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Ignatenko’s Custom Electronics (ICE) sells and installs complete security, compu

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Question

Ignatenko’s Custom Electronics (ICE) sells and installs complete security, computer, audio, and video systems for homes. On newly constructed homes it provides bids using time-and-material pricing. The following budgeted cost data are available.

Time Charges

Material Loading Charges

Technicians’ wages and benefits

$156,800

—   

Parts manager’s salary and benefits

—   

$37,962

Office employee’s salary and benefits

40,880

19,684

Other overhead

12,880

44,992

Total budgeted costs

$210,560

$102,638



The company has budgeted for $5,600 hours of technician time during the coming year. It desires a $39 profit margin per hour of labor and a 95% profit on parts. It estimates the total invoice cost of parts and materials in 2014 will be $703,000.

Compute the rate charged per hour of labor. (Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 15.25.)

Rate charged per hour of labor

$

Compute the material loading percentage. (Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 15.25%.)

Material loading percentage

%

ICE has just received a request for a bid from Buil Builders on a $1,200,000 new home. The company estimates that it would require 80 hours of labor and $40,000.00 of parts. Compute the total estimated bill. (Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 15.25.)

Total estimated cost

$

Time Charges

Material Loading Charges

Technicians’ wages and benefits

$156,800

—   

Parts manager’s salary and benefits

—   

$37,962

Office employee’s salary and benefits

40,880

19,684

Other overhead

12,880

44,992

Total budgeted costs

$210,560

$102,638

Explanation / Answer

a) Compute the rate charged per hour of labor. (Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 15.25.)

Rate charged per hour of labor = Total budgeted costs/technician time + profit margin per hour

Rate charged per hour of labor = 210560/5600 + 39

Rate charged per hour of labor = $ 76.60

b) Compute the material loading percentage. (Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 15.25%.)

Material loading percentage = Material Loading Charges/Total Estimated Cost of Material & Parts + Profit margin% on part

Material loading percentage = 102638/703000 + 95%

Material loading percentage = 109.60%

CE has just received a request for a bid from Buil Builders on a $1,200,000 new home. The company estimates that it would require 80 hours of labor and $40,000.00 of parts. Compute the total estimated bill. (Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 15.25.)

Total estimated cost =Cost of parts + Rate charged per hour of labor*No of Hour + Material loading percentage*Cost of Parts

Total estimated cost = 40000 + 76.60*80 + 109.6%*40000

Total estimated cost = $ 89968