Tidwell industries has the following overhead costs and cost drivers. direct labor hours are estimated at 1 for the year. activity cost pool cost driver est. overhead cost driver activity ordering and receiving orders $ 15 500 orders machine setup setups 324000 450 setups machining machine hours 1587500 125000 mh assembly parts 126 1 parts inspection inspections 33 500 inspections if overhead is applied using activity-based costing, the overhead application rate for ordering and receiving is

Overhead rate for ordering and receiving = $300 per order.

Explanation:

Given Activity costs and activity drivers

Activity                                          Overhead Cost            Driver Activity

Ordering & Receiving Order           $150,000                     500 orders

Machine Setup                                  $324,000                    450 setups

Machining                                          $1,587,500                   125,000 MH

Assembly Parts                                 $1,260,000                   1,000,000 parts

Inspection                                           $330,000                        500 inspections

Under activity based costing the rates are based on the nature of activity and the rates are based on number of those activities per driver. As for ordering and receiving there are total of 500 orders and total cost = $150,000 that is cost per order will be computed.

Overhead rate for ordering and receiving = $150,000/500 orders = $300 per order.