Strategic Cost Management (Activity Based Costing)  Inspection time for a plant is 10,000 hours per year. The cost of inspection consists of salaries of four inspectors, totaling P60,000. Inspection also used supplies costing P3 per inspection hour. The company has a close to zero defect state and has eliminated the need for any inspection activity.   Calculate the nonvalue-added cost of inspection per year.

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Inspection time for a plant is 10,000 hours per year. The cost of inspection consists of salaries of four inspectors, totaling P60,000. Inspection also used supplies costing P3 per inspection hour. The company has a close to zero defect state and has eliminated the need for any inspection activity.
 
Calculate the nonvalue-added cost of inspection per year.

Strategic Cost Management (Activity Based Costing) 

Inspection time for a plant is 10,000 hours per year. The cost of inspection consists of salaries of four inspectors, totaling P60,000. Inspection also used supplies costing P3 per inspection hour. The company has a close to zero defect state and has eliminated the need for any inspection activity.
 
Calculate the nonvalue-added cost of inspection per year.
 
 
 
 
 
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