管理会计（高等教育出版社）于增彪（清华大学）改编余绪缨（厦门大学）审校CHAPTER 4ACTIVITY-BASED COSTINGQUESTIONS FOR WRITING AND DISCUSSION1.Unit costs provide essential informationneeded for inventory valuation and prepara-tion of income statements. Knowing unit costs is also critical for many decisions such as bidding decisions and accept-or-reject special order decisions.2.Cost measurement is determining the dollaramounts associated with resources used in production. Cost assignment is associating the dollar amounts, once measured, with units produced.3.An actual overhead rate is rarely used be-cause of problems with accuracy and timeli-ness. Waiting until the end of the year to en-sure accuracy is rejected because of the need to have timely information. Timeliness of information based on actual overhead costs runs into difficulty (accuracy problems) because overhead is incurred nonuniformly and because production also may be non-uniform.4.For plantwide rates, overhead is first col-lected in a plantwide pool, using direct trac-ing. Next, an overhead rate is computed and used to assign overhead to products. 5.First stage: Overhead is assigned to produc-tion department pools using direct tracing, driver tracing, and allocation. Second stage: Individual departmental rates are used to assign overhead to products as they pass through the departments.6.Departmental rates would be chosen overplantwide rates whenever some depart-ments are more overhead intensive than others and if certain products spend more time in some departments than they do in others.7.Plantwide overhead rates assign overheadto products in proportion to the amount of the unit-level cost driver used. If the prod-ucts consume some overhead activities in different proportions than those assigned by the unit-level cost driver, then cost dis-tortions can occur (the product diversity factor). These distortions can be significant if the nonunit-level overhead costs represent a significant proportion of total overhead costs.8.Low-volume products may consume non-unit-level overhead activities in much greater proportions than indicated by a unit-levelcost driver and vice versa for high-volumeproducts. If so, then the low-volume prod-ucts will receive too little overhead and thehigh-volume products too much.9.If some products are undercosted and oth-ers are overcosted, a firm can make a num-ber of competitively bad decisions. For ex-ample, the firm might select the wrongproduct mix or submit distorted bids.10.Nonunit-level overhead activities are thoseoverhead activities that are not highly corre-lated with production volume measures. Ex-amples include setups, material handling,and inspection. Nonunit-level cost driversare causal factors—factors that explain theconsumption of nonunit-level overhead. Ex-amples include setup hours, number ofmoves, and hours of inspection.11.Product diversity is present whenever prod-ucts have different consumption ratios fordifferent overhead activities.12.An overhead consumption ratio measuresthe proportion of an overhead activity con-sumed by a product.13.Departmental rates typically use unit-levelcost drivers. If products consume nonunit-level overhead activities in different propor-tions than those of unit-level measures, thenit is possible for departmental rates to moveeven further away from the true consumptionratios, since the departmental unit-level ra-tios usually differ from the one used at theplant level.14.Agree. Prime costs can be assigned usingdirect tracing and so do not cause cost dis-tortions. Overhead costs, however, are notdirectly attributable and can cause distor-tions. For example, using unit-level activitydrivers to trace nonunit-level overhead costswould cause distortions.15.Activity-based product costing is an over-head costing approach that first