How should a responsibility-accounting system handle each of the following scenarios? 1. Department A manufactures a component,
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How should a responsibility-accounting system handle each of the following scenarios?
1. Department A manufactures a component, which is then used by Department B. Department A recently experienced a machine breakdown that held up production of the component. As a result, Department B was forced to curtail its own production, thereby incurring large costs of idle time. An investigation revealed that Department A's machinery had not been properly maintained.
2: Refer to the scenario above, but suppose the investigation revealed the machinery in Department A had been properly maintained.
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