Classifying Cost Drivers (LO4)

Classify each of the following as structural, organizational, or activity cost drivers.

a. Oneida Silversmiths reorganizes production facilities from a layout in which all similar types of machines are grouped together to a layout in which a set of machines is designated for the production of a particular product and that set of machines is grouped together.

b. Acable television company decides to start offering telephone service.

c. IBM decides to stop making personal computers. IBM (IBM)

d. Canon decides to start making high-volume photocopy equipment to compete head-to-head with Canon (CAJ)

Xerox.

e. The number of meals a cafeteria serves.

f. The number of miles a taxi is driven.

g. Acompany eliminates the position of supervisor and has each work group elect a team leader.

h. Toyota empowers employees to halt production if a quality problem is identified. Toyota (TM)

i. The number of tons of grain a ship loads.

j. Crossgate Mall decides to build space for 80 additional stores.  (p. 22)