assignscosts to activities and then to products. Theassignment is made possible through theidentification of activities, their costs, and theuse of cost drivers.16.An activity dictionary is a list of activitiesaccompanied by information that describeseach activity (called attributes)17. A primary activity is consumed by the finalcost objects such as products and custom-ers, whereas secondary activities are con-sumed by other activities (ultimately con-sumed by primary activities).18.Costs are assigned using direct tracing andresource drivers.19.Homogeneous sets of activities are pro-duced by associating activities that have thesame level and that can use the same driverto assign costs to products. Homogeneoussets of activities reduce the number of over-head rates to a reasonable level.20. A homogeneous cost pool is a collection ofoverhead costs that are logically related tothe tasks being performed and for whichcost variations can be explained by a singleactivity driver. Thus, a homogeneous pool ismade up of activities with the same process,the same activity level, and the same driver.21.Unit-level activities are those that occur eachtime a product is produced. Batch-level activi-ties are those that are performed each time abatch of products is produced. Product-levelor sustaining activities are those that areperformed as needed to support the variousproducts produced by a company. Facility-level activities are those that sustain a facto-ry’s general man ufacturing process.22.ABC improves costing accuracy wheneverthere is diversity of cost objects. There arevarious kinds of cost objects, with productsbeing only one type. Thus, ABC can be use-ful for improving cost assignments to costobjects like customers and suppliers. Cus-tomer and supplier diversity can occur for asingle product firm or for a JIT manufactur-ing firm.23.Activity-based customer costing can identifywhat it is costing to service different custom-ers. Once known, a firm can then devise astrategy to increase its profitability by focus-ing more on profitable customers, convertingunprofitable customers to profitable oneswhere possible, and “firing” customers thatcannot be made profitable.24.Activity-based supplier costing traces allsupplier-caused activity costs to suppliers.This new total cost may prove to be lowerthan what is signaled simply by purchaseprice.EXERCISES4–11.Quarter 1 Quarter 2 Q uarter 3 Quarter 4 Total Units produced 400,000 160,000 80,000 560,000 1,200,000 Prime costs $8,000,000 $3,200,000 $1,600,000 $11,200,000 $24,000,000 Overhead costs $3,200,000 $2,400,000 $3,600,000 $2,800,000 $12,000,000 Unit cost:Prime $20 $20 $20 $20 $20Overhead 8 15 45 5 10Total $28 $35 $65 $25 $30 2. Actual costing can produce wide swings in the overhead cost per unit. Thecause appears to be nonuniform incurrence of overhead and nonuniform production (seasonal production is a possibility).3. First, calculate a predetermined rate:OH rate = $11,640,000/1,200,000= $9.70 per unitThis rate is used to assign overhead to the product throughout the year.Since the driver is units produced, $9.70 would be assigned to each unit.Adding this to the actual prime costs produces a unit cost under normal cost-ing:Unit cost = $9.70 + $20.00 = $29.70This cost is close to the actual annual cost of $30.00.1. $13,500,000/3,600,000 = $3.75 per direct labor hour (DLH)2. $3.75 ⨯ 3,456,000 = $12,960,0003. Applied overhead $ 12,960,000A ctual overhead 13,600,000U nderapplied overhead $ 640,0004. Predetermined rates allow the calculation of unit costs and avoid the prob-lems of nonuniform overhead incurrence and nonuniform production asso-ciated with actual overhead rates. Unit cost information is needed throughout the year for a variety of managerial purposes.4–31. Predetermined overhead rate = $4,500,000/600,000 = $7.50 per DLH2. Applied overhead = $7.50 ⨯ 585,000 = $4,387,5003. Applied overhead $ 4,387,500Actual overhead 4,466,250Underapplied overhead $ (78,750)4. Unit cost:Prime costs $ 6,750,000Overhead costs 4,387,500Total $ 11,137,500Units ÷750,000Unit cost $ 14.851. Predetermined overhead rate = $4,500,000/187,500 = $24 per machine hour(MHr)2. Applied overhead = $24 187,875 = $4,509,0003. Applied overhead $ 4,509,000Actual overhead 4,466,250Overapplied overhead $ 42,7504. Unit cost:Prime costs $ 6,750,000Overhead costs 4,509,000Total $ 11,259,000Units ÷750,000Unit cost $ 15.01**Rounded5. Gandars needs to determine what causes its overhead. Is it primarily labordriven (e.g., composed predominantly of fringe benefits, indirect labor, and personnel costs), or is it machine oriented (e.g., composed of depreciation on machinery, utilities, and maintenance)? It is impossible for a decision to be made on the basis of the information given in this exercise.1. Predetermined rates:Drilling Department: Rate = $600,000/280,000 = $2.14* per MHrAssembly Department: Rate = $392,000/200,000= $1.96 per DLH*Rounded2. Applied overhead:Drilling Department: $2.14 ⨯ 288,000 = $616,320Assembly Department: $1.96 ⨯ 196,000 = $384,160Overhead variances:Drilling Assembly Total Actual overhead $602,000 $ 412,000 $ 1,014,000 Applied overhead 616,320 384,160 1,000,480 Overhead variance $ (14,320) over $ 27,840 under $ 13,520 3. Unit overhead cost = [($2.14 ⨯ 4,000) + ($1.96 ⨯ 1,600)]/8,000= $11,696/8,000= $1.46**Rounded1. Activity rates:Machining = $632,000/300,000= $2.11* per MHrInspection = $360,000/12,000= $30 per inspection hour*Rounded2. Unit overhead cost = [($2.11 ⨯ 8,000) + ($30 ⨯ 800)]/8,000= $40,880/8,000= $5.114–71. Yes. Since direct materials and direct labor are directly traceable to eachproduct, their cost assignment should be accurate.2. Elegant: (1.75 ⨯ $9,000)/3,000 = $5.25 per briefcaseFina: (1.75 ⨯ $3,000)/3,000 = $1.75 per briefcaseNote: Overhead rate = $21,000/$12,000 = $1.75 per direct labor dollar (or 175 percent of direct labor cost).There are more machine and setup costs assigned to Elegant than Fina. This is clearly a distortion because the production of Fina is automated and uses the machine resources much more than the handcrafted Elegant. In fact, the consumption ratio for machining is 0.10 and 0.90 (using machine hours as the measure of usage). Thus, Fina uses nine times the machining resources as Elegant. Setup costs are similarly distorted. The products use an equal number of setups hours. Yet, if direct labor dollars are used, then the Elegant briefcase receives three times more machining costs than the Fina briefcase.4–7 Concluded3. Overhead rate = $21,000/5,000= $4.20 per MHrElegant: ($4.20 ⨯ 500)/3,000 = $0.70 per briefcaseFina: ($4.20 ⨯ 4,500)/3,000 = $6.30 per briefcaseThis cost assignment appears more reasonable given the relative demands each product places on machine resources. However, once a firm moves to a multiproduct setting, using only one activity driver to assign costs will likely produce product cost distortions. Products tend to make different demands on overhead activities, and this should be reflected in overhead cost assign-ments. Usually, this means the use of both unit- and nonunit-level activity drivers. In this example, there is a unit-level activity (machining) and a non-unit-level activity (setting up equipment). The consumption ratios for each (using machine hours and setup hours as the activity drivers) are as follows:Elegant FinaMachining 0.10 0.90 (500/5,000 and 4,500/5,000)Setups 0.50 0.50 (100/200 and 100/200)Setup costs are not assigned accurately. Two activity rates are needed—one based on machine hours and the other on setup hours:Machine rate: $18,000/5,000 = $3.60 per