Thermal Rising, Inc., makes paragliders for sale through specialty sporting goods stores. The company has a standard paraglider model, but also makes custom-designed paragliders. Management has designed an activity-based costing system with the following activity cost pools and activity rates:
| Activity Cost Pool | Activity Rate | ||
| Supporting direct labor | $ | 26 | per direct labor-hour |
| Order processing | $ | 284 | per order |
| Custom design processing | $ | 186 | per custom design |
| Customer service | $ | 379 | per customer |
Management would like an analysis of the profitability of a particular customer, Big Sky Outfitters, which has ordered the following products over the last 12 months:
| Standard Model | Custom Design | |||
| Number of gliders | 20 | 3 | ||
| Number of orders | 1 | 3 | ||
| Number of custom designs | 0 | 3 | ||
| Direct labor-hours per glider | 26.35 | 28.00 | ||
| Selling price per glider | $ | 1,850 | $ | 2,400 |
| Direct materials cost per glider | $ | 564 | $ | 634 |
The company’s direct labor rate is $19.50 per hour.
Required:
Using the company’s activity-based costing system, compute the customer margin of Big Sky Outfitters.
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