Question: Why would an activity-based performance report

> Aqua-pro Inc. produces submersible water pumps for ponds and cisterns. The unit sales for selected months of the year are as follows: Unit Sales April ……………………………. 180,000 May ……………………………. 220,000 June ………………………….. 200,000 July ……………………………. 240,000

> Palladium Inc. produces a variety of household cleaning products. Palladium’s controller has developed standard costs for the following four overhead items: Next year, Palladium expects production to require 90,000 direct labor hours.

> Rostand Inc. operates a delivery service for over 70 restaurants. The corporation has a fleet of vehicles and has invested in a sophisticated, computerized communications system to coordinate its deliveries. Rostand has gathered the following actual data

> Goforth Company produces a product where all manufacturing inputs are applied uniformly. Goforth produced the following physical flow schedule for April: Units to account for: Units in BWIP (40% complete) ………………………………… 180,000 Units started ………………………………

> a. Dr. Jones, a dentist, wants to increase the size and profitability of his business by building a reputation for quality and timely service. b. To achieve this, he plans on adding a dental laboratory to his building so that crowns, bridges, and denture

> Verde Company produces wheels for bicycles. During the year, 660,000 wheels were produced. The actual labor used was 360,000 hours at $9.50 per hour. Verde has the following labor standard: 0.5 hour at $10. Required: 1. Compute the labor rate variance.

> When a job costing $2,000 is finished but not sold, the following journal entry is made: a. Cost of Goods Sold 2,000 Finished Goods 2,000 b. Finished Goods 2,000 Cost of Goods Sold 2,000 c. Finished Goods 2,000 Work in Process 2,000 d. Work in Proce

> Lane Company produced 50,000 units during its first year of operations and sold 47,300 at $12 per unit. The company chose practical activity—at 50,000 units—to compute its predetermined overhead rate. Manufacturing costs are as follows: Direct materials

> Lawson Company produces a product where all manufacturing inputs are applied uniformly. Lawson produced the following physical flow schedule for March: Units to account for: Units in BWIP (40% complete) …………….... 15,000 Units started ………………………………………… 35

> Madison Company decided to look more closely at the inspection activity in its factory. The following information for a year was collected: Demand for inspections: 170,000 Resources needed: a. 6 inspectors, capable of inspecting 30,000 units per year; s

> Smokey Company provided the following information: Standard variable overhead rate (SVOR) per direct labor hour …………… $3.70 Actual variable overhead costs: Inspection ……………………………………………………………………………………… $112,300 Power …………………………………………………………………………………………….

> Bowling Company budgeted the following amounts: Variable costs of production: Direct materials ………………………… 3 pounds @ $0.60 per pound Direct labor ……………………………………. 0.5 hr. @ $16.00 per hour VOH …………………….………………………………………… 0.5 hr. @ $2.20 FOH: Materials hand

> Frasco Inc. produces plastic bottles. Each bottle has a standard labor requirement of 0.025 hours. During the month of April, 750,000 bottles were produced using 21,000 labor hours @ $10.00. The standard wage rate is $9.50 per hour. Required: Calculate

> Lata Inc. produces aluminum cans. Production of 12-ounce cans has a standard unit quantity of 4.5 ounces of aluminum per can. During the month of April, 300,000 cans were produced using 1,250,000 ounces of aluminum. The actual cost of aluminum was $0.09

> During the last six weeks, the actual costs of materials for Mandarin Company were as follows: The standard materials cost for each week was $50,000 with an allowable deviation of ±5,000. Required: Plot the actual costs over time against

> Avena Company produces ready-to-cook oatmeal. Each carton of oatmeal requires 16 ounces of rolled oats per carton (the unit quantity standard) and 0.05 labor hours (the unit labor standard). During the year, 800,000 cartons of oatmeal were produced. Req

> Karsen Company takes 7,200 hours to produce 28,800 units of a product. Required: What is the velocity? Cycle time?

