59. BigPlay Company manufactures playground equipment. BigPlay is shifting from a traditional costing
system to an activity-based costing system. The company started by identifying four overhead cost activities.
Listed below is the table that the controller for BigPlay created identifying the cost activities and the percentage
of time spent on each activity by various factory employees.
BigPlay’s controller also gathered the total overhead cost associated with each factory employee which is shown below:
From the information given, compute the amount of the cost pool associated with each of the four overhead cost activities.
60. In the spaces provided, write the letter of the cost driver that best matches the overhead activity.
Number of machine hours used
Receiving orders per product line
Number of maintenance hours worked in each division
Number of engineering changes
Amount of machine floor space
Cost pool for hiring and training workers: ($110,000 ´ 60%) + ($125,000 ´ 10%) + ($90,000 ´ 60%) = $132,500
b.
Cost pool for ordering equipment: ($110,000 ´ 15%) + ($125,000 ´ 40%) = $66,500
Cost pool for assembling structures: ($90,000 ´ 70%) + ($110,000 ´ 10%) + ($125,000 ´ 20%) = $99,000
d.
Cost pool for engineering changes: ($90,000 ´ 30%) + ($110,000 ´ 15%) + ($125,000 ´ 30%) + ($90,000 ´ 40%) = $117,000