1. What is the total budgeted indirect cost at the Elmore store in January 2018? What is the total budgeted cost of each activity at the Elmore store for January 2018? What is the budgeted indirect cost of each product category for January 2018?
1. What is the total budgeted indirect cost at the Elmore store in January 2018? What is the total budgeted cost of each activity at the Elmore store for January 2018? What is the budgeted indirect cost of each product category for January 2018?
Chapter1: Financial Statements And Business Decisions
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What is the total budgeted indirect cost at the
Elmore
store in January
2018?
What is the total budgeted cost of each activity at the
Elmore
store for January
2018?
What is the budgeted indirect cost of each product category for January
2018?
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Which product category has the largest fraction of total budgeted indirect costs?
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Given your answer in requirement 2, what advantage does
Maclin's Corner
gain by using an activity-based approach to budgeting over, say, allocating indirect costs to products based on cost of goods sold? |

Transcribed Image Text:### Activity-Based Budgeting Example for January 2018
#### Overview
The Elmore store at Maclin's Corner, a neighborhood convenience store chain, is preparing its activity-based budget for January 2018. The store has three main product categories:
- **Soft Drinks** (35% of Cost of Goods Sold - COGS)
- **Fresh Produce** (25% of COGS)
- **Packaged Food** (40% of COGS)
Four key activities consume indirect resources at the Elmore store. These activities, along with their cost drivers and rates, are outlined in the data table below.
#### Task
**Requirement 1**:
- Determine the total budgeted indirect cost at the Elmore store for January 2018.
- Calculate the budgeted cost for each activity.
- Find the budgeted indirect cost for each product category for January 2018.
Complete the table to determine the following:
- Total budgeted indirect cost for each activity.
- Budgeted indirect cost for each product category for January 2018.
- Calculate the percentage of total indirect costs.
*(Round percentages to the nearest hundredth percent, X.XX%.)*
#### Data Table
For January 2018, the cost drivers for each activity are as follows:
| **Activity** | **Cost Driver** | **Rate ($)** | **Soft Drinks** | **Fresh Snacks** | **Packaged Food** |
|---------------------|-----------------------------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
| **Ordering** | Number of purchase orders | 86 | 14 | 29 | 14 |
| **Delivery** | Number of deliveries | 85 | 10 | 68 | 20 |
| **Shelf-stocking** | Hours of stocking time | 24.00 | 19 | 178 | 98 |
| **Customer support**| Number of items sold | 0.17 | 4,100 | 34,100 | 11,000 |
This data will help calculate the total indirect costs attributed to each activity and product category, providing a detailed breakdown of financial planning based on the activity-based budget approach.
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