5) The trend toward replacing manual labor with technology in the production process has resulted in all of the following except: A shift away from direct labor being the primary driver of manufacturing overhead costs. A significant increase in manufacturing overhead costs as a percentage of total production costs. An increase focus on using equipment to assist laborers in performing tasks, as opposed to laborers scheduling and setting up equipment to perform most of the tasks. A shift toward more support personnel and fewer production workers. 6) The second stage of an activity-based costing two-stage product costing model includes assignment of cost pools to products. assignment of cost pools to cost centers. o assignment of resource costs to cost pools. all of the above