Reference no: EM132615314

Windhoek Dairy Products ('WDP") processes milk to produce three products, Cheese (CS), Butter (BT) and Cream (CM) from one process. WDP is based in Windhoek. The following are the resource requirements of one process in May 2020:

Milk (Note 1 & 4) = 20 000 liters
Direct Labour (Note 2) = 5 000 hours
Other Manufacturing overheads (Note 3) = ? *(Not given)(Has to be calculated if necessary)*

Notes:

1.) The milk is sourced from various farms based in farms in Dordabis, Gobabis and Mariental. The suppliers price their milk at N$3 per litre bought at the farm. WDP incurs a further N$1 per litre to transport the milk to their Windhoek factory.

2.) Direct labour is paid at N$60 per hour and overtime (when worked) is paid at a time and a half. Due to increase in demand during the period when the country was in lockdown, employees had to work 500 of the 5 000 hours as overtime in May 2020.

3.) Other manufacturing overheads excludes indirect labour and amounted to N$85 000 in the month of May 2020.

4.) Milk is considered a direct material for the process. However, the company also require some preservatives that cost N$10 000 for the period under consideration.

5.) The output of CS, BT and CM normally emerge in the ratio of 4:6:8 respectively. A byproduct (Fat) is estimated at 10% of input milk and it is sold to a local small business for N$20 per kilo. It is company policy to deduct the net realisable value of by-products from the total joint process costs before allocating the joint process costs to products CS, BT and CM.

6.) The finished products are sold at the following prices:

Product N$
CS per kilo = $100
BT per kilo = $110
CM per kilo = $130

7. ) You many assume that one liter is equivalent to one kilo and that the three products are immediately identifiable at split off.

Requirements:

Question 1: Calculate the total joint costs to be allocated to joint products in May 2020?

Question 2: Calculate the gross profit for each of the three products, using the following methods of allocating joint process costs;

2.1) physical units methods?
2.2) Sales value at split off method?