FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
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ISBN: 9781259964947
Author: Libby
Publisher: MCG
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Marvin’s Kitchen Supply delivers restaurant supplies throughout the city. The firm adds 10 percent to the cost of the supplies to cover the delivery cost. The delivery fee is meant to cover the cost of delivery. A consultant has analyzed the delivery service using activity-based costing methods and identified four activities. Data on these activities follow.
 

    Cost Driver Volume
Activity Cost Driver Cost Driver Volume
Processing order Number of orders $ 42,000     3,000 orders
Loading truck Number of items   243,000     135,000 items
Delivering merchandise Number of orders   51,000     3,000 orders
Processing invoice Number of invoices   34,000     2,000 invoices
Total overhead   $ 370,000        
 

 

Two of Marvin's customers are City Diner and Le Chien Chaud. Data for orders and deliveries to these two customers follow.

 

  City Diner Le Chien Chaud
Order value $ 76,000   $ 86,000  
Number of orders   56     180  
Number of items   400     2,200  
Number of invoices   10     220  
 

 

Required:

a. What would the delivery charge for each customer be under the current policy of 10 percent of order value?

b. Calculate the cost of each activity for both restaurants to determine the total activity-based costing estimate of the cost of delivering to each customer.

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