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Cornerstones of Cost Accounting 1st Edition by Don Hansen,Maryanne Mowen
Edition 1ISBN: 978-0538736787Cornerstones of Cost Accounting 1st Edition by Don Hansen,Maryanne Mowen
Edition 1ISBN: 978-0538736787 Exercise 9
ACTIVITY AVAILABILITY, CAPACITY USED, UNUSED CAPACITY
Metternich Manufacturing Company has a Purchasing Department staffed by four purchasing agents. Each agent is paid $30,000 per year and is able to process 3,000 purchase orders. Last year, 10,000 purchase orders were rocessed by the four agents.
Required:
1. Calculate the activity rate per purchase order.
2. Calculate, in terms of purchase orders, the: a. total activity availability
b. unused capacity
3. Calculate the dollar cost of:
a. total activity availability
b. unused capacity
4. Express total activity availability in terms of activity capacity used and unused capacity.
5. What if one of the purchasing agents agreed to work half time for $15,000? How many purchase orders could be processed by three and a half purchasing agents? What would unused capacity be in purchase orders?
Metternich Manufacturing Company has a Purchasing Department staffed by four purchasing agents. Each agent is paid $30,000 per year and is able to process 3,000 purchase orders. Last year, 10,000 purchase orders were rocessed by the four agents.
Required:
1. Calculate the activity rate per purchase order.
2. Calculate, in terms of purchase orders, the: a. total activity availability
b. unused capacity
3. Calculate the dollar cost of:
a. total activity availability
b. unused capacity
4. Express total activity availability in terms of activity capacity used and unused capacity.
5. What if one of the purchasing agents agreed to work half time for $15,000? How many purchase orders could be processed by three and a half purchasing agents? What would unused capacity be in purchase orders?
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Cornerstones of Cost Accounting 1st Edition by Don Hansen,Maryanne Mowen
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