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Single Plantwide and Multiple Production Department Factory Overhead Rate Methods and Product Cost Distortion

The management of Nova Industries Inc. manufactures gasoline and diesel engines through two production departments, Fabrication and Assembly. Management needs accurate product cost information in order to guide product strategy. Presently, the company uses a single plantwide factory overhead rate for allocating factory overhead to the two products. However, management is considering the multiple production department factory overhead rate method. The following factory overhead was budgeted for Nova:

Fabrication Department factory overhead.
Assembly Department factory overhead.

a.  Determine the per-unit factory overhead allocated to the gasoline and diesel engines under the single plantwide factory overhead rate method, using direct labor hours as the activity base.
b.  Determine the per-unit factory overhead allocated to the gasoline and diesel engines under the multiple production department factory overhead rate method, using direct labor hours as the activity base for each department.
c.  Recommend to management a product costing approach, based on your analyses in (a) and (b). 
 

a. Total budgeted overhead ÷ Total labor hours = Department factory overhead rate Product costs = Department factory overhead rate x Labor hours for each product b. Department rate = Department Overhead ÷ Labor hours Product allocation = Labor hours per product x Department rate; Add both department allocations together to obtain a total per product. c. Consider whether factory overhead determined under a single plantwide factory overhead rate or under multiple production department factory overhead rates is more accurate in calculating the true cost of the products.
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