The managers at SailRite like the idea of using the plantwide allocation approach, but they are concerned that this approach will not provide accurate product cost information. Although the plantwide allocation method is the simplest and least expensive approach, it also tends to be the least accurate. In spite of this weakness, why do some organizations prefer to use one plantwide overhead rate to allocate overhead to products?

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Despite its shortcomings in accuracy some organizations prefer using the plantwide allocation method with one overhead rate for several reasons 1 Simp... View the full answer