Sally Wields has been asked to do an assessment of how the time of her scheduling department is being used and to assign costs to each. She has been asked to do an activity analysis for the department, assign relative percentages of time to each task, and then categorize the tasks using the ASME flowcharting logic. The department costs $575,000 per year to run. The following chart contains Sally’s results.

REQUIRED:

a. Calculate the total cost for each of the activities Sally’s department performed.

b. Place the correct ASME symbol in the box to the left of these costs.

c. Total up all of the costs by ASME symbol.

d. How would you describe the department’s productivity for the year?

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Scheduling Department Activity % of Time Cost ASME Type Write schedule 20.0% Verify schedule Attend meetings .0% 2.5% Reschedule 5.0% Answer phone calls 5.0% Woit for orders 2.5% Walk schedule to plant departments D.0% Wait for marketing D.0% Inspect work orders 5.0% Wait for accounting 5.0% Expedite parts 7.5% Develop reports 5.0% Distribute work orders to desk 7.5% Place orders in in-box 5.0% p0.0%