Alamo Power historically allocates IDC for its safety program to generation facilities in Cities A and B based on the number of employees. Last year, $300,000 was distributed and the employee count was 790 in city A and 450 in city B. Implementation of the ABC method took place this year to allocate IDC on the basis of number of accidents. City A reported 320 events and city B had 142 accidents reported. Determine the number of accidents per employee. What is its impact on the ABC allocation to the cities?
Alamo Power historically allocates IDC for its safety program to generation facilities in Cities A and B based on the number of employees. Last year, $300,000 was distributed and the employee count was 790 in city A and 450 in city B. Implementation of the ABC method took place this year to allocate IDC on the basis of number of accidents. City A reported 320 events and city B had 142 accidents reported. Determine the number of accidents per employee. What is its impact on the ABC allocation to the cities?
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Alamo Power historically allocates IDC for its safety program to generation facilities in Cities A and B based on the number
of employees. Last year, $300,000 was distributed and the employee count was 790 in city A and 450 in city B.
Implementation of the ABC method took place this year to allocate IDC on the basis of number of accidents. City A
reported 320 events and city B had 142 accidents reported.
Determine the number of accidents per employee. What is its impact on the ABC allocation to the cities?
The number of accidents per employee in city A is
The number of accidents per employee in city B is
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