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Utease Corporation has many production plants across the midwestern United States. A newly opened plant, the Bellingham plant, produces and |
| Manufacturing costs (per unit based on expected activity of 35,000 units or 45,500 direct labor hours): | |||
| Direct materials (2.0 pounds at $12) | $ | 24 | |
| Direct labor (1.3 hours at $80) | 104 | ||
| Variable overhead (1.3 hours at $10) | 13 | ||
| Fixed overhead (1.3 hours at $20) | 26 | ||
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| Standard cost per unit | $ | 167 | |
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| Budgeted selling and administrative costs: | |||
| Variable | $ | 3 | per unit |
| Fixed | $ | 1,600,000 | |
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| Expected sales activity: 31,000 units at $300 per unit |
| Desired ending inventories: 18% of sales |
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Assume this is the first year of operations for the Bellingham plant. During the year, the company had the following activity: |
| Units produced | 34,000 | ||
| Units sold | 32,500 | ||
| Unit selling price | $ | 295 | |
| Direct labor hours worked | 43,700 | ||
| Direct labor costs | $ | 3,539,700 | |
| Direct materials purchased | 72,000 | pounds | |
| Direct material costs | $ | 864,000 | |
| Direct material used | 72,000 | pounds | |
| Actual fixed overhead | $ | 1,300,000 | |
| Actual variable overhead | $ | 355,000 | |
| Actual selling and administrative costs | $ | 1,793,000 | |
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In addition, all over- or underapplied overhead and all product cost variances are adjusted to cost of goods sold.
1. Assume Utease Corporation is planning to change its evaluation of business operations in all plants from the profit center
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