The Marvin Company has three service departments, S1, S2, and S3, and two production departments, P1 and P2. The following data relate to Marvin's allocation of service department costs: Budgeted Coats Number of Employees
S1 $4,500,000 90
S2 3,000,000 60
S3 2,700,000 40
P1 200
P2 300

Service department costs are allocated by the direct method. The number of employees is used as the allocation base for all service department costs.

a. Allocate service department costs to production departments.
b. Calculate the total service department cost allocated to each production department.

in 2001, dell computer became the world’s largest personal computer vendor, continuing to

gain market share and post profits in an industry struggling with slumping sales and billions of

dollars in losses. dell sells 90% of its pcs directly to the final customer, largely bypassing the

reseller channel that accounts for most of the world’s pc sales. this direct customer relationship

is the key to dell’s business model, and provides distinct advantages over the indirect sales

model. dell’s direct relationship with the customer allows it to tailor its offerings to customer

needs, offer add-on products and services, and use the internet to offer a variety of customer

services. in addition, dell’s pcs are built to customers’ specifications upon receipt of an order,

giving dell additional advantages over indirect pc vendors who must try to forecast demand and

ship products based on those forecasts. dell’s direct sales and build-to-order model has achieved

superior performance in the pc industry in terms of inventory turnover, reduced overhead, cash

conversion, and return on investment (kraemer, et al., 2000).

explanation:

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