> During the most recent year, Judson Company had the following data associated with the product it makes: Units in beginning inventory ………………………….. 300 Units produced …………………………………………. 15,000 Units sold ($300 per unit) …………………………. 12,700 Variable costs p

> Boothe Inc. has the following two activities: (1) Retesting reworked products, cost: $480,000. The retesting cost of the most efficient competitor is $150,000. (2) Welding subassemblies, cost: $900,000 (45,000 welding hours). A benchmarking study reveals

> Kailua and Company is a legal services firm. All sales of legal services are billed to the client (there are no cash sales). Kailua expects that, on average, 20% will be paid in the month of billing, 50% will be paid in the month following billing, and 2

> Fazel Company makes and sells paper products. In the coming year, Fazel expects total sales of $19,730,000. There is a 3% commission on sales. In addition, fixed expenses of the sales and administrative offices include the following: Salaries …………………………

> Baker Company produces small engines for lawnmower producers. The accounts payable department at Baker has six clerks who process and pay supplier invoices. The total cost of their salaries is $320,000. The work distribution for the activities that they

> Wight Inc. purchases raw materials on account for use in production. The direct materials purchases budget shows the following expected purchases on account: April ………………………. $374,400 May ………………………….. 411,200 June ……………………….. 416,000 Wight typically pa

> Botas Company produces two types of boots: vaquero and vaquera. There are four activities associated with the two products. Drivers for the four activities are as follows: The following activity data have been collected: Cutting …

> Andrews Company manufactures a line of office chairs. Each chair takes $14 of direct materials and uses 1.9 direct labor hours at $16 per direct labor hour. The variable overhead rate is $1.20 per direct labor hour and the fixed overhead rate is $1.60 pe

> Buckner Inc. just finished its second month of operations. Buckner mass produces integrated circuits. The following production information is provided for December: Units in process, December 1, 80% complete …………………… 100,000 Units completed and transfer

> During April, the grinding department of Moriba Inc. completed and transferred out 105,000 units. At the end of April, there were 37,500 in process, 60% complete. Moriba incurred manufacturing costs totaling $1,530,000. Required: 1. Calculate the unit c

> Fried Manufacturing produces cylinders used in internal combustion engines. During June, Fried’s welding department had the following data: Units in BWIP ………………………..……………………………………… — Units completed …………………………………………………….. 70,000 Units in EWIP (40% compl

> Wilson Company has a predetermined overhead rate of $5 per direct labor hour. The job order cost sheet for Job 145 shows 500 direct labor hours costing $10,000 and materials requisitions totaling $17,500. Job 145 had 1,000 units completed and transferred

> Rostand Inc. operates a delivery service for over 70 restaurants. The corporation has a fleet of vehicles and has invested in a sophisticated, computerized communications system to coordinate its deliveries. Rostand has gathered the following actual data

> Palladium Inc. produces a variety of household cleaning products. Palladium’s controller has developed standard costs for the following four overhead items: Next year, Palladium expects production to require 90,000 direct labor hours.

> Master Budget …………………..……………………………….. Actual Data Budgeted production: 4,200 …….Actual production: 4,100 units Materials: 2 leather strips @ $7.00 ……………………… Materials cost: $58,700 Labor: 1.5 hr. @ $18.00 Labor cost: ………………………..…………….. $112,900 Required

> Escuchar Products, a producer of DVD players, has established a labor standard for its product— direct labor: 2 hrs at $9.65 per hour. During January, Escuchar produced 12,800 DVD players. The actual direct labor used was 25,040 hours at a total cost of

> Esteban Products produces instructional aids, including white boards, which use colored markers instead of chalk. These are particularly popular for conference rooms in educational institutions and executive offices of large corporations. The standard co

> Deporte Company produces single-colored t-shirts. Materials for the shirts are dyed in large vats. After dying the materials for a given color, the vats must be cleaned and prepared for the next batch of materials to be colored. The following standards f

> Deporte Company produces single-colored t-shirts. Materials for the shirts are dyed in large vats. After dying the materials for a given color, the vats must be cleaned and prepared for the next batch of materials to be colored. The following standards f

> Jackie Iverson was furious. She was about ready to fire Tom Rich, her purchasing agent. Just a month ago, she had given him a salary increase and a bonus for his performance. She had been especially pleased with his ability to meet or beat the price stan

> At the beginning of the year, Shults Company had the following standard cost sheet for one of its plastic products: Direct materials (6 lbs. @ $5) ………………………. $30.00 Direct labor (2 hrs. @ $12) …………………………….. 24.00 Standard prime cost per unit ………………………..

