Calculate the total costs for each product

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A company produces four products, details are provided below:

Product

A B C D

Output in units

120 100 80 120

Costs per unit:

£ £ £ £

Direct Materials

40 50 30 60

Direct Labour

28 21 14 21

Machine hours per unit:

4 3 2 3

The four products are usually produced in production runs of 20 units and sold in batches of 10 units.

The production overhead is currently absorbed by using a machine hour rate and the total of the production overhead for the period has been analysed as follows:

 

£

Machine department costs (rent, business rates, depreciation and supervision)

10430

Set up costs

5250

Stores receiving costs

3600

Inspection/ Quality control costs

2100

Materials handling and dispatch

4620

You have ascertained the following cost drivers

Set up costs

No. of production runs

Stores receiving

Requisitions raised

Inspection/Quality control

No. of production runs

Materials handling and dispatch

Orders executed

The number of requisitions raised on the stores was 20 for each product and the number of orders executed was 42, each order being for a batch of 10 of a product.

Required:

a. Calculate the total costs for each product if overhead costs are absorbed on a machine hour basis.

b. Calculate the total costs for each product using an activity based costing approach.

c. Show any differences in the calculations and comment upon the implications.

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The question requires calculation of total cost per unit of product as per traditional costing approach as well as activity based costing approach. After calculation of cost per product under both system, we need to tell the differences in calculation. We have shown quantitative comparison in excel sheet. Lastly, we have comment upon implication.

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