acius Corporationis conducting a TDABC study in its Customer Service Department. The company has provided the following data to aid in that study. Pacius corporation Customer service Department Data Inputs Resource Data: Number of employees Average salary per employee Weeks of enployment per year Minutes avallable per week (40 hours x 60 minutes) Practical capacity percentage 11 $ 39,7se 50 2,400 Activity Data: Minutes per unit of the activity Processing Orders 12 Processing Resolving Issues Credit Reviews 24 36 Cost object Data: Number of orders processed Number of queries resolved Number of credit reviewS processed customer S 35 18 Per TDABC, the total cost assigned to Customer S would be closest to: Oa $14.04. Ob $163.80. Oc $346.32. d. $168 48.

acius Corporationis conducting a TDABC study in its Customer Service Department. The company has provided the following data to aid in that study. Pacius corporation Customer service Department Data Inputs Resource Data: Number of employees Average salary per employee Weeks of enployment per year Minutes avallable per week (40 hours x 60 minutes) Practical capacity percentage 11 $ 39,7se 50 2,400 Activity Data: Minutes per unit of the activity Processing Orders 12 Processing Resolving Issues Credit Reviews 24 36 Cost object Data: Number of orders processed Number of queries resolved Number of credit reviewS processed customer S 35 18 Per TDABC, the total cost assigned to Customer S would be closest to: Oa $14.04. Ob $163.80. Oc $346.32. d. $168 48.

Cornerstones of Cost Management (Cornerstones Series)

4th Edition

ISBN:9781305970663

Author:Don R. Hansen, Maryanne M. Mowen

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Chapter7: Allocating Costs Of Support Departments And Joint Products

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Problem 30E: A company uses charging rates to allocate service department costs to the using departments. The...

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