1. Barstow Manufacturing Company has two service departments product design and engineering support, and two production departments assembly and finishing. The distribution of each service department's efforts to the other departments is shown below: The direct operating costs of the departments (including both variable and fixed costs) were as follows:

Determine the cost allocated to the Assembly and Finishing using the (a) direct method (2) the step method (with Design department going first) (3) reciprocal method

1. Barstow Manufacturing Company has two service departments product design and engineering support, and two production departments assembly and finishing. The distribution of each service department's efforts to the other departments is shown below: The direct operating costs of the departments (including both variable and fixed costs) were as follows: Determine the cost allocated to the Assembly and Finishing using the (a) direct method (2) the step method (with Design department going first) (3) reciprocal method