> Manzana Company produces apple juice sold in gallons. Recently, the company adopted the following material standard for one gallon of its apple juice: Direct materials 128 oz. @ $0.05 = $6.40 During the first week of operation, the company experienced t

> Cinturon Corporation produces high-quality leather belts. The company’s plant in Boise uses a standard costing system and has set the following standards for materials and labor: Leather (3 strips @ $4) …………………………… $12.00 Direct labor (0.75 hr. @ $12) …

> Cinturon Corporation produces high-quality leather belts. The company’s plant in Boise uses a standard costing system and has set the following standards for materials and labor: Leather (3 strips @ $4) …………………………… $12.00 Direct labor (0.75 hr. @ $12) …

> The owner of a building supply company has requested a cash budget for June. After examining the records of the company, you find the following: a. Cash balance on June 1 is $736. b. Actual sales for April and May are as follows: c. Credit sales are c

> Fein Company provided the following information relating to cash payments: a. Fein purchased direct materials on account in the following amounts: June …………………………………….. $68,000 July ………………………………………… 77,000 August ……………………………………. 73,000 b. Fein pays 20%

> Roybal Inc. sells all of its product on account. Roybal has the following accounts receivable payment experience: Percent paid in the month of sale …………………………………………………. 20 Percent paid in the month after the sale ……………………………………….. 55 Percent paid in the

> Bennett Inc. found that about 15% of its sales during the month were for cash. Bennett has the following accounts receivable payment experience: Percent paid in the month of sale ……………………………………….. 25 Percent paid in the month after the sale ……………………………

> Jani Subramanian, owner of Jani’s Flowers and Gifts, produces gift baskets for various special occasions. Each gift basket includes fruit or assorted small gifts (e.g., a coffee mug, deck of cards, novelty cocoa mixes, scented soap) in a basket that is w

> Alger Inc. manufactures six models of leaf blowers and weed eaters. Alger’s budgeting team is finalizing the sales budget for the coming year. Sales in units and dollars for last year follow: In looking over the previous yearâ&#

> Evans Company produces asphalt roofing materials. The production budget in bundles for Evans’ most popular weight of asphalt shingle is shown for the following months: Units March ……………………………………… 4,000 April ……………………………………….. 13,000 May ……………………………………….

> Explain why the fixed overhead spending variance is usually very small.

> What is the cause of an unfavorable volume variance?

> What is target costing? Describe how costs are reduced so that the target cost can be met.

> All budgets depend on the sales budget. Is this true? Explain.

> What is the role of top management in participative budgeting?

> What is participative budgeting? Discuss some of its advantages.

> Discuss the roles of monetary and nonmonetary incentives. Do you believe that nonmonetary incentives are needed? Why?

> Explain the difference between the direct method and the sequential method.

> Identify and define four different ways to manage activities so that costs can be reduced.

> What are value-added activities? Value-added costs?

> Assume that a company has decided not to allocate any support department costs to producing departments. Describe the likely behavior of the managers of the producing departments. Would this be good or bad? Explain why allocation would correct this type

> Under what conditions will the weighted average and FIFO methods give the same results?

> How can a departmental overhead system be converted to a plant wide overhead system?

> Is the cost of a job related to the price charged? Explain.

