Crate Express Co. produces wooden crates used for shipping products by ocean lin
ID: 2410026 • Letter: C
Question
Crate Express Co. produces wooden crates used for shipping products by ocean liner. In 2017, Crate Express incurred the following costs.
Assume Crate Express used an average 800 kilowatt-hours each month over the past year.
(a) What is Crate Express's total manufacturing cost if it uses a variable costing approach?
(b) What is Crate Express's total manufacturing cost if it uses an absorption costing approach?
Explanation / Answer
Answer
a ) wood used = 56000
nails = 540
direct labor = 40600
utilities = 5760 ( 800 * 0.60 * 12 )
total manufacture = 102900
b )
wood used = 56000
nails = 540
direct labor = 40600
utilities = 21360 ( 1300 * 12 ) + ( 800 * 0.60 * 12 )
rent = 25800
total manufacture = 144300