Ratchford Clocks Manufactures Alarm Clocks and Wall Clocks and Allocates

question 9

Essay

Ratchford Clocks manufactures alarm clocks and wall clocks and allocates overhead based on direct labor hours.The production process is set up in three departments: Assembly, Finishing, and Calibrating.The following is information regarding the direct labor used to produce one unit of the two clocks:

The budget includes the following factory overhead by department:

Ratchford Clocks is planning to manufacture 50,000 alarm clocks and 10,000 wall clocks.
a Determine the total number of hours that will be needed by department.
b Determine the factory overhead rate by department using the multiple production department factory overhead rate method.
c Determine the amount of factory overhead to be allocated to each unit of alarm clocks and wall clocks.
d Determine the amount of total factory overhead to be allocated to the alarm clocks and wall clocks.

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Definitions:

Trading Volume

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