Question $1$: Classifying cost objects along the value chain for a manufacturer.

Suppose the cell phone manufacturer Samsung Electronics provides the following information for its costs last month $($in hundreds of thousands$)$:

$\backslash$table$[[$Salaries of telephone salespeople $.............$ $$,,61],[$Depreciation on plant and equipment $...,65$ Rearrange production process to accommodate new robot $.,2],[$Exterior case for phone.,$6$ Assembly$-$line workers' wages $...,20],[$Salaries of scientists who developed new model $...,12$ Technical customer support hotline. $...,3],[$Delivery expense to customers via Canada Post $...,71-800($toll$-$free$)$ line for customer orders $.,1]]$

Classify each of these costs according to its place in the value chain. $(5$ points$)($Hint: You should have at least one cost in each value chain function, see Exhibit $2-3.)$

Compute the total costs for each value chain category. $(5$ points$)$