2:33 Pixel Studio, Inc., is a small company that creates computer-generated animations for films and television. Much of the company's work consists of short commercials for television, but the company also does realistic computer animations for special effects in The young founders of the company have become increasingly concemed with the economics of the business-particularly since many competitors have sprung up recent in the local area. To help understand the company's cost structure, an activity-based costing system has been designed. Three major activities are caried out in the company animation concept, animation production, and contract administration. The animation concept activity is carried out at the contract proposal stage when the company bids on projects. This is an intensive activity that involves individuals from all parts of the company in creating story boards and prototype stils to be shown to the prospective client. Once a project is accepted by the client, the animation goes into production and contract administration begins. Almost all of the work involved in animation production is done by the technical staff, whereas the administrative sta is largely responsible for contract administration. The activity cost pools and their activity measures are listed below These activity rates include all of the company's costs, except for the costs of idle capacity and organization-sustaining costs. There are no direct labor or direct materials Preliminary analysis using these activity rates has indicated thait the local commercial segment of the market may be unprofitable. This segment is highly competitive Producers of local commercials may ask three or four companies lke Pixel Studio to bid which results in an unusualy low ratio of accepted contracts to bids. Furthermore, the animation sequences tend to be much shorter for local commercials than for other work Since animation work is billed at fairly standard rates according to the running time of the completed animation, this means that the revenues from hese short projects tend to be below average. Data concerning activity in the local commercial market appear below The total sales from the 10 contracts for local commercials was $190,000. Required: 1. Determine the cost of serving the local commercial market 2 Prepare a report showing the margin eamed serving the local commercial market (Remember, this company has no direct materials or direct labor costs ) 2:33 Pixel Studio, Inc., is a small company that creates computer-generated animations for films and television. Much of the company's work consists of short commercials for television, but the company also does realistic computer animations for special effects in The young founders of the company have become increasingly concemed with the economics of the business-particularly since many competitors have sprung up recent in the local area. To help understand the company's cost structure, an activity-based costing system has been designed. Three major activities are caried out in the company animation concept, animation production, and contract administration. The animation concept activity is carried out at the contract proposal stage when the company bids on projects. This is an intensive activity that involves individuals from all parts of the company in creating story boards and prototype stils to be shown to the prospective client. Once a project is accepted by the client, the animation goes into production and contract administration begins. Almost all of the work involved in animation production is done by the technical staff, whereas the administrative sta is largely responsible for contract administration. The activity cost pools and their activity measures are listed below These activity rates include all of the company's costs, except for the costs of idle capacity and organization-sustaining costs. There are no direct labor or direct materials Preliminary analysis using these activity rates has indicated thait the local commercial segment of the market may be unprofitable. This segment is highly competitive Producers of local commercials may ask three or four companies lke Pixel Studio to bid which results in an unusualy low ratio of accepted contracts to bids. Furthermore, the animation sequences tend to be much shorter for local commercials than for other work Since animation work is billed at fairly standard rates according to the running time of the completed animation, this means that the revenues from hese short projects tend to be below average. Data concerning activity in the local commercial market appear below The total sales from the 10 contracts for local commercials was $190,000. Required: 1. Determine the cost of serving the local commercial market 2 Prepare a report showing the margin eamed serving the local commercial market (Remember, this company has no direct materials or direct labor costs )