Spillett Corporation is conducting a time-driven activity-based costing study in its Order Fulfillment Department. The company has provided the following data to aid in that study:Spillett CorporationOrder Fulfillment DepartmentData InputsResource Data: Number of employees 22 Average salary per employee$43,860 Weeks of employment per year 50 Minutes available per week (40 hours × 60 minutes) 2,400 Practical capacity percentage 85%?Activity Data:Processing OrdersPreparing DeliveriesHandling ReturnsMinutes per unit of the activity183034?Cost Object Data:All CustomersNumber of orders processed43,840Number of deliveries prepared20,780Number of returns handled690?On the Capacity Analysis report in time-driven activity-based costing, the "impact on expenses of matching
capacity with demand" would be closest to:
A. ($347,449)
B. ($350,880)
C. ($263,160)
D. ($307,020)
Answer: D
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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. An organizational survey that appears to promise change will only deepen or increase cynicism among members if nothing is done with the results. 2. Having a background in statistical analysis is not useful when working with surveys/questionnaires. 3. Observations are extremely useful for studying unusual problems or infrequent interactions. 4. Organizational policies that restrict use of personnel files is an example of an access criteria when selecting data gathering methods. 5. OD practitioners should treat their own research practices and research practices with an organization differently with regard to informed consent.