Several years after reengineering its production process, Biltmore Corporation hired a new controller, Rachael Johnson. She developed an ABC system very similar to the one used by Biltmore's chief rival, Westriver. Part of the reason Johnson developed the ABC system was because Biltmore's profits had been declining even though the company had shifted its product mix toward the product that had appeared most profitable under the old system. Before adopting the new ABC system, Biltmore had used a plantwide overhead rate based on direct labor hours that was developed years ago.

For the upcoming year, Biltmore's budgeted ABC manufacturing overhead allocation rates are as follows:

Activity Allocation Base Activity Cost Allocation Rate

Materials handling Number of parts $ 3.84 per part

Machine setup . Number of setups $330.00 per setup

Insertion of parts Number of parts $ 30.00 per part

Finishing Finishing direct labor hours $ 54.00 per hour

The number of parts is now a feasible allocation base because Biltmore recently installed a plantwide computer system. Biltmore produces two wheel models: Standard and Deluxe. Budgeted data for the upcoming year are as follows:

Standard Deluxe

Parts per wheel . 6.0 8.0

Setups per 1,000 wheels . 20.0 20.0

Finishing direct labor hours per wheel 1.2 3.3

Total direct labor hours per wheel 2.0 3.3

The company's managers expect to produce 1,000 units of each model during the year.

QUESTIONS

1.ı Compute the total budgeted manu facturing overhead cost for the upcoming year.

2.ı Compute the manufacturing overhead cost per wheel of each model using ABC.

3.ı ComputeBiltmore' rate. Usethisrateto determine the manufacturing overhead cost per wheel under the traditional system.