Which of the following would likely be the most appropriate cost driver to allocate
machinery set-up costs to products?
Starbright manufactures children car seats, strollers, and baby swings. Starbright’s
manufacturing costs are budgeted as follows:
Factory utilities $105,000
Factory foremen salaries $75,000
Machinery setup costs $30,000
Total manufacturing overhead $210,000
The company uses activity-based costing to allocate its manufacturing overhead costs to
products based on the following schedule:
During the current month, the following levels of activities were incurred: