
a.
Allocate manufacturing
b.
Allocate manufacturing overhead costs to each product line using the activity based costing approach recommended by the consultant.
c.
Compute the total monthly
d.
Discuss a possible reason why sales of the custom cuts product line are currently experiencing a decline on the basis of your results from parts a and b, assume that the company sets selling prices as a fixed percentage above the total manufacturing costs allocated to each product line.
e.
Discuss the reason why the company should adopt the recommendation of the consultant and implement an activity-based costing system.

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