Coffee Bean Inc.

Coffee Bean, Inc. (CBI), is a figure outor and distributor of a variety of blends of cocoa. The company buys coffee beans from somewhat the world and roasts, blends, and packages them for resale. CBI currently has 40 different coffees that it sells to gourmet shops in one- switch bags. The major cost of the coffee is raw materials. However, the companys predominately automated roasting, blending, and packing process requires a substantial amount of manufacturing overhead.The company uses relatively little direct boil. Some of CBIs coffees argon very popular and sell in spectacular volumes, while a few of the newer blends have very low volumes. CBI legal injurys its coffee at manufacturing cost plus a markup of 30%. If CBIs prices for certain coffees are significantly higher than market, adjustments are made to bring CBIs prices more into alignment with the market since customers are somewhat price conscious.For the coming form, CBIs cypher includes estimated manufacturing ove rhead cost of $3,000,000. CBI assigns manufacturing overhead to wares on the basis of direct labor-hours. The expected direct labor cost totals $600,000, which represents 50,000 hours of direct labor time. Based on the sales budget and expected raw materials costs, the company will purchase and use $6,000,000 of raw materials (mostly coffee beans) during the year.The expected costs for direct materials and direct labor for one-pound bags of ii of the companys coffee intersections appear below Mona Loa Malaysian Direct materials $ 4. 0 $ 3. 20 Direct labor 0. 30 0. 30 CBIs ascendence believes that the companys traditional be system may be providing misleding cost information.To determine whether or not this is correct, the controller has prepared an analysis of the years expected manufacturing overhead costs, as shown in the following table Activity Cost Pool Activity Measure Expected Activity for the division Expected Cost for the Year Purchasin g Purchase orders 1,710 orders $513,000 Materials handling of Setups 1,800 setups 720,000 Quality control of Batches 600 batches 144,000 Roasting Roasting-hours 96,100 roasting hours 961,000 portmanteau word Blending-hours 33,600 blending hours 402,000 Packaging Packaging-hours 26,000 packaging hours 260,000 sum total manufacturing overhead cost $3,000,000 Data regarding the expected production of Mona Loa and Malaysian coffee are presented below. Mona Loa Malaysian Expected sales 100,000 pounds 2,000 pounds Batch size 10,000 pounds 500 pounds Setups 3 per batch 3 per batch Purchase order size 20,000 pounds 500 pounds Roasting time per 100 pounds 1 hour 1 hour Blending time per 100 pounds 0. 5 hour 0. hour Packaging time per 100 pounds 0. 1 hour 0. 1 hour 1.Using the direct labor-hours as the alkali for assigning manufacturing ove rhead cost to products, do the following a. Determine the predetermined overhead rate that will be used during the year. b. Determine the unit product cost of one pound of the Mona Loa coffee and one pound of the Malaysian coffee. 2. Using activity-based costing as the basis for assigning manufacturing overhead cost to products, do the following a. Determine the total amount of manufacturing overhead cost assigned to the Mona Loa coffee and to the Malaysian coffee for the year. b. Using the data developed in 2(a), estimator the amount of manufacturing overhead cost per pound of the Mona Loa coffee and the Malaysian coffee.Round all computations to the nearest whole cent. c. Determine the unit product cost of one pound of the Mona Loa coffee and one pound of the Malaysian coffee. Write a brief memo to the president of CBI explaining what you have found in (1) and (2) above and discussing the implications to the company of victimisation direct labor as the base for assigning manufac turing overhead cost to products. MEMORANDUM ToThe president of CBI From Date Subjectthe implications to the company of using direct labor as the base for assigning manufacturing overhead cost to products. 1) Per pound cost of the Mona Loa coffee and the Malaysian coffee as per traditional costing system is $ 6 and $ 5 respectively. ) The manufacturing overhead assigned to each pound of the Mona Loa coffee and the Malaysian coffee is same because the direct labor hours required for manufacturing each pound of coffee are same 3) Per pound cost of the Mona Loa coffee and the Malaysian coffee as per Activity based costing system is $ 4. 83 and $ 7. 15 respectively. 4) spare-time activity are the implications to the company of using direct labor as the base for assigning manufacturing overhead cost to products 1. Price determination under existing costing system (using direct labor as the base) is not accurate. Under activity based costing cost is calculated more accurately than exist ing product costing system. 2. Higher prices of popular product affect market adversely.As the customers are price conscious company can sell Mona Loa Coffee (which is more popular) at lower price and can increase its market share if the cost is calculated accurately. 3. As company uses relatively little direct labour, direct labour is not an appropriate basis for applying overheads to products. 4. By using activity based costing company can discontinue its non-profitable products or suggest appropriate price for those product 5) Activity based costing allocated indirect cost more accurately . It helps in reducing the cost by eliminating unwanted activities Helps in ameliorate product and customer profitability. Activity based costing helps in forecasting and planning.