What is Smith's total sales-sustaining cost applicable to XBT as a customer?
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![Smith Company sells its products at $500 per unit, net 30. The firm's gross margin ratio is 40 percent. The firm has estimated the following operating costs:
Activity
Sales calls
Cost Driver and Rate
$ 400 per visit
Order processing
Deliveries
$ 100 per order
Sales returns
$ 50 per order + $0.50 per mile
$ 60 per return and $3 restocking per unit returned
Smith Company has gathered the following data pertaining to activities it performed for two of its customers:
Number of orders
Number of parts per order
Sales returns:
Number of returns
Number of units returned (per return)
XBT
10
500
NINTO
2
2,000
4
10
40
50
6
10
10
20
FOB, Factory
FOB, Destination
Number of sales calls
Miles per delivery
Shipping terms
What is Smith's total sales-sustaining cost applicable to XBT as a customer?
Multiple Choice
$4,120.
$920.
○ $6,300.
○ $6,420.
о
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Transcribed Image Text:Smith Company sells its products at $500 per unit, net 30. The firm's gross margin ratio is 40 percent. The firm has estimated the following operating costs:
Activity
Sales calls
Cost Driver and Rate
$ 400 per visit
Order processing
Deliveries
$ 100 per order
Sales returns
$ 50 per order + $0.50 per mile
$ 60 per return and $3 restocking per unit returned
Smith Company has gathered the following data pertaining to activities it performed for two of its customers:
Number of orders
Number of parts per order
Sales returns:
Number of returns
Number of units returned (per return)
XBT
10
500
NINTO
2
2,000
4
10
40
50
6
10
10
20
FOB, Factory
FOB, Destination
Number of sales calls
Miles per delivery
Shipping terms
What is Smith's total sales-sustaining cost applicable to XBT as a customer?
Multiple Choice
$4,120.
$920.
○ $6,300.
○ $6,420.
о
$0.
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