Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis (16th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134475585
Author: Srikant M. Datar, Madhav V. Rajan
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 13, Problem 13.17E
Value-added, non-value-added costs. The Magill Repair Shop repairs and services machine tools. A summary of its costs (by activity) for 2017 is as follows:
| a. Materials and labor for servicing machine tools | $1,100,000 |
| b. Rework costs | 90,000 |
| c. Expediting costs caused by work delays | 65,000 |
| d. Materials-handling costs | 80,000 |
| e. Materials-procurement and inspection costs | 45,000 |
| f. Preventive maintenance of equipment | 55,000 |
| g. Breakdown maintenance of equipment | 75,000 |
- 1. Classify each cost as value-added, non-value-added, or in the gray area between. Required
- 2. For any cost classified in the gray area, assume 60% is value-added and 40% is non-value-added. How much of the total of all seven costs is value-added and how much is non-value-added?
- 3. Magill is considering the following changes: (a) introducing quality-improvement programs whose net effect will be to reduce rework and expediting costs by 40% and materials and labor costs for servicing machine tools by 5%; (b) working with suppliers to reduce materials-procurement and inspection costs by 20% and materials-handling costs by 30%; and (c) increasing preventive-maintenance costs by 70% to reduce breakdown-maintenance costs by 50%. Calculate the effect of programs (a), (b), and (c) on value-added costs, non-value-added costs, and total costs. Comment briefly.
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Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis (16th Edition)
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