Refer to Exercises 11-28 (University Printers).

Required
a. Which method do you think is best? Why?
b. How much would it be worth to the company to use the best method compared to the worst of the three methods? (Numbers are not required in this answer.)

Data From Exercise 11-28:

University Printers has two service departments (Maintenance and Personnel) and two operating departments (Printing and Developing). Management has decided to allocate maintenance costs on the basis of machine-hours in each department and personnel costs on the basis of labor-hours worked by the employees in each.

The following data appear in the company records for the current period: