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What is the primary purpose of departmentalization in manufacturing?
What is the primary purpose of departmentalization in manufacturing?
Which of the following is NOT a step in the procedure of departmentalization?
Which of the following is NOT a step in the procedure of departmentalization?
Which department directly engages in the manufacturing of products?
Which department directly engages in the manufacturing of products?
How are costs from service departments allocated to producing departments?
How are costs from service departments allocated to producing departments?
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What do departmental predetermined rates help in determining?
What do departmental predetermined rates help in determining?
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Which of the following is a characteristic of direct departmental overhead costs?
Which of the following is a characteristic of direct departmental overhead costs?
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What is a primary activity needed before calculating departmental overhead application rates?
What is a primary activity needed before calculating departmental overhead application rates?
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What is an example of a service department?
What is an example of a service department?
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What is the total allocated cost for the Machining department using the direct method?
What is the total allocated cost for the Machining department using the direct method?
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Which allocation method includes the full interdepartmental costs in its calculation?
Which allocation method includes the full interdepartmental costs in its calculation?
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What is the calculated total cost for Department B using the reciprocal method?
What is the calculated total cost for Department B using the reciprocal method?
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How much of the Power Plant's costs is allocated to the Assembly department using the step method?
How much of the Power Plant's costs is allocated to the Assembly department using the step method?
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What is the initial cost set for Department C in the reciprocal method?
What is the initial cost set for Department C in the reciprocal method?
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What is the total allocation for Department B from the Storeroom based on units of materials requisitioned?
What is the total allocation for Department B from the Storeroom based on units of materials requisitioned?
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What is the predetermined overhead application rate for Department A per machine hour?
What is the predetermined overhead application rate for Department A per machine hour?
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How much was the total actual manufacturing overhead charged to both departments combined?
How much was the total actual manufacturing overhead charged to both departments combined?
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What is the amount of overapplied manufacturing overhead for Department A?
What is the amount of overapplied manufacturing overhead for Department A?
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What is the total underapplied manufacturing overhead for Department B?
What is the total underapplied manufacturing overhead for Department B?
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What is the primary basis used to allocate factory rent costs?
What is the primary basis used to allocate factory rent costs?
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Which allocation method ignores services rendered by other departments?
Which allocation method ignores services rendered by other departments?
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For storeroom costs, which base is NOT mentioned as an allocation measure?
For storeroom costs, which base is NOT mentioned as an allocation measure?
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In the Step Method of cost allocation, which department is allocated first?
In the Step Method of cost allocation, which department is allocated first?
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Which allocation base would be appropriate for light costs in a factory?
Which allocation base would be appropriate for light costs in a factory?
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What should be the primary consideration when selecting a base for allocating service department costs?
What should be the primary consideration when selecting a base for allocating service department costs?
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Which of the following is an allocation base for telephone costs?
Which of the following is an allocation base for telephone costs?
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Which service department's costs might be allocated based on floor space occupied?
Which service department's costs might be allocated based on floor space occupied?
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What is the calculated value of C after cost allocation?
What is the calculated value of C after cost allocation?
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Which department uses estimated machine hours to determine the overhead rate?
Which department uses estimated machine hours to determine the overhead rate?
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How much is the total cost allocated to Department B after the allocations?
How much is the total cost allocated to Department B after the allocations?
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Which of the following bases does the Storeroom department use for distributing costs?
Which of the following bases does the Storeroom department use for distributing costs?
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What is the total number of employees across all departments?
What is the total number of employees across all departments?
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What is the budgeted manufacturing cost for the Department A at the beginning of the year?
What is the budgeted manufacturing cost for the Department A at the beginning of the year?
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Which allocation adjustments lead to a total of zero in the Factory Office?
Which allocation adjustments lead to a total of zero in the Factory Office?
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What percentage of the total costs in the source allocation table was allocated to Department A?
What percentage of the total costs in the source allocation table was allocated to Department A?
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Study Notes
Departmentalization Of Manufacturing Overhead
- Dividing the plant into segments called "departments" or "cost centers" to which expenses are charged.
- More accurate job and product costing.
