Office Innovations Corporation Produces Two Types of Electronic Data Organizers

question 25

Essay

Office Innovations Corporation produces two types of electronic data organizers: basic and deluxe.The following information about the production process is available:
Total factory overhead is $10,000,000.Of this overhead,$4,000,000 is related to utilities and the remainder is related to quality control.
a.Determine the total overhead cost assigned to each type of data organizer using machine hours as the allocation base.Calculate the gross profit per unit for each product.
b.Determine the total overhead cost assigned to each type of data organizer if overhead is assigned using allocation bases appropriate to the overhead costs.Calculate the gross profit per unit of each product.
c.Explain why the unit cost for each model is different between the two methods of allocation.

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