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14. (10 points) Ortiz Manufacturing has two support departments: Human Resources and Facilities and two operating departments: Fabrication and Assembly. Data for each department is

14. (10 points) Ortiz Manufacturing has two support departments: Human Resources and Facilities and two operating departments: Fabrication and Assembly. Data for each department is as follows:

Support Departments Operating Departments
Human Resources Department Maintenance Department Fabrication Assembly
Number of maintenance hours 100 N/A 480 320
Number of employees N/A 20 80 240

Human Resources costs equal $200,000 and are allocated based on the number of employees. Maintenance Department costs equal $160,000 and are allocated based on maintenance hours. a. Using the direct method, calculate the support department costs allocated to the operating departments Fabrication and Assembly respectively. b. Using the step-down method and ranking first the support department that provides the largest (highest percentage) service to the other service department, what is the allocation of support department costs to the operating departments Fabrication and Assembly? (round intermediate calculations to four decimals, round answers to dollars)

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