> Jarend Company produced 40,000 units last year. The information on the actual costs and budgeted costs at actual production of four activities is provided below. Required: Prepare an activity-based performance report for the four activities for the pas

> Jarend Company provided information on the following four overhead activities. Jarend has found that the following driver levels are associated with two different levels of production. Required: Prepare an activity-based flexible budget for 40,000 un

> Marvelettes Company provided the following information: Standard fixed overhead rate (SFOR) per direct labor hour …………. $5.00 Actual fixed overhead rate (AFOR) per direct labor hour …………….. $5.03 Actual direct labor hours worked (AH) ……………………………………….. 5

> Ross Company provided the following data: Standard fixed overhead rate (SFOR) …………….….. $5 per direct labor hour Actual fixed overhead costs ………………………………..…………………. $281,680 Standard hours allowed per unit ………………………………………………. 4 hours Actual production ……

> Gladys Company provided the following information: Standard variable overhead rate (SVOR) per direct labor hour …..…………. $3.70 Actual variable overhead rate (AVOR) per direct labor hour ………………….. $3.68 Actual direct labor hours worked (AH) …………………………………

> Aretha Company showed the following information for the year: Standard variable overhead rate (SVOR) per direct labor hour …..………………. $3.70 Standard hours (SH) allowed per unit …………………………………………………………… 4 Actual production ………………………………………………………………………………….

> Bowling Company budgeted the following amounts: Variable costs of production: Direct materials …… 3 pounds @ $0.60 per pound Direct labor ………………. 0.5 hr. @ $16.00 per hour VOH ………………………………………… 0.5 hr. @ $2.20 FOH: Materials handling ………….…………………….. $6,2

> Frasco Inc. produces plastic bottles. Each bottle has a standard labor requirement of 0.025 hours. During the month of April, 750,000 bottles were produced using 21,000 labor hours @ $10.00. The standard wage rate is $9.50 per hour. Required: Calculate

> Lata Inc. produces aluminum cans. Production of 12-ounce cans has a standard unit quantity of 4.5 ounces of aluminum per can. During the month of April, 300,000 cans were produced using 1,250,000 ounces of aluminum. The actual cost of aluminum was $0.09

> La Famiglia Pizzeria provided the following information for the month of October: a. Sales are budgeted to be $157,000. About 85% of sales are cash; the remainder are on account. b. La Famiglia expects that, on average, 70% of credit sales will be paid i

> Oliver Company provided the following information for the coming year: Units produced and sold ……………………………………………………………. 160,000 Cost of goods sold per unit …………………………………………………………… $ 6.30 Selling price ………………………………………………………………………………. $ 10.80 Variable sel

> Andrews Company manufactures a line of office chairs. Each chair takes $14 of direct materials and uses 1.9 direct labor hours at $16 per direct labor hour. The variable overhead rate is $1.20 per direct labor hour and the fixed overhead rate is $1.60 pe

> Patrick Inc. makes industrial solvents. Planned production in units for the first three months of the coming year is: January …………………………….. 43,800 February ……………………………. 41,000 March ……………………………….. 50,250 Each drum of industrial solvent takes 0.3 direct

> Patrick Inc. makes industrial solvents. In the first four months of the coming year, Patrick expects the following unit sales: January …………………………….. 41,000 February …………………………… 38,000 March ………………………………. 50,000 April ………………………………….. 51,000 Patrick’s po

> Perry National Bank has collected the following information for four activities and two types of credit cards: There are 5,000 holders of Classic cards and 20,000 holders of the Gold cards. Required: Calculate the unit cost (rounded to the nearest cen

> Botas Company produces two types of boots: vaquero and vaquera. There are four activities associated with the two products. Drivers for the four activities are as follows: Required: 1. Calculate the consumption ratios for the four drivers. 2. Is there

> Lissen Phones uses Alpha Electronics and La Paz Company to buy two electronic components used in the manufacture of its cell phones: Component 125X and Component 30Y. Consider two activities: testing and reordering components. After the two components ar

> Dormirbien Company produces mattresses for 20 retail outlets. Of the 20 retail outlets, 19 are small, separately owned furniture stores and one is a retail chain. The retail chain buys 60% of the mattresses produced. The 19 smaller customers purchase mat

> Integer Inc. had the following production and cost information for its fabrication department during April (materials are added at the beginning of the fabrication process): Production: Units in process, April 1, 50% complete with respect to conversion

