Case wha would you do diff oduces two manufacturing proc Golding Manufacturing, a division of Farnsworth The bow ferent models of bows and eight models of knives The involves the production of two major the assembly Layup limbs pass through four sequential processes before final create by d Molding, Fabricating, and Department. mbs p gl ue lay of wood. In mbs d, under ding to form strong resilient limbs. In the Fabricating Department, any prot clean other processing residue is removed. in the limbs are Pat Finally, ca with acetone, dried, and sprayed with the fina finishes reaching final assembly The handles pass before into ding Finishing. In the through two processes of wood are fed cleaned Pattern blocks are possible, that is set to shape the handles. Different patterns the handles a on the setting. After coming out of the machine, where they are into and machine's the Finishing Department are assem smoothed. They then pass to handles with the final finishes. In final assembly, the limbs and weig models using purchased parts such as pulley assemblies, bolts, side plates, and string using costing to assign pro Golding, since its has been direct labor dollars (80 costs. overhead rate used based on Karen percent of direct labor dollars). Golding has hired a new controller, Jenkins. After reviewing the product-costing procedures, Karen requested a meeting with the divisional manager, The following is a transcript of their con versation We make Karen: aron, have some concerns about our cost accounting system. prod two different models of and them as if they were the same uct. Now, I know that the only real difference between the models is the handle the The processing of the handles is the same, but the handles differ significantly in amount and quality of wood used. Our current costing does not reflect this differ ence in material input. Aaron: "Your predecessor is responsible. He believed that tracking the difference in ld make material cost wasn't worth the effort. He simply didn't believe that it woul much difference in the unit cost of either model uwell, he may have been right, but I have my there is a Karen which the could affect our views of model is more important to company. The additional isn't very stringent. All we have to worry the Pattern Department. The other fit what l as process-costing pattern uwhy don't you look into it? If there is a significant difference, go ahead Aaron and adjust the costing system. After the meeting, Karen decided to collect cost data on the two models the Deluxe model and the Econo model. decided to track the costs for one wee k. At the end of the week, she had collected the data from the Pattern Department