Activity based costing is a method for allocating overhead costs to products and services based on the activities consumed during production. The document shows estimated monthly overhead costs totaling $800,000 allocated across labor, machine setups, part administration, production orders, material receipts, and general factory machine hours. It also provides the overhead rate per activity that will be used to apply overhead costs.
Activity based costing is a method for allocating overhead costs to products and services based on the activities consumed during production. The document shows estimated monthly overhead costs totaling $800,000 allocated across labor, machine setups, part administration, production orders, material receipts, and general factory machine hours. It also provides the overhead rate per activity that will be used to apply overhead costs.
Activity based costing is a method for allocating overhead costs to products and services based on the activities consumed during production. The document shows estimated monthly overhead costs totaling $800,000 allocated across labor, machine setups, part administration, production orders, material receipts, and general factory machine hours. It also provides the overhead rate per activity that will be used to apply overhead costs.
Activity Based Costing - Allocating Overhead Costs
Activity Estimated MOH
Labour Related $80,000.00 Machine setups $150,000.00 Part administration $160,000.00 Production Orders $70,000.00 Material Receipts $90,000.00 General factory machine hours $250,000.00 Total $800,000.00 Overhead Rate (per Total per Activity activity) 50000 hours $1.60 5,000 setups $30.00 80 parts $2,000.00 400 orders $175.00 750 receipts $120.00 40,000 machine hours $6.25