign overhead to jobs. Because Craig’s production is machine intensive, overhead is applied on the basis of machine hours. The expected overhead for the year was $5.7 million, and the practical level

> Findley Company and Lemon Company both use predetermined overhead rates to apply manufacturing overhead to production. Findley’s is based on machine hours, and Lemon’s is based on materials cost. Budgeted production an

> Gomez, Inc., costs products using a normal costing system. The following data are available for last year: Budgeted: Overhead $ 285,600 Machine hours 84,000 Direct labor hours 10,200 Actual: Overhead $ 285,000 Machine hours 82,200 Direct labor hour

> Classify the following costs of activity inputs as variable, fixed, or mixed. Identify the activity and the associated activity driver that allow you to define the cost behavior. For example, assume that the resource input is “cloth in

> Ginnian and Fitch, a regional accounting firm, performs yearly audits on a number of different for-profit and not-for-profit entities. Two years ago, Luisa Mellina, Ginnian’s partner in charge of operations, became concerned about the a

> Sweet Dreams Bakery was started five years ago by Della Fontera who was known for her breads, sweet rolls, and personalized cakes. Della had kept her accounting system simple, believing that she had a good intuitive handle on costs. She had been using th

> Morrison Company had the equivalent units schedule and cost information for its Sewing Department for the month of December, as shown below. Required: 1. Calculate the unit cost for December, using the weighted average method. 2. Calculate the cost of go

> Lassiter Company used the method of least squares to develop a cost equation to predict the cost of moving materials. There were 80 data points for the regression, and the following computer output was generated: Intercept $17,350 Slope 12.00 Coefficient

> The controller of the South Charleston plant of Ravinia, Inc., monitored activities associated with materials handling costs. The high and low levels of resource usage occurred in September and March for three different resources associated with material

> Refer to the data in Exercise 3-18. Required: 1. Compute the cost formula for radiology services using the method of least squares. 2. Using the formula computed in Requirement 1, what is the predicted cost of radiology services for October for 3,500 app

> Deepa Dalal opened a free-standing radiology clinic. She had anticipated that the costs for the radiological tests would be primarily fixed, but she found that costs increased with the number of tests performed. Costs for this service over the past nine

> Shirrell Blackthorn is the accountant for several pizza restaurants based in a tri-city area. The president of the chain wanted some help with budgeting and cost control, so Shirrell decided to analyze the accounts for the past year. She divided the acco

> Penny Hassan runs the Shear Beauty Salon near a college campus. Several months ago, Penny used some unused space at the back of the salon and bought two used tanning beds. She hired a receptionist and kept the salon open for extended hours each week so t

> J. Klompus, Inc., produces industrial machinery. J. Klompus has a machining department and a group of direct laborers called machinists. Each machinist is paid $25,000 and can machine up to 500 units per year. Klompus also hires supervisors to develop ma

> EcoBrite Labs performs tests on water samples supplied by outside companies to ensure that their waste water meets environmental standards. Customers deliver water samples to the lab and receive the lab reports via the Internet. The EcoBrite Labs facilit

> For the following activities and their associated resources, identify the following: (1) a cost driver, (2) flexible resources, and (3) committed resources. Also, label each resource as one of the following with respect to the cost driver: (a) variable a

> Washington Theater System entered into a three-year agreement with a local civic organization such that the organization would provide 5,000 of its patrons each month with a special ticket to attend a movie at Washington’s theaters. Each special ticket p

> Lamont Company produced 80,000 machine parts for diesel engines. There were no beginning or ending work-in-process inventories in any department. Lamont incurred the following costs for May: Required: 1. Calculate the costs transferred out of each depart

> Cashion Company produces chemical mixtures for veterinary pharmaceutical companies. Its factory has four mixing lines that mix various powdered chemicals together according to specified formulas. Each line can produce up to 5,000 barrels per year. Each l

> Fresh Powder, Inc., manufactures snowboards. Based on past experience, Fresh Powder has found that its total annual overhead costs can be represented by the following formula: Overhead cost 5 $2,500,000 1 $125X, where X equals number of snowboards. Last

> Examine the graphs in Exercise 3-26. Required: As explained in this chapter, cost behavior patterns can be described as fixed, variable, semi-variable, mixed, or step function in nature. Explain the exact type of cost behavior pattern represented by each

> The graphs below represent cost behavior patterns that might occur in a company’s cost structure. The vertical axis represents total cost, and the horizontal axis represents activity output. Required: Part 1: For each of the following s

> Sharon Glessing, controller for Janson Company, has noticed that the company faces a 75 percent learning rate for its specialty design line. In planning the cost of the latest design, Sharon assumed that the first set of units would take 1,000 direct lab

