Thornton Quilting Company makes blankets that it markets through a variety of department stores. It makes the blankets in batches of 1,000 units. Thornton made 35,000 blankets during the prior accounting period. The cost of producing the blankets is summarized here.

Materials cost ($10 per unit × 20,000) $200,000
Labor cost ($9 per unit × 20,000) 180,000
Manufacturing supplies ($1.50 × 20,000) 30,000
Batch-level costs (20 batches at $2,000 per batch) 40,000
Product-level costs 80,000
Facility-level costs 145,000
Total costs $675,000
Cost per unit = $675,000 ÷ 20,000 = $33.75

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