
1.
Simple Costing System:
Simple costing system is one of a method of costing to estimate the amount of allocating the overhead cost of resources to the associated product based on the manufacture of the total units of that product, machine and labor hour consumed to manufacture that product.
Activity Based Costing:
Activity based costing is one of the methods of costing to identify the activities performed to manufacture a product and to allocate the overhead cost of resources or indirect cost to the related products.
To calculate: The cost of an interior door and an exterior door under the simple costing system.
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To calculate: The cost of an interior door and an exterior door under the activity based costing system.
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To compare: The cost of the doors in requirement 1 and 2 and to find the reason for difference in the cost per unit of exterior and interior goods as per simple costing system and activity based costing system.
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To explain: The use of new cost information from activity based costing system.

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