> Bordner Company manufactures HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) systems for commercial buildings. For each new design, Bordner faces a 90 percent learning rate. On average, the first unit of a new design takes 600 hours. Direct labor is pa

> Last calendar year, Ellerson recognized revenue of $1,312,000 and had selling and administrative expenses of $204,600. Required: 1. What is the cost of goods sold for last year? 2. Prepare an income statement for Ellerson for last year. 3. Ellerson’s chi

> Ellerson Company provided the following information for the last calendar year: Beginning inventory: Direct materials $68,000 Work in process 29,400 Finished goods 43,200 Ending inventory: Direct materials $70,400 Work in process 40,000 Finished goods 42

> Jazon Manufacturing produces two different models of cameras. One model has an automatic focus, whereas the other requires the user to determine the focus. The two products are produced in batches. Each time a batch is produced, the equipment must be con

> Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (MPI), designs and manufactures a variety of drugs. One new drug, Glaxane, has been in development for seven years. FDA approval has just been received, and MPI is ready to begin production and sales. Required: Which cost

> Now assume that the spoilage was due to the inherently fragile nature of the piece of stone picked out by the Flores family. Stanley had warned them that the chosen piece could require much more care and potentially additional work. As a result, Stanley

> Refer to Brief Exercise 2-2. Bob’s Bistro expects to produce 50,000 units and sell 50,500 units. Beginning inventory of finished goods is $13,000, and ending inventory of finished goods is expected to be $10,000. Required: 1. Prepare a

> Lakeesha Barnett owns and operates a package mailing store in a college town. Her store, Send It Packing, helps customers wrap items and send them via UPS, FedEx, and the USPS. Send It Packing also rents mailboxes to customers by the month. In May, purch

> Anglin Company, a manufacturing firm, has supplied the following information from its accounting records for the last calendar year: Required: 1. Prepare a cost of goods manufactured statement. 2. Prepare a cost of goods sold statement.

> Kildeer Company makes easels for artists. During the last calendar year, a total of 30,000 easels were made, and 31,000 were sold for $52 each. The actual unit cost is as follows: Direct materials $14.70 Direct labor 5.80 Variable overhead 3.25 Fixed ove

> LeMans Company produces specialty papers at its Fox Run plant. At the beginning of June, the following information was supplied by its accountant: Direct materials inventory $62,400 Work-in-process inventory 33,900 Finished goods inventory 55,600 During

> For each of the following independent situations, calculate the missing values: 1. The Belen plant purchased $78,300 of direct materials during June. Beginning direct materials inventory was $2,500, and direct materials used in production were $73,500. W

> Picante, Inc., provided the following information for the last calendar year: Beginning inventory: Direct materials $150,500 Work in process 95,300 Ending inventory: Direct materials $145,300 Work in process 91,400 During the year, direct materials p

> Three possible product cost definitions were introduced: (1) value chain, (2) operating, and (3) product or manufacturing. Identify which of the three product cost definitions best fits the following situations (justify your choice): a. Determining which

> Nizam Company produces speaker cabinets. Recently, Nizam switched from a traditional departmental assembly line system to a manufacturing cell in order to produce the cabinets. Suppose that the cabinet manufacturing cell is the cost object. Assume that a

> The following items are associated with a cost accounting information system: a. Usage of direct materials b. Assignment of direct materials cost to each product c. Direct labor cost incurrence d. Depreciation on production equipment e. Cost accounting p

> Stanley Company installs granite countertops in customers’ homes. First, the customer chooses the particular granite slab, and then Stanley measures the countertop area at the customer’s home, cuts the granite to that shape, and installs it. The Flores j

> In general, systems are described by the following pattern: (1) interrelated parts, (2) processes, and (3) objectives. Operational models of systems also identify inputs and outputs. The dishwashing system of a college cafeteria consists of the following

> State University’s football team just received a bowl game invitation, and the students and alumni are excited. Holiday Travel Agency, located close to campus, decided to put together a bowl game package. For $50,000, a 737 jet could be chartered to take

> The job responsibilities of three employees of Ruido Speakers, Inc., are described as follows: Kaylin Hepworth, production manager, is responsible for production of the plastic casing in which the speaker components are placed. She supervises the line wo

> Sterling, Inc., is an export-import firm. On June 1, Sterling purchased goods from a British company costing £20,000. Payment is due in pounds on September 1. The spot rate on June 1 was $1.29 per pound, and on September 1, it was $1.34 per pound. Requir

> Pacific Rim, Inc., is considering opening a new warehouse to serve the northwest region. Darnell Florian, controller for Pacific Rim, has been reading about the advantages of FTZs. He wonders if locating in one would be of benefit to his company, which i

> Cajas, Inc., is considering opening a new warehouse to serve the Southwest region. Aaron Garcia, controller for Cajas, has been reading about the advantages of FTZs. He wonders if locating in one would be of benefit to his company, which imports about 90

