Fundamentals of Cost Accounting
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ISBN: 9781259565403
Author: William N. Lanen Professor, Shannon Anderson Associate Professor, Michael W Maher
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 10, Problem 29E
Activity-Based Costing of Customers
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:
Two of Marvin’s customers are City Diner and Le Chien Chaud. Data for orders and deliveries to these two customers follow:
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- a. What would the delivery charge for each customer be under the current policy of 10 percent of order value?
- b. What would the activity-based costing system estimate as the cost of delivering to each customer?
- c. How could Marvin’s use the information identified by the new costing method to manage costs?
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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 VolumeActivityCost DriverCostDriver VolumeProcessing orderNumber of orders$104,0008,000ordersLoading truckNumber of items312,000195,000itemsDelivering merchandiseNumber of orders128,0008,000ordersProcessing invoiceNumber of invoices112,0007,000invoicesTotal overhead$656,000
Two of Marvin's customers are City Diner and Le Chien Chaud. Data for orders and deliveries to these two customers follow.
City DinerLe Chien ChaudOrder value$88,000$98,000Number of orders68300Number of items5501,800Number of invoices12200
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a. What would the delivery charge for each customer be under the current policy of 10 percent of…
Chapter 10 Solutions
Fundamentals of Cost Accounting
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