Financial & Managerial Accounting
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Author: Carl Warren, James M. Reeve, Jonathan Duchac
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Chapter 26, Problem 26.17EX
Pareto chart for a service company
Three Rivers Inc. provides cable TV and Internet service to the local community. The activities, and activity costs of Three Rivers are identified as follows:
| Activities | Activity Cost |
| Billing error correction | $ 60,000 |
| Cable signal testing | 140,000 |
| Reinstalling service (installed incorrectly the first time) | 40,000 |
| Repairing satellite equipment | 50,000 |
| Repairing underground cable connections to the customer | 25,000 |
| Replacing old technology cable with higher quality cable | 175,000 |
| Replacing old technology signal switches with higher quality switches | 150,000 |
| Responding to customer home repair requests | 30,000 |
| Training employees | 80,000 |
| Total | $750,000 |
Prepare a Pareto chart of these activities.
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