Worley Company buys surgical supplies from a variety of manufacturers and then resells and delivers these supplies

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Worley Company buys surgical supplies from a variety of manufacturers and then resells and delivers these supplies to hundreds of hospitals. Worley sets its prices for all hospitals by marking up its cost of goods sold to those hospitals by 5%. For example, if a hospital buys supplies from Worley that had cost Worley $ 100 to buy from manufacturers, Worley would charge the hospital $ 105 to purchase these supplies.
For years, Worley believed that the 5% markup covered its selling and administrative expenses and provided a reasonable profit. However, in the face of declining profits Worley decided to implement an activity-based costing system to help improve its understanding of customer profitability. The company broke its selling and administrative expenses into five activities as shown below:

Worley Company buys surgical supplies from a variety of manufacturers

Worley gathered the data below for two of the many hospitals that it serves€”University and Memorial (both hospitals purchased a total quantity of medical supplies that had cost Worley $ 30,000 to buy from its manufacturers):

Worley Company buys surgical supplies from a variety of manufacturers

Required:
1. Compute the total revenue that Worley would receive from University and Memorial.
2. Compute the activity rate for each activity cost pool.
3. Compute the total activity costs that would be assigned to University and Memorial.
4. Compute Worley€™s customer margin for University and Memorial.
5. Describe the purchasing behaviors that are likely to characterize Worley€™s least profitablecustomers.

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Managerial Accounting

ISBN: 978-0077522940

15th edition

Authors: Ray Garrison, Eric Noreen, Peter Brewer

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