Kay and Dee Manufacturing (K+D) has three business lines:

• Repair and Overhead (R+O): Repair of truck transmissions.
• Manufacturing: manufacturing of custom truck transmission parts
• Chemical Treating: cleaning of old parts

They also have three support departments. Major activities of each department are:

• Human Resources (HR): Payroll, HR staff, employee services, Union/Management relations. Costs for this service department are allocated based on Headcount.
• Facility: buildings, building maintenance and related building costs. Costs for this service department are allocated based on area occupied.
• Main Office (HQ): salaries for the President, VP, and Finance department. Costs for this service department are allocated based on Direct Labour hours.

REQUIRED:

1. Briefly comment on the cost drivers for the support departments. (ie. Do you think they are appropriate, or can you recommend something better? Briefly explain your answer)

2. Using the Direct Method, allocate overhead costs from the support departments to the business lines.

3. Using the Step-down method, allocate overhead costs from the support departments to the business lines in the following order:

1^st Building

2^nd HR

3^rd HQ

4. Using the Reciprocal Method, allocate overhead costs from the support departments to the business lines.

Additional Information:
Summary Information	HQ	HR	Building	R+O	Manufacturing	Chemical Treating
Direct Labour (hours)	0	0	0	225,000	237,422	0
Processing Time	0	0	0	0	0	1,820
Headcount (employees)	8	7	35	180	350	3
Floorspace (square feet)	13,005	2,200	19,600	940,050	360,902	28,483
Overhead Costs (in $)	4,901,398	777,199	19,198,554	16,179,253	33,923,386	845,325