how does Apple INC. use Activity Based costing? 1. Describe the
company and its business. 2....
how does Apple INC. use Activity Based costing? 1. Describe the
company and its business. 2. What was the scope of the ABC project?
3. What were the goals for the ABC project? 4. Summarize the
results of the project.
Activity-Based Costing for a Service Company
Crosswinds Hospital plans to use activity-based costing to
assign hospital indirect costs to the care of patients. The
hospital has identified the following activities and activity rates
for the hospital indirect costs:
Activity
Activity Rate
Room and meals
$210
per day
Radiology
$296
per image
Pharmacy
$45
per physician order
Chemistry lab
$77
per test
Operating room
$740
per operating room hour
The activity usage information associated with the two patients
is as follows:...
Activity-Based Costing for a Service Company
Crosswinds Hospital plans to use activity-based costing to
assign hospital indirect costs to the care of patients. The
hospital has identified the following activities and activity rates
for the hospital indirect costs:
Activity
Activity Rate
Room and meals
$252
per day
Radiology
$355
per image
Pharmacy
$56
per physician order
Chemistry lab
$100
per test
Operating room
$680
per operating room hour
The activity usage information associated with the two patients
is as follows:...
Activity-based costing for a service company
Crosswinds Hospital plans to use activity-based costing to
assign hospital indirect costs to the care of patients. The
hospital has identified the following activities and activity rates
for the hospital indirect costs:
Activity
Activity Rate
Room and meals
$260
per day
Radiology
$210
per image
Pharmacy
$30
per physician order
Chemistry lab
$110
per test
Operating room
$940
per operating room hour
The activity usage information associated with the two patients
is as follows:...
Activity-Based Costing for a Service Company Crosswinds Hospital
plans to use activity-based costing to assign hospital indirect
costs to the care of patients. The hospital has identified the
following activities and activity rates for the hospital indirect
costs: Activity Activity Rate Room and meals $237 per day Radiology
$334 per image Pharmacy $53 per physician order Chemistry lab $90
per test Operating room $740 per operating room hour The activity
usage information associated with the two patients is as follows:...
Activity-Based Costing for a Service Company
Crosswinds Hospital plans to use activity-based costing to
assign hospital indirect costs to the care of patients. The
hospital has identified the following activities and activity rates
for the hospital indirect costs:
Activity
Activity Rate
Room and meals
$240
per day
Radiology
$215
per image
Pharmacy
$50
per physician order
Chemistry lab
$80
per test
Operating room
$1,000
per operating room hour
The activity usage information associated with the two patients
is as follows:...
Describe the Activity-Based Costing method in the context
of:
1. Characteristics, features and challenges; and
2. Application within service industries.
(50 + 50 = 100 marks)
Word limit: 1000 words
What is the purpose of activity-based costing? How is it similar
and how does it differ from job order costing and process costing?
Can an organization use both job order costing and activity-based
costing? Process costing and activity-based costing? Why or why
not? What types of companies are more likely to use activity-based
costing? Why?
2.
A Plus Company uses activity-based costing to determine the
costs of its three products: A, B, and C. The budgeted cost and
activity for each of the company's three activity cost pools are
shown in the following table:
Budgeted Activity
Activity Cost Pool
Budgeted Cost
Product A
Product B
Product C
Activity 1
$
70,000
6,000
9,000
20,000
Activity 2
$
45,000
7,000
15,000
8,000
Activity 3
$
82,000
2,500
1,000
1,625
Which of the following statements is true...