Bienestar, Inc., has done a cost analysis for its production of vests. The following activities and cost drivers have been developed:   Activity Cost Formula Maintenance $11,000 + $2 per machine hour Machining $55,000 + $3 per machine hour Inspection $70,000 + $500 per batch Setups $2,000 per batch Purchasing $80,000 + $150 per purchase order ​ Following are the actual costs of producing 75,000 vests: 5,000 machine hours; 10 batches; 20 purchase orders   Maintenance $20,000 Machining 73,000 Inspection 73,000 Setups 18,000 Purchasing 82,000 ​ What is the budget variance for setups in an activity-based performance report?

Equivalent units expresses all activity of the period in terms of

Copies Plus Print operates a copy business at two different locations. Copies Plus Print has one support department that is responsible for cleaning, service, and maintenance of its copying equipment. The costs of the support department are allocated to each copy center on the basis of total copies made. During the first month, the costs of the support department were expected to be $200,000. Of this amount, $60,000 is considered a fixed cost. During the month, the support department incurred actual variable costs of $128,000 and actual fixed costs of $72,000. Normal and actual activity (copies made) are as follows:   ​ Copy Center 1 Copy Center 2 Normal activity (copies) 600,000 400,000 Actual activity (copies) 500,000 440,000 ​ Support department costs NOT allocated to the two copy centers are:

Cumadin Corporation, which manufactures products W, X, Y, and Z through a joint process costing $18,000, has the following data for 2018:       Sales Value Product Units Produced at Split-Off    W 10,000 $5,000     X   6,000  2,500    Y 16,000  3,000    Z   8,000 4,500 ​ What is the amount of joint costs assigned to Product X using the sales-value-at-split-off method?

Diane’s Pottery Manufacturing Company has two support departments, Maintenance Department and Personnel Department, and two producing departments, X and Y. The Maintenance Department costs of $30,000 are allocated on the basis of standard service hours used. The Personnel Department costs of $4,500 are allocated on the basis of number of employees. The direct costs of Departments X and Y are $9,000 and $15,000, respectively. Data on standard service hours and number of employees are as follows:     Maint. Person. Dept. Dept.   Dept. Dept. X Y Standard service hours used 100  75 600 300 Number of employees  50 100 150 150 Direct labor hours 125 125 500 250 ​ What are the total overhead costs associated with Department X after allocating the Maintenance and Personnel Departments using the direct method?

Data related to Alpha, Inc., for the month of June follows: ​ ​ Units Work in process (WIP), June 1 (40% complete) 16,000 Started in June 80,000 Work in process, June 30 24,000 ​ Materials are added at the beginning of the process. If equivalent units of production for conversion using the weighted average method were 79,200 units, ending work in process on June 30 must have been:

Beginning inventory for the month contained 3,000 units that were 35 percent complete with respect to materials. 55,000 units were completed and transferred out during the month. 5,500 units were in ending inventory, 10 percent complete with respect to materials. The weighted average equivalent units of production for materials for the month would be

Burgandy Company produces and sells mattresses. It expects to sell 7,000 mattresses in the current year and had 800 mattresses in finished goods inventory at the end of the previous year. Burgandy would like to complete operations in the current year with at least 900 completed mattresses in inventory. There is no ending work-in-process inventory. The mattresses sell for $500 each. How many mattresses will be produced in the current year? 

Algonquin Products produces two products, X and Y, in a single process. In 2011, the joint costs of this process were $25,000. In addition, 4,000 units of X and 6,000 units of Y were produced. Separable processing costs beyond the split-off point were X-$10,000; Y-$20,000. X sells for $10.00 per unit; Y sells for $7.50 per unit. ​ What is the gross profit of product Y assuming the net realizable value method is used?

__________ is a costing system that blends job-order and process-costing procedures applied to batches of homogeneous products.