Haywood Manufacturing has two production departments- assembly and finishing. These are supported by two service departments-sourcing (purchasing

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Haywood Manufacturing has two production departments- assembly and finishing. These are supported by two service departments-sourcing (purchasing and handling of raw materials and human resources) and operations (work scheduling, supervision, and inspection).

Haywood has the following labor-hours devoted by each of the service departments to the other departments.

 


Total Labor Hours Used by Dpeartments

SourcingOperationsAssemblyFinishing
Sourcing020,00035,00070,000
Operations12,000048,00040,000







The costs incurred in the plant are as follows:

Departments Departmental Costs

Sourcing ....... $ 155,000

Operations ...... 222,000

Assembly ........ 387,000

Finishing ....... 466,000

Total ..........$1,230,000


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1. What are the costs allocated to the two production departments using (a) the direct method, (b) the step method with the sourcing department going first, and (c) the reciprocal method?

2. What are the total costs in the production departments after allocation?

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Cost management a strategic approach

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Authors: Edward J. Blocher, David E. Stout, Gary Cokins

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