Assume that a company makes only three products: Product A, Product B, and Product C. Currently, the company uses a conventional cost system that relies on plantwide overhead cost allocation based on direct labor-hours. It is considering replacing its conventional cost system with an activity-based costing (ABC) system. The ABC system would include a total of four activities: Assembly (allocated to products based on direct labor-hours), Machine Setups (allocated to products based on number of setups), Material Handling (allocated to products based on the number of material moves), and Product Design (allocated to products based on the number of products).

Product A Product B Product C
Number of units produced 1,000 units 7,000 units 2,000 units
Direct labor hours per unit 2 hours 2 hours 2 hours
Number of setups 30 setups 50 setups 20 setups
Number of material moves 600 moves 400 moves 200 moves
Number of products 1 product 1 product 1 product

Using the activity-based costing approach, what percent of the company’s total Material Handling activity cost would be allocated to Product B?

a. 70%
b. 25%
c. 40%
d. 33%

Georgia orchards produced a good crop of peaches this year. after preparing the following income statement, the company is concerned about the net loss on its no. 3 peaches. georgia orchards income statement for year ended december 31, 2017 no. 1 no. 2 no. 3 combined sales (by grade) no. 1: 300,000 ibs. @ $1.50/lb $ 450,000 no. 2: 300,000 ibs. @ $1.00/lb $ 300,000 no. 3: 750,000 ibs. @ $0.25/lb $ 187,500 total sales $ 937,500 costs tree pruning and care @ $0.30/ib 90,000 90,000 225,000 405,000 picking, sorting, and grading @ $0.15/ib 45,000 45,000 112,500 202,500 delivery costs 15,000 15,000 37,500 67,500 total costs 150,000 150,000 375,000 675,000 net income (loss) $ 300,000 $ 150,000 $ (187,500 ) $ 262,500 in preparing this statement, the company allocated joint costs among the grades on a physical basis as an equal amount per pound. the company’s delivery cost records show that $30,000 of the $67,500 relates to crating the no. 1 and no. 2 peaches and hauling them to the buyer. the remaining $37,500 of delivery costs is for crating the no. 3 peaches and hauling them to the cannery. required: 1. prepare reports showing cost allocations on a sales value basis to the three grades of peaches. separate the delivery costs into the amounts directly identifiable with each grade. then allocate any shared delivery costs on the basis of the relative sales value of each grade. (do not round intermediate calculations.)