Bison Creek Company is preparing its annual profit plan. As part of its analysis of the cost of its purchasing activity, management estimates that the $250,000 for purchasing support should be assigned to the individual vendors from the information given as follows:   Vendor A Vendor B Vendor C Units purchased 100,000 100,000 500,000 Purchase orders (annual) 12 24 50 Number of shipments received 12 52 100 Required:    a. Allocate the purchasing costs to the three vendors, assuming Bison Creek uses units purchased to compute activity-based costs.    b. Allocate the purchasing costs to the three vendors, assuming Bison Creek uses purchases orders to compute activity-based costs.    c. Allocate the purchasing costs to the three vendors, assuming Bison Creek uses number of shipments to compute activity-based costs.

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Bison Creek Company is preparing its annual profit plan. As part of its analysis of the cost of its purchasing activity, management estimates that the $250,000 for purchasing support should be assigned to the individual vendors from the information given as follows:

 

Vendor A

Vendor B

Vendor C

Units purchased

100,000

100,000

500,000

Purchase orders (annual)

12

24

50

Number of shipments received

12

52

100

Required:
   a. Allocate the purchasing costs to the three vendors, assuming Bison Creek uses units purchased to compute activity-based costs.
   b. Allocate the purchasing costs to the three vendors, assuming Bison Creek uses purchases orders to compute activity-based costs.
   c. Allocate the purchasing costs to the three vendors, assuming Bison Creek uses number of shipments to compute activity-based costs.

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