Case # 4.64
Huge Company – Tooling Business Unit (TBU) – Choice of Cost System

Huge Company's tooling business unit manufactures metal and carbon fiber parts for the company's major products. They currently use the Functional-Based Costing system or FBC. In this costing system they compute a combined labor and overhead cost per labor hour and charges each job based on the number of labor hours used. This labor-based charge is added to the materials cost to calculate the total job cost. TBU works for internal customers only and not allowed to seek outside work. Management is concerned that the current costing system is causing other business units to send it work that does not use TBU's strengths to the company's overall advantage.

We will investigate the current Functional-Based Costing System (FBC) to determine if management's concerns are justified. We accomplish this by the following process:
· Explain the steps to compute job costing under the current standard......

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Title: Case 4.64 Choice Of Cost
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