Ready Ride is a trucking company. It provides local, short-haul, and long-haul services. It has developed the following three cost pools. Activity Cost Pool Cost Drivers Estimated Overhead Estimated Use
of Cost Driver per Activity
Loading and unloading Number of pieces $85,785 90,300
Travel Miles driven 468,000 585,000
Logistics Hours 65,520 3,120
Compute the activity-based overhead rates for each pool.
Activity Cost Pool Activity-Based overhead Rate
Loading and unloading per piece
Travel per mile
Logistics per hour
Determine the overhead allocated to Job XZ3275 which has 150 pieces, requires 200 miles of driving, and 0.75 hours of logistics.

Total allocation= $318.25

Explanation:

Giving the following information:

Loading and unloading: Number of pieces - $85,785 - 90,300

Travel: Miles driven - $468,000 - 585,000

Logistics: Hours - $65,520 - 3,120

Determine the overhead allocated to Job XZ3275 which has 150 pieces, requires 200 miles of driving, and 0.75 hours of logistics.

First, we need to calculate the estimated overhead rate for each activity:

Estimated manufacturing overhead rate= total estimated overhead costs for the period/ total amount of allocation base

Loading and unloading= 85,785/90,300= $0.95 per piece

Travel= 468,000/585,000= $0.8 per mile

Logistics= 65,520/3,120= $21 per hour

Finally, we can allocate overhead to Job XZ3275:

Allocated MOH= Estimated manufacturing overhead rate* Actual amount of allocation base

Loading and unloading= 0.95*150= $142.5

Travel= 0.8*200= $160

Logistics= 21*0.75= $15.75

Total allocation= $318.25