MHrSetup rate: $3,000/200 = $15 per setup hourCosts assigned to each product:Machining: Elegant Fina$3.60 ⨯ 500 $ 1,800$3.60 ⨯ 4,500 $ 16,200Setups:$15 ⨯ 100 1,500 1,500Total $ 3,300 $ 17,700Units ÷3,000 ÷3,000Unit overhead cost $ 1.10 $ 5.90Activity dictionary:Activity Activity Primary/ ActivityName Description Secondary Driver Providing nursing Satisfying patient Primary Nursing hours care needsSupervising Coordinating Secondary Number of nurses nurses nursing activitiesFeeding patients Providing meals Primary Number of mealsto patientsLaundering Cleaning and Primary Pounds of laundry bedding and delivering clothesclothes and beddingProviding Therapy treatments Primary Hours of therapy physical directed bytherapy physicianMonitoring Using equipment to Primary Monitoring hours patients monitor patientconditions1. dCost of labor (0.75 ⨯ $40,000) $30,000Forklift (direct tracing) 6,000 Total cost of receiving $36,000 2. b3. a4. c5. dActivity rates (Questions 2–5):Receiving: $36,000/50,000 = $0.72 per partSetup: $60,000/300 = $200 per setupGrinding: $90,000/18,000 = $5 per MHrInspecting: $45,000/4,500 = $10 per inspection hour6. aOverhead rate = $231,000/20,000 = $11.55 per DLH Direct materials $ 850Direct labor 600Overhead ($11.55 ⨯ 50) 578*Total cost $ 2,028Units ÷100Unit cost $ 20.28*Rounded4–9 Concluded7. bDirect materials $ 850.00Direct labor 600.00Overhead:Setup 200.00 ($200 ⨯ 1)Inspecting 40.00 ($10 ⨯ 4)Grinding 100.00 ($5 ⨯ 20)Receiving 14.40 ($0.72 ⨯ 20) Total costs $ 1,804.40Units ÷100Unit cost $ 18.04**Rounded4–101. Unit-level: Testing products, inserting dies2. Batch-level: Setting up batches, handling wafer lots, purchasingmaterials, receiving materials3. Product-level: Developing test programs, making probe cards,engineering design, paying suppliers4. Facility-level: Providing utilities, providing space4–111. Unit-level activities: MachiningBatch-level activities: Setups and packing Product-level activities: ReceivingFacility-level activities: None2. Pools and drivers:Unit-levelPool 1:Machining $80,000Activity driver: Machine hoursBatch-levelPool 2:Setups $24,000Packing 30,000Total cost $54,000Product-levelPool 3:Receiving $18,000Activity driver: Receiving orders4–11 Concluded3. Pool rates:Pool 1: $80,000/40,000 = $2 per MHrPool 2: $54,000/300 = $180 per setupPool 3: $18,000/600 = $30 per receiving order 4. Overhead assignment:InfantryPool 1: $2 ⨯ 20,000 = $ 40,000Pool 2: $180 ⨯ 200 = 36,000Pool 3: $30 ⨯ 200 = 6,000Total $ 82,000Special forcesPool 1: $2 ⨯ 20,000 = $ 40,000Pool 2: $180 ⨯ 100 = 18,000Pool 3: $30 ⨯ 400 = 12,000Total $ 70,0004–121. Deluxe Percent Regular PercentPrice $900 100% $750 100% Cost 576 64 600 80 Unit gross profit $324 36% $150 20% Total gross profit:($324 ⨯ 100,000) $32,400,000($150 ⨯ 800,000) $120,000,0002. Calculation of unit overhead costs:Deluxe Regular Unit-level:Machining:$200 ⨯ 100,000 $20,000,000$200 ⨯ 300,000 $60,000,000 Batch-level:Setups:$3,000 ⨯ 300 900,000$3,000 ⨯ 200 600,000 Packing:$20 ⨯ 100,000 2,000,000$20 ⨯ 400,000 8,000,000 Product-level:Engineering:$40 ⨯ 50,000 2,000,000$40 ⨯ 100,000 4,000,000 Facility-level:Providing space:$1 ⨯ 200,000 200,000$1 ⨯ 800,000 800,000 Total overhead $ 25,100,000 $ 73,400,000 Units ÷100,000 ÷800,000 Overhead per unit $ 251 $ 91.75Deluxe Percent Regular Percent Price $900 100% $750.00 100%Cost 780* 87*** 574.50** 77***Unit gross profit $120 13%*** $175.50 23%***Total gross profit:($120 ⨯ 100,000) $12,000,000($175.50 ⨯ 800,000) $140,400,000*$529 + $251**$482.75 + $91.75***Rounded3. Using activity-based costing, a much different picture of the deluxe and regu-lar products emerges. The regular model appears to be more profitable. Per-haps it should be emphasized.4–131. JIT Non-JITSales a$12,500,000 $12,500,000Allocation b750,000 750,000a$125 ⨯ 