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| an allocation procedure that ignores the relationship amoung support activities and focuses instead on the relationship between support and line activities |
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| a procedure that employs two separate drivers to allocate fixed and variable costs in a cost pool |
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| an activity that is directly related to making and selling the firm's products and services |
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| an allocation procedure that fully accounts for the relationship amoung support activities |
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| reciprocity in consumption |
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| a consumption pattern in which two departments provide services to each other |
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| a support department consuming its own output |
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| also known as step down method |
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| an allocation prcedure taht partially accounts for the relationship amount support activities |
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| an activity that is not a line activity. these activities help the firm execute the line activity |
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| why is it import to account for reciprocity amoung support activities |
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1 it increases the accuracy of cost estimates
2 allocating the cost of support departments helps line managers become aware of teh costs of the services they consume |
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| three methods to allocate support cost |
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1 direct
2 step down
3 reciprocal |
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| when computing percentages for allocating cost we ignore... |
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| In the direct method do we allocate cost to other support lines |
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| using the direct method we ignore.... |
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| consumption used by other support lines |
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| steps to step down method |
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1 rank ordering support activities
2 start by allocating highest ranked cost to lower ranked cost |
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| the key step to performing a step down method |
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| is to rank the support cost pools according to some criterion |
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| the reciprocal method is conceptually the most appealing because.... |
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| it takes into account all of the reciprocity in consumption |
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| although recip is the most appealing it is also the most.... |
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