Week 4 - Seminar 3 Trimake LTD Recording Version
Week 4 - Seminar 3 Trimake LTD Recording Version
Week 4 - Seminar 3 Trimake LTD Recording Version
09 ACCOUNTING WEEK 2
TRIMAKE LIMITED
• Traditional method • ABC method
A. COST PER UNIT FOR EACH PRODUCT USING
CONVENTIONAL METHODS.
STAGE 2
• Allocate Overhead Costs to Cost Pools.
STAGE 3
• Establish Cost Driver Rates.
STAGE 4
• Assign Overhead Costs to each Product.
STAGE 5
• Recalculate Production Cost per Unit using ABC.
STEP 1
Identify costly activities required to complete products. Any process or procedure that
consumes overhead resources
In this case :
set-up cost
machining
materials handling
Inspection
STEP 2
Assign overhead costs to the activities identified in step 1
This step requires that overhead costs associated with each activity be assigned to the
activity
In this case:
(£)
Product X 31,500 (750 x £42)
Product Y 35,000 (1250 x £28)
Product Z 588,000 (7000 x £84)
654,500
ALLOCATION OF OVERHEAD COSTS TO COST POOLS
(£)
Set Up Cost 229,075 (35%)
Machining 130,900 (20%)
Materials Handling 98,175 (15%)
Inspection 196,350 (30%)
654,500
COST DRIVER RATES
(£)
Cost per Set Up 341.903 (229,075/670)
Cost per Machine Hour 5.60 (130,900/23,375)
Cost per Material Movement 818.125 (98,175/120)
Cost per Inspection 196.35 (196,350/1000)
ASSIGN OVERHEAD COSTS TO EACH PRODUCT
Traditional Method
•Product X - 31,500 / 654,500 = 4.8%
ABC Method
•Product X - 71,213 / 654,500 = 10.9%
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