Exercise 12&13

Classifying Departments as Producing or Support-Manufacturing Firm Classify each of the following departments in a factory that produces creme-filled snack cakes as a producing department or a support department. Janitorial Baking Inspection Mixing Engineering Grounds Purchasing Packaging Icing (frosts top of snack cakes and adds decorative squiggle) Filling (injects creme mixture into baked snack cakes) Personnel Cafeteria General factory Machine maintenance Bookkeeping Classifying Departments as Producing or Support-Service Firm Classify each of the following departments in a large metropolitan law firm as a producing department or a support department. Copying WESTLAW computer research Tax planning Environmental law Oil and gas law Custodians Word processing Corporate law Small business law Personnel Identifying Causal Factors for Support Department Cost Allocation