Woodstock Binding has two service departments, IT (Information Technology) and HR (Human Resources), and two operating departments, Publishing and Binding. Management has decided to allocate IT costs on the basis of IT Tickets (issued with each IT request) in each department and HR costs on the basis of employees in each department. The following data appear in the company records for the current period: IT tickets Employees Department direct costs IT Required: 0 16 $ 152,000 HR 1,525 0 $ 247,950 Publishing 2,440 24 $ 431,000 Binding 2,135 40 $ 392,500 Woodstock Binding estimates that the variable costs in the IT Department total $112,500, and in the HR Department variable costs t $142,500. Avoidable fixed costs in the IT Department are $18,250.
Woodstock Binding has two service departments, IT (Information Technology) and HR (Human Resources), and two operating departments, Publishing and Binding. Management has decided to allocate IT costs on the basis of IT Tickets (issued with each IT request) in each department and HR costs on the basis of employees in each department. The following data appear in the company records for the current period: IT tickets Employees Department direct costs IT Required: 0 16 $ 152,000 HR 1,525 0 $ 247,950 Publishing 2,440 24 $ 431,000 Binding 2,135 40 $ 392,500 Woodstock Binding estimates that the variable costs in the IT Department total $112,500, and in the HR Department variable costs t $142,500. Avoidable fixed costs in the IT Department are $18,250.
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Transcribed Image Text:Woodstock Binding has two service departments, IT (Information Technology) and HR (Human Resources), and two operating
departments, Publishing and Binding. Management has decided to allocate IT costs on the basis of IT Tickets (issued with each IT
request) in each department and HR costs on the basis of employees in each department.
The following data appear in the company records for the current period:
IT tickets
Employees
Department direct costs
IT
0
16
$ 152,000
Maximum amount
HR
1,525
0
$ 247,950
X Answer is complete but not entirely correct.
$ 132,180
Publishing
2,440
24
$ 431,000
Woodstock Binding estimates that the variable costs in the IT Department total $112,500, and in the HR Department variable costs to
$142,500. Avoidable fixed costs in the IT Department are $18,250.
Binding
2,135
40
$ 392,500
Required:
If Woodstock Binding outsources the IT Department functions, what is the maximum it can pay an outside vendor without increasing
total costs?
Note: Do not round intermediate calculations.
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