Answer:
The Ferre Publishing Company
The cost assigned to each operating department:
Binding = $463,320
Printing = $704,340
Explanation:
a) Data and Calculations:
Service Departments Operating Departments
Administration Janitorial Maintenance Binding Printing
Total Costs $163,800 $122,850 $56,160 $321,750 $503,100 $1,167,660
Number of
employees 60 35 140 315 210 760
Square feet
of space
occupied 15,000 10,000 20,000 40,000 100,000 185,000
Hours of
press time 30,000 60,000 90,000
Allocation of Service Departments' Costs to the Operating Departments;
Service Departments Operating Departments
Administration Janitorial Maintenance Binding Printing
Total Costs $163,800 $122,850 $56,160 $321,750 $503,100 $1,167,660
Admin. (163,800) 8,190 32,760 73,710 49,140 0
Janitorial (131,040) 16,380 32,760 81,900
0
Maintenance (105,300) 35,100 70,200 0
Total $463,320 $704,340 $1,167,660
Rate of Administration Cost to the other departments =$234 ($163,800/700)
Janitorial 35*$234 = $8,190
Maintenance 140*$234 = $32,760
Binding 315*$234 = $73,710
Printing 210*$234 = $49,140
Janitorial cost:
Rate based on space occupied = $131,040/160,000 = $0.819
Maintenance = 20,000*$0.819 = $16,380
Binding = 40,000*$0.819 = $32,760
Printing = 100,000*$0.819 = $81,900
Maintenance Cost of $105,300
Rate = $1.17 ($105,300/90,000)
Binding = 30,000*$1.17 = $35,100
Printing = 60,000*$1.17 = $70,200