100,000, where $125 = $100 + ($100 ⨯ 0.25), and 100,000 is the average order size times the number of ordersb0.50 ⨯ $1,500,0002. Activity rates:Ordering rate = $880,000/220 = $4,000 per sales orderSelling rate = $320,000/40 = $8,000 per sales callService rate = $300,000/150 = $2,000 per service callJIT Non-JITOrdering costs:$4,000 ⨯ 200 $ 800,000$4,000 ⨯ 20 $ 80,000Selling costs:$8,000 ⨯ 20 160,000$8,000 ⨯ 20 160,000Service costs:$2,000 ⨯ 100 200,000$2,000 ⨯ 50 100,000T otal $ 1,160,000 $ 340,000For the non-JIT customers, the customer costs amount to $750,000/20 = $37,500 per order under the original allocation. Using activity assignments, this drops to $340,000/20 = $17,000 per order, a difference of $20,500 per or-der. For an order of 5,000 units, the order price can be decreased by $4.10 per unit without affecting customer profitability. Overall profitability will decrease, however, unless the price for orders is increased to JIT customers.3. It sounds like the JIT buyers are switching their inventory carrying costs toEmery without any significant benefit to Emery. Emery needs to increase prices to reflect the additional demands on customer-support activities. Fur-thermore, additional price increases may be needed to reflect the increased number of setups, purchases, and so on, that are likely occurring inside the plant. Emery should also immediately initiate discussions with its JIT cus-tomers to begin negotiations for achieving some of the benefits that a JIT supplier should have, such as long-term contracts. The benefits of long-term contracting may offset most or all of the increased costs from the additional demands made on other activities.4–141. Supplier cost:First, calculate the activity rates for assigning costs to suppliers: Inspecting components: $240,000/2,000 = $120 per sampling hourReworking products: $760,500/1,500 = $507 per rework hourWarranty work: $4,800/8,000 = $600 per warranty hourNext, calculate the cost per component by supplier:Supplier cost:Vance Foy Purchase cost:$23.50 ⨯ 400,000 $ 9,400,000$21.50 ⨯ 1,600,000 $ 34,400,000 Inspecting components:$120 ⨯ 40 4,800$120 ⨯ 1,960 235,200 Reworking products:$507 ⨯ 90 45,630$507 ⨯ 1,410 714,870 Warranty work:$600 ⨯ 400 240,000$600 ⨯ 7,600 4,560,000 Total supplier cost $ 9,690,430 $ 39,910,070Units supplied ÷400,000 ÷1,600,000Unit cost $ 24.23* $ 24.94**RoundedThe difference is in favor of Vance; however, when the price concession is con sidered, the cost of Vance is $23.23, which is less than Foy’s component.Lumus should accept the contractual offer made by Vance.4–14 Concluded2. Warranty hours would act as the best driver of the three choices. Using thisdriver, the rate is $1,000,000/8,000 = $125 per warranty hour. The cost as-signed to each component would be:Vance Foy Lost sales:$125 ⨯ 400 $ 50,000$125 ⨯ 7,600 $ 950,000$ 50,000 $ 950,000 U nits supplied ÷ 400,000 ÷1,600,000I ncrease in unit cost $ 0.13* $ 0.59**RoundedPROBLEMS4–151. Product cost assignment:Overhead rates:Patterns: $30,000/15,000 = $2.00 per DLHFinishing: $90,000/30,000 = $3.00 per DLHUnit cost computation:Duffel BagsPatterns:$2.00 ⨯ 0.1 $0.20$2.00 ⨯ 0.2 $0.40Finishing:$3.00 ⨯ 0.2 0.60$3.00 ⨯ 0.4 1.20Total per unit $0.80 $1.602. Cost before addition of duffel bags:$60,000/100,000 = $0.60 per unitThe assignment is accurate because all costs belong to the one product.4–15 Concluded3. Activity-based cost assignment:Stage 1:Pool rate = $120,000/80,000 = $1.50 per transactionStage 2:Overhead applied:Backpacks: $1.50 ⨯ 40,000* = $60,000Duffel bags: $1.50 ⨯ 40,000 = $60,000*80,000 transactions/2 = 40,000 (number of transactions had doubled)Unit cost:Backpacks: $60,000/100,000 = $0.60 per unitDuffel bags: $60,000/25,000 = $2.40 per unit4. This problem allows the student to see what the accounting