Fatima Electronics LLC also plans to introduce a new model of mobile phone in the market. The expected life cycle of the product is three years. The company has been adopting the traditional method of costing. Imagine you are the management accountant of the company and you suggest the management to adopt Life Cycle Costing for the mobile phone instead of traditional method of costing. You have the following information at your disposal: Mobile phone year 1 year 2 year 3 Research and development 1500 Production cost per unit 200 190 188 Customer service cost per unit 32 31 29 Advertising and sales promotion cost 25 19 14 Retirement and disposal cost 300 Units produced and sold 350 280 400 The Life Cycle Cost per unit will be:

Fatima Electronics LLC also plans to introduce a new model of mobile phone in the market. The expected life cycle of the product is three years. The company has been adopting the traditional method of costing. Imagine you are the management accountant of the company and you suggest the management to adopt Life Cycle Costing for the mobile phone instead of traditional method of costing. You have the following information at your disposal: Mobile phone year 1 year 2 year 3 Research and development 1500 Production cost per unit 200 190 188 Customer service cost per unit 32 31 29 Advertising and sales promotion cost 25 19 14 Retirement and disposal cost 300 Units produced and sold 350 280 400 The Life Cycle Cost per unit will be:

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