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Thermal Rising, Inc

Accounting Aug 08, 2020

Thermal Rising, Inc., makes paragliders for sale through specialty sporting goods stores. The company has a standard paraglider model, but also makes custom-designed paragliders. Management has designed an activity-based costing system with the following activity cost pools and activity rates: Activity Cost Pool Supporting direct labor Order processing Custom design processing Customer service Activity Rate per direct labor- $ 18 hour $198 per order $265 per custom design $432 per customer Management would like an analysis of the profitability of a particular customer, Big Sky Outfitters, which has ordered the following products over the last 12 months: Standard Custom Model Design 15 3 2 3 0 3 Number of gliders Number of orders Number of custom designs Direct labor-hours per glider Selling price per glider Direct materials cost per glider 27.50 32.00 $ 1,650 $2,350 $ 454 $ 568 The company's direct labor rate is $18 per hour. Required: Using the company's activity-based costing system, compute the customer margin of Big Sky Outfitters. (Round your intermediate calculations and final answer to the nearest whole dollar amount. Loss amounts should be entered with a minus sign.) Customer margin

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Computation of Customer Margin
Under ABC Costing
  Std Model Custom Design
No. of Unit 15 3
Sales @1650, 2350 (a) $24,750.00 $7,050.00
Cost    
Direct Material
@454, 568
$6,810.00 $1,704.00
Direct Labour
(15*27.50*18)
(3*32*18)
$7,425.00 $1,728.00
Supporting Direct Labour
(15*27.50*18)
(3*32*18)
$7,425.00 $1,728.00
Order Processing
(198*2) (198*3)
$396.00 $594.00
Customer Designing   $795.00
Customer Services $432.00 $432.00
Total Cost (b) $22,488.00 $6,981.00
Net Margin (a-b) $2,262.00 $69.00
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