cost per unitshould be by providing the ability to calculate the cost with and without the duffel bags. With this perspective, it becomes easy to see the benefits of the activity-based approach over those of the functional-based approach. The activity-based approach provides the same cost per unit as the single-product setting. The functional-based approach used transactions to allocate accounting costs to each producing department, and this allocation probably reflects quite well the consumption of accounting costs by each producing department. The problem is the second-stage allocation. Direct labor hours do not capture the consumption pattern of the individual products as they pass through the departments. The distortion occurs, not in using transac-tions to assign accounting costs to departments, but in using direct labor hours to assign these costs to the two products.In a single-product environment, ABC offers no improvement in product cost-ing accuracy. However, even in a single-product environment, it may be poss-ible to increase the accuracy of cost assignments to other cost objects such as customers.4–161. Plantwide rate = $660,000/440,000 = $1.50 per DLHOverhead cost per unit:Model A: $1.50 ⨯ 140,000/30,000 = $7.00Model B: $1.50 ⨯ 300,000/300,000 = $1.502. Departmental rates:Department 1: $420,000/180,000 = $2.33 per MHr*Department 2: $240,000/400,000 = $0.60 per DLHDepartment 1: $420,000/40,000 = $10.50 DLHDepartment 2: $240,000/40,000 = $6.00 per MHrOverhead cost per unit:Model A: [($2.33 ⨯ 10,000) + ($0.60 ⨯ 130,000)]/30,000 = $3.38Model B: [($2.33 ⨯ 170,000) + ($0.60 ⨯ 270,000)]/300,000 = $1.86Overhead cost per unit:Model A: [($10.50 ⨯ 10,000) + ($6.00 ⨯ 10,000)]/30,000 = $5.50Model B: [($10.50 ⨯ 30,000) + ($6.00 ⨯ 30,000)]/300,000 = $1.65*Rounded numbers throughoutA common justification is that of using machine hours for machine-intensivedepartments and labor hours for labor-intensive departments. Using this rea-soning, the first set of departmental rates would be selected (machine hours for Department 1 and direct labor hours for Department 2).3. Calculation of pool rates:Driver Pool RateBatch-level pool:Setup and inspection Product runs $320,000/100 = $3,200 per runUnit-level pool:Machine andmaintenance Machine hours $340,000/220,000 = $1.545 per MHr Note: Inspection hours could have been used as an activity driver instead of production runs.Overhead assignment:Model BBatch-level:Setups and inspection$3,200 ⨯ 40 $ 128,000$3,200 ⨯ 60 $ 192,000Unit-level:Power and maintenance$1.545 ⨯ 20,000 30,900$1.545 ⨯ 200,000 309,000Total overhead $ 158,900 $ 501,000Units produced ÷30,000 ÷ 300,000Overhead per unit $ 5.30 $ 1.674. Using activity-based costs as the standard, we can say that the first set ofdepartmental rates decreased the accuracy of the overhead cost assignment (over the plantwide rate) for both products. The opposite is true for the second set of departmental rates. In fact, the second set is very close to the activity assignments. Apparently, departmental rates can either improve or worsen plantwide assignments. In the first case, D epartment 1’s costs are assigned at a 17:1 ratio which overcosts B and undercosts A in a big way.Yet, this is the most likely set of rates at the departmental level! This raises some doubt about the conventional wisdom regarding departmental rates.4–171. Labor and gasoline are driver tracing.Labor (0.75 ⨯ $120,000) $ 90,000 Time = Resource driverGasoline ($3 ⨯ 6,000 moves) 18,000 Moves = Resource driverDepreciation (2 ⨯ $6,000) 12,000 Direct tracingTotal cost $ 120,0002. Plantwide rate = $600,000/20,000= $30 per DLHUnit cost:DeluxePrime costs $80.00 $160Overhead:$30 ⨯ 10,000/40,000 7.50$30 ⨯ 10,000/20,000 15$87.50 $1753. Pool 1: Maintenance $ 114,000Engineering 120,000Total $ 234,000Maintenance hours ÷4,000Pool rate $ 58.50Note:Engineering hours could also be used as a driver. The activities are grouped together because they have the same process, are both product lev-el, and have the same consumption ratios (0.25, 0.75).Pool 2: Material handling $ 120,000Number of moves ÷6,000Pool rate $ 20Pool 3: Setting up $ 96,000Number of setups ÷80Pool rate $ 1,200Note: Material handling and setups are both batch-level activities but have dif-ferent consumption ratios.Pool 4: Purchasing $ 60,000Receiving 40,000Paying suppliersTotal $ 130,000Orders processed ÷750Pool rate $ 173.33Note:The three activities are all product-level activities and have the same consumption ratios.Pool 5: Providing space $ 20,000Machine hours ÷10,000Pool rate $ 2Note: This is the only facility-level activity.4. Unit cost:Basic Deluxe Prime costs $ 3,200,000 $ 3,200,000Overhead:Pool 1:$58.50 ⨯ 1,000 58,500$58.50 ⨯ 3,000 175,500 Pool 2:$20 ⨯ 2,000 40,000$20 ⨯ 4,000 80,000 Pool 3:$1,200 ⨯ 20 24,000$1,200 ⨯ 60 72,000 Pool 4:$173.33 ⨯ 250 43,333$173.33 ⨯ 500 86,665 Pool 5:$2 ⨯ 5,000 10,000$2 ⨯ 5,000 10,000 Total $ 3,375,833 $ 3,624,165Units produced ÷40,000 ÷20,000Unit cost (ABC) $ 84.40 $ 181.21Unit cost (traditional) $ 87.50 $ 175.00The ABC costs are more accurate (better tracing—closer representation of actual resource consumption). This shows that the basic model was over-costed and the deluxe model undercosted when the plantwide overhead rate was used.1. Unit-level costs ($120 ⨯ 20,000) $ 2,400,000Batch-level costs ($80,000 ⨯ 20) 1,600,000Product-level costs ($80,000 ⨯ 10) 800,000Facility-level ($20 ⨯ 20,000) 400,000Total cost $ 5,200,0002. Unit-level costs ($120 ⨯ 30,000) $ 3,600,000Batch-level costs ($80,000 ⨯ 20) 1,600,000Product-level costs ($80,000 ⨯ 10) 800,000Facility-level costs 400,000Total cost $ 6,400,000The unit-based costs increase because these costs vary with the number of units produced. Because the batches and engineering orders did not change, the batch-level costs and product-level costs remain the same, behaving as fixed costs with respect to the unit-based driver. The facility-level costs are fixed costs and do not vary with any driver.3. Unit-level costs ($120 ⨯ 30,000) $ 3,600,000Batch-level costs ($80,000 ⨯ 30) 2,400,000Product-level costs ($80,000 ⨯ 12) 960,000Facility-level costs 400,000Total cost $ 7,360,000Batch-level costs increase as the number of batches changes, and the costs of engineering support change as the number of orders change. Thus, batches and orders increased, increasing the total cost of the model.4. Classifying costs by category allows their behavior to be better understood.This, in turn, creates the ability to better manage costs and make decisions.1. The total cost of care is $1,950,000 plus a $50,000 share of the cost of super-vision [(25/150) ⨯ $300,000]. The cost of supervision is computed as follows: Salary of supervisor (direct) $ 70,000Salary of secretary (direct) 22,000Capital costs (direct) 100,000Assistants (3 ⨯ 0.75 ⨯ $48,000) 108,000Total $ 300,000Thus, the cost per patient day is computed as follows:$2,000,000/10,000 = $200 per patient day(The total cost of care divided by patient days.) Notice that every maternity patient—regardless of type—would pay the daily rate of $200.2. First, the cost of the secondary activity (supervision) must be assigned to theprimary activities (various nursing care activities) that consume it (the driver is the number of nurses):Maternity nursing care assignment:(25/150) ⨯ $300,000 = $50,000Thus, the total cost of nursing care is $950,000 + $50,000 = $1,000,000.Next, calculate the activity rates for the two primary activities:Occupancy and feeding: $1,000,000/10,000 = $100 per patient dayNursing care: $1,000,000/50,000 = $20 per nursing hour。