Process Activity Analysis The procurement process for Omni Wholesale Company includes a series of activitles that transforms a materials requisition into a vendor check. The process begins with a request for materials. The requesting department prepares and sends a materials request form to the Purchasing Department. The Purchasing Department then places a request for a quote to vendors. Vendors prepare bids in response to the request for a quote. A vendor is selected based on the lowest bid. A purchase order to the low-bid vendor is prepared. The vendor delivers the materials to the company, whereupon a receiving ticket is prepared. Payment to the vendor is authorized if the materials request form, receiving ticket and vendor invoice are in agreement. These three documents fail to agree 50% of the time, initiating effort to reconcile the differences once the three documents agree, a check is issued. The process can be diagrammed as follows Requesting Receiving, Preparing and Matching Preparing Materials Preparing Purchase Order WR, R/T and Vendor an Delivering Vendor Receiving Ticket (R/T) Selecting Vendor Bids Request (M/R) Invoice Check Correcting Reconciliation Differences An activity analysis indicated the following activity costs with this process Preparing materials request $11,200 41,600 Requesting, receiving, and selecting vendor bids Preparing purchase order 6,400 Preparing receiving ticket 9,600 Matching M/R, R/T, and invoice 14,400 Correcting reconciliation differences 60,800 Preparing and delivering vendor payment 16,000 Total process activity cost $160,000 On average, the process handles 20,000 individual requests for materials that result in 20,000 individual payments to vendors. Management proposes to improve this process in two ways. First, the Purchasing Department will develop a preapproved vendor list for which orders can be placed without a request for quote. It is expected that this will reduce the cost of requesting and receiving vendor bids by 70% Second additional training and standardization will be provided to educe e rors introduced into the materials requisition form and receiving tickets. It is expected that this will reduce the number of reconciliation differences from 50% to 15%, over an average of 20,000 payrments. a. Develop a table showing the percent of individual activity cost to the total process cost. Round percentages to the nearest whole number, If required Omni Wholesale Company Individual activity cost to the total process cost Omni Wholesale Company Individual activity cost to the total process cost Activity Cost Percent of Total Process Cost Procurement Activities Preparing materials request Requesting, receiving, and selecting vendor bids Preparing purchase order Preparing receiving ticket Matching M/R, R/T, and invoice Correcting recondliation differences Preparing and delivering vendor payment Total process activity cost b. Determine the average total process cost per vendor payment, assuming 20,000 payments. Round to the nearest cent, if required per vendor payment c. Prepare a table showing the improvements in the activity costs as a result of the changes proposed by management. If an amount is zero, enter a "O" Omni Wholesale Company Changes activity costs Activity Cost Prior to Improvement Activity Cost After Improvement Activity Cost Savings Procurement Activities Preparing materials request Requesting, receiving, and selecting vendor bids Preparing purchase order Preparing receiving ticket Matching M/R, R/T, and invoice Correcting recondliation differences Preparing and delivering vendor payment Total process activity cost d. Estimate the average cost per vendor payment, assuming that the changes proposed by management are enacted for 20,000 total payments. Round to the nearest cent. per vendor payment