Company XYZ has 2 fixed price contract for 2 different customers.The company has enough capacity for both contracts but is uncertain whether they will be profitable.
Data as follows:
Customer | AAA | BBB |
Component Type | A999 | B999 |
Contract Value($) | $27,000 | $100,000 |
Contract Quantity | 1,000 unit | 2,000 units |
Material cost/unit | $15 | $20 |
Moulding time/batch | 5 hours | 7.5 hours |
Batch Size | 100 units | 50 units |
Annual Budgeted overheads as follows:
Activity | Cost Driver | Cost driver volume/yr | Cost pool |
Moulding | Moulding hours | 2,000 | $150,000 |
Inspection | Batches | 150 | $75,000 |
Production Management | Contracts | 20 | $125,000 |
Required:
(a) Calculate the activity based costs and profits for each contract
(b) Calculate the profit for each job using Absorption costing. Absorb overheads using moulding hours.
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