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Problem II. Service Department Allocation The Special Products Manufacturing Company has two service departments -...

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Problem II. Service Department Allocation The Special Products Manufacturing Company has two service departments - manufacturing support and facilities management, and two production departments - assembly and packing/shipping. The distribution of each service department's efforts to the other departments is shown below: TO FROM Support Facilities Support 0% 30% Facilities 45% Assembly 25% 30% Pack/Ship 30% 40% 0% The direct operating costs of the departments (including both variable and fixed costs) were as follows: Manufacturing Support $ 240,000 Facilities Management 450,000 Assembly 1,200,000 Pack/Ship 225,000 Required: (Calculate all ratios and percentages to 4 decimal places, for example 33.3333%, and round all dollar amounts to the nearest whole dollar.): 1. Allocate the service department costs to the production departments using the direct method. (10 points) 2. Allocate the service department costs to the production departments using the step method with the support department going first. (10 points) 3. Allocate the service department costs to the production departments using the reciprocal method. (10 points) 4. Which is the most preferred method and why? (4 points)

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