Cedar Hill Manufacturing produces wooden outdoor furniture. Cedar Hill uses the direct method to allocate service department costs to the production departments. There are two service departments: administration and custodial services, and two production departments: cutting and assembly. Administration costs are allocated based on labour hours, and custodial services costs are allocated based on space occupied.

REQUIRED
A. Using the direct method
1. Allocate the administration costs to the production departments.
2. Allocate the custodial services costs to the production departments.
B. Calculate the total costs (direct plus allocated) for each production department.
C. Calculate a cost per unit produced for cutting and assembly.

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Production Departments Administration Custodial Services Cutting Assembly 100,000 $345,000 $731,000 0000 50,000 0,000 0,000 90,000 Direct costs Labour hours Space occupied (m2) # units produced $160,000 12,000 5,000 10,000 5,000 50,000