Performance Gloves, Inc. produces three sizes of sports gloves: small, medium and large. A glove pattern is first stenciled onto leather in the Pattern Department.
The stenciled patterns are then sent to the Cut and Sew Department, where the glove is cut and sewed together.
Performance Gloves uses tha multiple production department factory overhead rate method of allocating factory overhead costs.
Its factory overhead costs were budgeted as follows:
Pattern Department overhead $165,200
Cut and Sew Department overhead $273,000
Total $438,200
The direct labor estimated for each production department was as follows:
Pattern Department 2,900 direct labor hours
Cut and Sew Department 3,500
Total 6,300 direct labor hours
Direct labor hours are used to allocate the production department overhead to the products.
The direct labor hours per unit for each product for each production department were obtained from the engineering records as follows:
Production Departments Small Glove Medium Glove Large Glove
Pattern Department 0.04 0.05 0.06
Cut and Sew Department 0.08 0.10 0.12
Direct labor hours per unit 0.12 0.15 0.18
If required, round all per unit answers to the nearest cent.
Required:
a. Determine the two production department factory overhead rates.
b. Use the above production department factory overhead rates to determine the factory overhead per unit for each product.