What is activity productivity analysis,

When describing potential loss, what are the metrics that are used?

Sultan Company uses an activity-based costing system. At the beginning of the year, the company made the following estimates of cost and activity for its five activity cost pools: Activity Cost Pool Labor-related Purchase orders Parts management Board etching General factory Activity Measure Direct labor-hours Expected Overhead Cost $ 158,800 Number of orders $ 11,605 Number of part types $ 90,470 Number of boards Machine-hours $ 99,000 $ 139,300 Expected Activity 39,700 DLHS 211 orders 109 part types 1,980 boards 19,900 MHs Required: 1. Compute the activity rate for each of the activity cost pools. 2. The expected activity for the year was distributed among the company's four products as follows: Expected Activity Activity Cost Pool Product A Product B Product C Product D Labor-related (DLHS) Purchase orders (orders) 6,700 43 23,100 36 4,200 39 5,700 93 Parts management (part types) 24 19 50 16 Board etching (boards) 590 740 650 0 General factory (MHS) 3,700 8,200 2,900 5,100 Using…

In the course of developing a system, is it required to offer explanations or summaries of the most critical phases?