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Cost Pools and Cost Drivers Based on a recent study of its manufacturing operations Johnston Manufacturing Corporation has identified six resource consumption cost drivers.These cost drivers and their budgeted activity levels for the coming year are:  Cost Pools and Cost Drivers Based on a recent study of its manufacturing operations Johnston Manufacturing Corporation has identified six resource consumption cost drivers.These cost drivers and their budgeted activity levels for the coming year are:   The firm has budgeted the following costs for the year:  \begin{array}{lr} \hline\text { Engineering design } & \$ 600,000 \\ \text { Depreciation-building } & 50,000 \\ \text { Depreciation-machine } & 40,000 \\ \text { Electrical power (for factory building) } & 6,000 \\ \text { Electrical power (for machining) } & 30,000 \\ \text { Insurance } & 20,000 \\ \text { Property taxes } & 15,000 \\ \text { Machine maintenance-labor } & 11,000\\ \text { Machine maintenance-materials } & 9,000 \\ \text { Natural gas (for heating) } & 8,000 \\ \text { Inspection of finished goods } & 7,000 \\ \text { Setup wages } & 20,000 \\ \text { Receiving } & 10,000 \\ \text { Inspection of direct materials on receiving } & 3,000 \\ \text { Purchasing } & 20,000 \\ \text { Custodial labor } & 51,000 \end{array}  With the exception of the factory space cost pool, which uses machine-hours as the activity consumption cost driver, other cost pools have identical resource and activity consumption cost drivers. Required: 1.Identify the most appropriate activity cost pool for each of the cost items and cost driver for each activity cost pool you identified. 2.Johnston has received a request to quote the price for 4,000 units of a new product.The production will require 100 engineering-hours and 4,250 machine-hours.What is the manufacturing overhead per unit the firm should use in determining the price? The firm has budgeted the following costs for the year:  Engineering design $600,000 Depreciation-building 50,000 Depreciation-machine 40,000 Electrical power (for factory building) 6,000 Electrical power (for machining) 30,000 Insurance 20,000 Property taxes 15,000 Machine maintenance-labor 11,000 Machine maintenance-materials 9,000 Natural gas (for heating) 8,000 Inspection of finished goods 7,000 Setup wages 20,000 Receiving 10,000 Inspection of direct materials on receiving 3,000 Purchasing 20,000 Custodial labor 51,000\begin{array}{lr}\hline\text { Engineering design } & \$ 600,000 \\\text { Depreciation-building } & 50,000 \\\text { Depreciation-machine } & 40,000 \\\text { Electrical power (for factory building) } & 6,000 \\\text { Electrical power (for machining) } & 30,000 \\\text { Insurance } & 20,000 \\\text { Property taxes } & 15,000 \\\text { Machine maintenance-labor } & 11,000\\\text { Machine maintenance-materials } & 9,000 \\\text { Natural gas (for heating) } & 8,000 \\\text { Inspection of finished goods } & 7,000 \\\text { Setup wages } & 20,000 \\\text { Receiving } & 10,000 \\\text { Inspection of direct materials on receiving } & 3,000 \\\text { Purchasing } & 20,000 \\\text { Custodial labor } & 51,000\end{array} With the exception of the factory space cost pool, which uses machine-hours as the activity consumption cost driver, other cost pools have identical resource and activity consumption cost drivers.
Required:
1.Identify the most appropriate activity cost pool for each of the cost items and cost driver for each activity cost pool you identified.
2.Johnston has received a request to quote the price for 4,000 units of a new product.The production will require 100 engineering-hours and 4,250 machine-hours.What is the manufacturing overhead per unit the firm should use in determining the price?


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