> A close friend of yours is majoring in accounting and would like to work for an MNC upon graduation. Your friend is unsure just what courses would help prepare for that goal and wants your advice. Required: Advise your friend on the kind of courses that

> Yukon, Inc., has a division in Canada, the Exterior Stain Division, which makes long-lasting exterior wood stain. Yukon has another U.S. division, the Retail Division, which operates a chain of home improvement stores. The Retail Division would like to b

> Colorworld, Inc., has a division in Indonesia that makes dyestuff in a variety of colors used to dye denim for jeans and another division in the United States that manufactures denim clothing. The Dyestuff Division incurs manufacturing costs of $2.68 for

> Mitford Furniture Manufacturing, Inc., has a division in the United States that produces and sells furniture for discount furniture stores. One type of dining room set is made in the International Division in China. The dining room sets are sold external

> Reider Company is a job-order costing firm that uses activity-based costing to apply overhead to jobs. Reider identified three overhead activities and related drivers. Budgeted information for the year is as follows: Reider worked on four jobs in July. D

> Ariana Stratford, vice president for Newtronics, Inc., was reviewing the latest results for two divisions. The first, located in Baja California, Mexico, had posted income of $150,000 on assets of $1,500,000. The second, in Punt-on-Thames, England, showe

> Permian Company engages in many foreign currency transactions. Company policy is to hedge exposure to exchange gains and losses using forward contracts. On July 1, Permian bought merchandise from a Canadian company for 120,000 Canadian dollars, payable o

> Refer to Exercise 21-9. If Sterling paid for the purchase using the September 1 spot rate, what was the exchange gain or loss? Data from Exercise 21-9: Sterling, Inc., is an export-import firm. On June 1, Sterling purchased goods from a British company

> Bautista Company manufactures backpacks. A heavy-duty strap is one part that the company orders from an outside supplier. Information pertaining to the strap is as follows: Economic order quantity 6,300 units Average daily usage 315 units Maximum daily u

> Melchar Company uses 78,125 pounds of oats each year. The cost of placing an order is $18, and the carrying cost for one pound of oats is $0.45. Required: 1. Compute the economic order quantity for oats. 2. Compute the carrying and ordering costs for the

> Refer to the data in Exercise 20-6. Required: 1. Compute the economic order quantity. 2. Compute the ordering, carrying, and total costs for the EOQ. 3. How much money does using the EOQ policy save the company over the policy of purchasing 4,000 plastic

> Ottis, Inc., uses 640,000 plastic housing units each year in its production of paper shredders. The cost of placing an order is $30. The cost of holding one unit of inventory for one year is $15.00. Currently, Ottis places 160 orders of 4,000 plastic hou

> Duckstein, Inc., manufactures two types of aspirin: plain and buffered. It sells all it produces. Recently, Duckstein implemented a TOC approach for its Fort Smith plant. One binding constraint was identified, and the optimal product mix was determined.

> Patz Company makes three types of stainless steel frying pans. Each of the three types of pans requires the use of a special machine that has total operating capacity of 273,000 hours per year. Information on each of the three products is as follows: The

> Many companies have viewed JIT as a panacea—a knight in shining armor that promises rescue from sluggish profits, poor quality, and productive inefficiency. It is often lauded for its beneficial effects on employee morale and self-esteem. Yet, JIT may al

> Refer to Brief Exercise 5-1 for data. Required: 1. Calculate the balance in Work in Process as of June 30. 2. Calculate the balance in Finished Goods as of June 30. 3. Calculate the cost of goods sold for June. 4. Calculate the price charged for Job 39.

> Hales Company produces a product that requires two processes. In the first process, a subassembly is produced (subassembly A). In the second process, this subassembly and a subassembly purchased from outside the company (subassembly B) are assembled to p

> Eyring Manufacturing produces a component used in its production of washing machines. The time to set up and produce a batch of the components is two days. The average daily usage is 800 components, and the maximum daily usage is 875 components. Required

> Assume the economic lot size for small casings is 120,000 and that of the large casings is 40,000. Morrison Manufacturing sells an average of 9,600 small casings per workday and an average of 3,200 large casings per workday. It takes Morrison two days to

> Refer to Exercise 20-10. Required: 1. Compute the number of large casings that should be produced per setup to minimize total setup and carrying costs for this product. 2. Compute the setup, carrying, and total costs associated with the economic order qu

> Morrison Manufacturing produces casings for sewing machines: large and small. To produce the different casings, equipment must be set up. The setup cost per production run is $18,000 for either casing. The cost of carrying small casings in inventory is $