- More responsible control of overhead costs.
- Requires the use of different overhead rates for applying manufacturing overhead.
- A job or product is charged with manufacturing overhead for work done in a particular department based on the department's predetermined overhead rate.
Types of Departments
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Producing Department: Directly deals with the manufacturing of products.
- Examples: assembly, finishing, and packaging department.
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Service Department: Deals with services that indirectly assist or support the producing department.
- Examples: purchasing, medical, and maintenance department.
- Costs from the service department are allocated to the producing department.
Procedures of Departmentalization
- Step 1: Calculate departmental predetermined overhead application rates.
- Step 2: Apply the predetermined overhead rates to production on a department basis.
- Step 3: Record actual manufacturing overhead costs by department in the Departmental Overhead Analysis Sheet.
Calculation of Departmental Overhead Application Rates
- Step 1: Prepare a budget of total direct manufacturing overhead costs of producing departments and total direct expenses of service departments expected at the selected activity levels.
- Step 2: Conduct a factory survey to determine the bases to be used in allocating indirect manufacturing overhead costs and service department costs.
- Step 3: Set up an application rates worksheet to facilitate cost distribution by departments.
- Step 4: Enter budgeted costs that can be traced directly to specific departments as direct departmental costs.
- Step 5: Allocate budgeted manufacturing overhead costs that cannot be traced to specific departments according to the base selected.
- Step 6: Distribute or reallocate budgeted service department costs to producing departments.
- Step 7: Compute departmental predetermined rates by dividing the total budgeted overhead costs charged to each producing department by the base selected.
Direct Departmental Overhead Costs
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Examples:
- Repairs and maintenance - maintenance department
- Indirect labor - traced to payroll summaries of the department
- Indirect materials - traced through materials requisition of the department
- Depreciation of equipment - traced to a department using the equipment
Allocating Indirect Departmental Costs
- Each department should be charged with its fair share of the costs determined by the benefits it has received.
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Examples:
- Factory Rent - Square footage.
- Depreciation - Factory Building - Square footage.
- Fire insurance on building - Square footage.
- Repairs and maintenance - Square footage.
- Telephone - Number of employees or number of telephones.
- Light - Kilowatt-hour.
- Freight in - Materials used.
Allocating Service Department Cost
- A reasonable base must be used to charge the cost of operating a service department to the producing department being served.
- The base to be used must bear a definite relationship to the cost of the services being served.
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Examples:
- Procurement - Number of orders or cost of materials.
- Receiving - Cost of materials; number of units; number of orders.
- Storeroom - Cost of materials; number of requisitions filled; number of units handled.
- Factory office - Number of employees; labor hours; labor costs.
- Personnel - Number of employees; labor hours; labor cost.
- Building maintenance - Floor space occupied.
- Power plant - Kilowatt hours of power usage.
Methods of Allocating Service Department Cost to Producing Department
- Direct Method: Most widely used method, ignores services rendered by another service department, allocates each service department's total cost directly to the producing department.
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Step Method: Recognizes services rendered by other service departments, sequential basis of allocation:
- Allocation starts with the department that renders the service to the greatest number of departments.
- If two or more service departments render to the same number of departments, select the department with the highest cost.
- Reciprocal/Algebraic Method: Recognizes services rendered by, considers reciprocal services rendered by other service departments, uses a system of simultaneous equations..
Recording Applied Departmental Manufacturing Overhead
- Work in Process is debited and Manufacturing Overhead Control is credited.
Recording Actual Departmental Manufacturing Overhead
- Manufacturing Overhead Control is debited.
- Manufacturing Overhead Control is credited.
Overapplied Manufacturing Overhead
- When actual overhead is less than applied overhead.
- The overapplied overhead is closed to the Cost of Goods Sold.
Underapplied Manufacturing Overhead
- When actual overhead is greater than applied overhead.
- The underapplied overhead is closed to the Cost of Goods Sold.
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This quiz explores the concept of departmentalization in manufacturing, focusing on how plants are divided into cost centers for more accurate job costing and overhead control. Learn about the differences between producing and service departments and the procedures involved in calculating predetermined overhead rates.
