The allocation rate per order using an ABC system is:

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The All Ball Company manufactures three products (tennis balls, soccer balls and basket balls). The overhead costs of R180000 have been divided into three cost pools as follows:

Ordering: R90000

Labour: R50000

Dispatch: R40000

The activity cost drivers and annual usage have been identified as:             

 

Product A

Product B

Product C

No. of labour hours

500

2 000

1 000

No. of machine hours

700

1 000

3 000

No. of orders placed

15

10

25

No. of dispatches

35

15

20

The allocation rate per order using an ABC system is:

 

a.
R1800.00
b.
R1285.71
c.
R6000.00
d.
R1000.00
e.
R3600.00
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