BUS 630 Comparative Analysis of Departmental and Company-Wide Overhead Rates in Managerial Accounting

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BUS 630 Comparative Analysis of Departmental and Company - Wide Overhead Rates in Managerial Accounting BUS 630 Week 2 Assignment Managerial Accounting BUS 630 BUS 630 Week 2 Assignment MaxiFlow requires direct materials costs which total $135 per unit, while Alaska’s direct materials requirements total $110 per unit. Direct labor costs per unit are $75 for MaxiFlow and $95 for Alaska. Auerbach Enterprises uses machine hours as the cost driver to assign overhead costs to the air conditioners. The company has used a company - wide predetermined overhead rate in past years, but the new controller, Bennie Leon, is considering the use of departmental overhead rates beginning with the next year. The following planning information is available for the next year for each the four manufacturing departments within the company: Overhead Machine Costs Hours Radiator parts fabrication.............. $ 80,000 10,000 Radiator assembly, weld, and test.... 100,000 20,000 Compressor parts fabrication.......... 120,000 5,000 Compressor assembly and test........ 180,000 45,000 Total $480,000 80,000 Normally, the air conditioners are produced in batch sizes of 20 at a time. A production batch of 20 units requires the following number of hours in each department: MaxiFlow Alaska Radiator parts fabrication........... 28 16 Radiator assembly, weld, and test....... 30 74 Compressor parts fabrication......... 32 8 Compressor assembly and test......... 26 66
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