> Murray Inc. manufactures bicycle frames in two departments: Cutting and Welding. Murray uses the weighted average method. Manufacturing costs are added uniformly throughout the process. The following are cost and production data for the cutting departmen

> Inca Inc. produces soft drinks. Mixing is the first department and its output is measured in gallons. Inca uses the FIFO method. All manufacturing costs are added uniformly. For July, the mixing department provided the following information: Production:

> Harry Johnson, the chief financial officer of Ur Thrift Inc, a large retailer, had just finished a meeting with the Roger Swasey, the chief financial officer of the large retailer, and Connie Baker, its environmental officer. Over the years, Harry had ov

> Inca Inc. produces soft drinks. Mixing is the first department and its output is measured in gallons. Inca uses the FIFO method. All manufacturing costs are added uniformly. For July, the mixing department provided the following information: Production:

> Lorale Company, a producer of recreational vehicles, recently decided to begin producing a major subassembly for jet skis. The subassembly would be used by Lorale’s jet ski plants and also would be sold to other producers. The decision was made to lease

> Consider the following conversation between Leonard Bryner, president and manager of a firm engaged in job manufacturing, and Chuck Davis, certified management accountant, the firm’s controller. Leonard: Chuck, as you know, our firm has been losing marke

> Sharp Paper Inc. has three paper mills, one of which is located in Memphis, Tennessee. The Memphis mill produces 300 different types of coated and uncoated specialty printing papers. Management was convinced that the value of the large variety of product

> AKL Foundry manufactures metal components for different kinds of equipment used by the aerospace, commercial aircraft, medical equipment, and electronic industries. The company uses investment casting to produce the required components. Investment castin

> Golding Manufacturing, a division of Farnsworth Sporting Inc., produces two different models of bows and eight models of knives. The bow-manufacturing process involves the production of two major subassemblies: the limbs and the handles. The limbs pass t

> Consider the following conversation between Gary Means, manager of a division that produces industrial machinery, and his controller, Donna Simpson, a certified management accountant and certified public accountant: Gary: Donna, we have a real problem. O

> Tonya Martin, CMA and controller of the Parts Division of Gunderson Inc., was meeting with Doug Adams, manager of the division. The topic of discussion was the assignment of overhead costs to jobs and their impact on the division’s pricing decisions. The

> Reynolds Printing Company specializes in wedding announcements. Reynolds uses an actual job-order costing system. An actual overhead rate is calculated at the end of each month using actual direct labor hours and overhead for the month. Once the actual c

> Linda Ellis, division manager, is evaluated and rewarded on the basis of budgetary performance. Linda, her assistants, and the plant managers are all eligible to receive a bonus if actual divisional profits are between budgeted profits and 120% of budget

> Dr. Roger Jones is a successful dentist but is experiencing recurring financial difficulties. For example, Jones owns his office building, which he leased to the professional corporation that housed his dental practice (he owns all shares in the corporat

> Fuerza Inc. produces a protein drink. The product is sold by the gallon. The company has two departments: Mixing and Bottling. For August, the bottling department had 60,000 gallons in beginning inventory (with transferred-in costs of $213,000) and compl

> Pat James, the purchasing agent for a local plant of the Oakden Electronics Division, was considering the possible purchase of a component from a new supplier. The component’s purchase price, $0.90, compared favorably with the standard price of $1.10. Gi

> Paul Golding and his wife, Nancy, established Crunchy Chips in 1938. Over the past 60 years, the company has established distribution channels in 11 western states, with production facilities in Utah, New Mexico, and Colorado. In 1980, Paul’s son, Edward

> Mac Ericson and Tammy Ferguson met at an IMA conference two months ago and began dating. Mac is the controller for Longley Enterprises, and Tammy is a marketing manager for Sharp Products. Longley is a major supplier for Piura Products, a competitor of S

> An example of a societal cost is a. medical care due to polluted air. b. recycling scrap. c. disposing of toxic materials. d. maintaining pollution equipment. e. All of these.