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CONFIDENTIAL

QUESTION OVERHEAD

ExMode Plastic Sdn Bhd ia manufacturing company in Northern Region manufactures plastic
container use for packaging in various industries. The company has three production
departments – Blending, Molding and Quality departments and two service departments –
Maintenance and Stores. It is the practice of the company to use the following basis for
production departments:

Departments Basis
Blending Machine hours
Molding Machine hours
Quality Direct labour hour

The following are information regarding the budgeted overhead and the basis used in
apportioning the overheads for the third quarter of year 2020:
Maintenanc
Overhead Costs: Total Blending Molding Quality Stores
e
(RM) (RM) (RM) (RM) (RM)
(RM)
Direct material 560,000 320,000 140,000 100,000 - -
Direct labour 250,000 45,000 75,000 130,000 - -
Indirect material 214,000 62,000 70,000 58,000 17,000 7,000
Indirect labour 160,000 30,000 38,000 59,000 25,000 8,000
Rent 105,000
Depreciation on
140,000
machinery
Utilities 80,000
Supervision 120,000
Insurance on building 75,000
Maintenance 82,000

total Blending Molding Quality Maintenance Stores


Floor Area (sq meter) 10 000 2,000 4,000 2,000 1,000 1,000
No of employees 75 20 15 25 10 5
Maintenance hours 100 30 45 20 - 5
Value of machines (RM) 700 000 200,000 350,000 150,000 - -
Machine hours 15 000 5,000 7,000 3,000 - -
Labour hours 22 500 4,500 6,500 11,500 - -
No. of material requisition 500 200 100 150 50 -

Required:

Overhead basic total Production department Service department


cost Blending Molding Quality Maintenance Stores
Indirect Direct 214,000 62,000 70,000 58,000 17,000 7,000
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material allocate
Indirect labour
Direct 160,000 30,000 38,000 59,000 25,000 8,000
allocate
Rent Floor area 105 000 21 000 42 000 21 000 10 500 10 500
Depreciation Value of 140,000 40 000 70 000 30 000 - -
on machinery machines
(RM)
Utilities Floor Area 80,000 16 000 32 000 16 000 8 000 8 000
(sq meter)
Supervision No of 120,000 32 000 24 000 40 000 16 000 8 000
employees
Insurance on Floor Area 75,000 15 000 30 000 15 000 7 500 7 500
building (sq meter)
Maintenance Maintenanc 82,000 24 600 36 900 16 400 - 4 100
e hours
Total 976 000 240 600 342 900 255 400 84 000 53 100
overhead
Re- Machine 28 000 39 200 16 800 (84 000) -
apportionment hours
maintenance
Re- No. of 21 240 10 260 15 930 5 310 (53 100)
apportionment material
stores requisition
Re- Machine 1 770 2 478 1 062 (5 310) -
apportionment hours
maintenance
Total 291 610 394 838 289 192
overhead
production
OAR 291 610/ 394 838/ 7 289192/11
5000 000 500
=RM = RM =RM
58.32 56.41 25.15

1. Cost allocation
2. Cost apportionment
3. Re- apportionment
4. OAR

a.Prepare the overhead analysis sheet for ExMode Plastic Sdn Bhd showing the cost
allocation, apportionment and reapportion the overheads of service cost centers to
the production cost centers using the repeated distribution method.
(Show answers to the nearest RM).
(22 Marks)
b. Calculate the overhead absorption rate (OAR) for each of the production cost centers.
(Show answers to the nearest two decimal places).
(3 Marks)

c. Calculate the overhead absorption rate (OAR), if management of the company


wishes to change its policy to use single blanket/plant wide rate based on direct
labour hours.
(Show answers to the nearest two decimal places)
(1 Marks)
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d. Based on the answer from part (b), determine the over or under absorption of
overheads in each of the cost centers. Actual information regarding overhead and its
basis are as follows:
Blending Molding Quality
Total Overhead 350,000 400,000 270,000
Machine hours 5,800 7,500 2,600
Direct labour hours 4,500 6,900 11,000

(6 Marks)

e. Briefly explain the following terms:

i. Cost allocation
ii. Cost apportionment
iii. Cost re-apportionment
iv. Overhead Absorption Rate (OAR)
(8 marks)

(Total: 40 Marks)

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