> The first two scenarios are independent. All cash f lows are after-tax cash f lows. Required: 1. Patz Corporation is considering the purchase of a computer-aided manufacturing system. The cash benefits will be $800,000 per year. The system costs $4,000,0

> The following cases are each independent of the others. Required: 1. Sam Lilliam places $5,000 in a savings account that pays 3 percent. Suppose Sam leaves the original deposit plus any interest in the account for two years. How much will Sam have in sav

> Each of the following scenarios is independent. All cash f lows are after-tax cash f lows. Required: 1. Michael Kimathi has purchased a tractor for $93,750. He expects to receive a net cash flow of $31,250 per year from the investment. What is the paybac

> Lilly Company is planning to buy a set of special tools for its grinding operation. The cost of the tools is $18,000. The tools have a three-year life and qualify for the use of the three-year MACRS. The tax rate is 25 percent; the cost of capital is 12

> Postman Company is considering two independent projects. One project involves a new product line, and the other involves the acquisition of forklifts for the Materials Handling Department. The projected annual operating revenues and expenses are as follo

> Perrin Company designs industrial prototypes for outside companies. Budgeted overhead for the year was $242,000, and budgeted direct labor hours were 20,000. The average wage rate for direct labor is expected to be $22 per hour. During June, Perrin Compa

> Covington Pharmacies has decided to automate its insurance claims process. Two networked computer systems are being considered. The systems have an expected life of two years. The net cash flows associated with the systems are as follows. The cash benefi

> Gina Ripley, president of Dearing Company, is considering the purchase of a computer-aided manufacturing system. The annual net cash benefits and savings associated with the system are described as follows: Decreased waste $300,000 Increased quality 400,

> Consider each of the following independent cases. Required: 1. Hal’s Stunt Company is investing $120,000 in a project that will yield a uniform series of cash inf lows over the next four years. If the internal rate of return is 14 percent, how much cash

> Buena Vision Clinic is considering an investment that requires an outlay of $600,000 and promises a net cash inf low one year from now of $810,000. Assume the cost of capital is 10 percent. Required: 1. Break the $810,000 future cash inf low into three c

> Refer to Exercise 19-11. 1. Compute the payback period for each project. Assume that the manager of the clinic accepts only projects with a payback period of three years or less. Offer some reasons why this may be a rational strategy even though the NPV

> A clinic is considering the possibility of two new purchases: new MRI equipment and new biopsy equipment. Each project requires an investment of $425,000. The expected life for each is five years with no expected salvage value. The net cash inf lows asso

> Sato Company is considering an investment in equipment that is capable of producing more efficiently than the current technology. The outlay required is $2,293,200. The equipment is expected to last five years and will have no salvage value. The expected

> Eastman, Inc., manufactures and sells three products: R, S, and T. In January, Eastman, Inc., budgeted sales of the following. At the end of the year, actual sales revenue for Product R and Product S was $3,075,000 and $3,254,000, respectively. The actua

> Data for Torleson Company are as follows: Budgeted price $15.00 Actual price $14.80 Budgeted quantity 1,450 Actual quantity sold 2,500 Required: 1. Calculate the sales price variance. 2. Calculate the sales volume variance. 3. Suppose that the product is

> During its first year of operations, Snobegon, Inc. (located in Lake Snobegon, Minnesota), produced 40,000 plastic snow scoops. Snow scoops are oversized shovel-type scoops that are used to push snow away. Unit sales were 38,200 scoops. Fixed overhead wa

> Patterson Company produces wafers for integrated circuits. Data for the most recent year are provided: Required: 1. Using the five most expensive activities, calculate the overhead cost assigned to each product. Assume that the costs of the other activit

> Flaherty, Inc., has just completed its first year of operations. The unit costs on a normal costing basis are as follows: Manufacturing costs (per unit): Direct materials (4 lbs. @ $1.50) $ 6.00 Direct labor (0.5 hr. @ $18) 9.00 Variable overhead (0.5 hr

> Mayfair Electric Utility has excess electrical generating capacity. In order to utilize its excess capacity, Mayfair entered into a five-year contract with the U.S. government to sell Mayfair’s generated excess power to the U.S. power grid. The contract

> Otero Fibers, Inc., specializes in the manufacture of synthetic fibers that the company uses in many products such as blankets, coats, and uniforms for police and firefighters. Otero has been in business since 1985 and has been profitable every year sinc

> Carina Franks operates a catering company in Austin, Texas. Carina provides food and servers for parties. She also rents tables, chairs, dinnerware, glassware, and linens. Estefan and Maria Montero have contacted Carina about plans for their daughter&aci

> Many different businesses employ markup on cost to arrive at a price. For each of the following situations, explain what the markup covers and why it is the amount that it is. a. Department stores have a markup of 100 percent of purchase cost. b. Jewelry