King midas manufacturing co. has been utilizing groups to improve their manufacturing process. some of the most successful groups were together for only a few months and others have been together for over a year with little to no success. management has requested your consulting expertise to determine why there were varied successes and failures. your analysis of the system indicates that the reason for the varied results could simply be the development stage of the group. group a has been meeting for one month and is seen as having some difficulty in appointing its leader. at least three individuals are qualified to keep the group's focus on its objectives, but the group is yet to decide which person will lead. group a is at the stage.

Laval produces lamps and home lighting fixtures. its most popular product is a brushed aluminum desk lamp. this lamp is made from components shaped in the fabricating department and assembled in the assembly department. information related to the 22,000 desk lamps produced annually follows.direct materials $280,000direct labor fabricating department (8,000 dlh × $24 per dlh) $192,000assembly department (16,600 dlh × $26 per dlh) $431,600machine hours fabricating department $15,200mhassembly department $20,850mhexpected overhead cost and related data for the two production departments follow.fabricating assemblydirect labor hours 150,000dlh 295,000dlhmachine hours 161,000mh 128,000mhoverhead cost $400,000 430,000required1. determine the plantwide overhead rate for laval using direct labor hours as a base.2. determine the total manufacturing cost per unit for the aluminum desk lamp using the plantwide overhead rate.3. compute departmental overhead rates based on machine hours in the fabricating department and direct labor hours in the assembly department.4. use departmental overhead rates from requirement 3 to determine the total manufacturing cost per unit for the aluminum desk lamps.