Writing 2111F/G Chapter : Writ2111G Starstar Communications Network Sample

97 views3 pages

apricotwoodchuck111

21 Oct 2011

School

Department

Course

Professor

For unlimited access to Textbook Notes, a Class+ subscription is required.

Document Summary

After reviewing your file and electronic mail folder on the excel tire contract, i have concluded that a miscommunication must have occurred while handing off responsibilities to the technical services department. The letter to excel from technical services did not directly respond to either of janet beechum"s (j. beechum) inquiries; rather it presented statstar"s current research breakthroughs and future potential as a service provider. As j. beechum was not informed that these recent findings are not yet services offered by our company, she must have assumed they were part of the contract. As for her questions on signal splitting and the sharing of satellite space, she most likely assumed they were of no concern as they were not addressed. My suggestions to clear up these misconceptions in a way that will neither embarrass our company nor risk this contract are to be as straight forward and positive as possible.

Related Questions

Tacoma Hospital has three support departments and four patientservices departments. The direct costs to each of the supportdepartments are as follows:

	Direct Costs	Cost Driver
General Administration	$2,000,000	Salary Dollars
Facilities	$5,000,000	Housekeeping Labor Hours
Financial Services	$3,000,000	Patient Services Revenue
Total	$10,000,000

The patient services revenue, salary dollars, and housekeepinglabor hours for each department are as follows:

	Revenue	Salary Dollars	Housekeeping Labor Hours
General Administration		$1,500,000	2,000
Facilities		$3,000,000	5,000
Financial Services		$2,000,000	3,000

Routine Care	$30,000,000	$12,000,000	150,000
Intensive Care	$4,000,000	$5,000,000	30,000
Diagnostic Services	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	15,000
Other Services	$10,000,000	$7,000,000	25,000

Assume that the hospital uses the step-down method for costallocation (see pages 230 0 232), with salary dollars as the costdriver for general administration, housekeeping labor hours as thecost driver for facilities, and patient services revenue as thecost driver for financial services. Assume also that the generaladministration department provides the most services to othersupport departments, followed closely by the facilities department.The financial services department provides the least services tothe other support departments.

a. Use an allocation table to allocate the hospitalâs overheadcosts to the patient services departments.

b. Is the direct method or the step-down method better for costallocation within Tacoma Hospitalâs? Please explain.

graycod70

Kensington Hospital has three support departments (cost centers): General Administration, Facilities, and Financial Services, and four patient services departments (revenue centers): Routine, Intensive, Diagnostic and Other Services. The direct costs to each of the support departments are:

Support Department	Direct Cost
General Administration	$ 2,000,000
Facilities	$ 5,000,000
Financial Services	$ 3,000,000

There are several potential cost drivers for each department, such as patient service revenue, space utilization, housekeeping labor hours and salary dollars. The financial and operational data for the three support departments and four patient services departments:

	Patient Service Revenue ($)	Space (sq-ft)	Housekeeping Labor Hours	Salary Dollars ($)
Support: (Cost Centers)
General Administration		10,000	2,000	1,500,000
Facilities		20,000	5,000	3,000,000
Financial		15,000	3,000	2,000,000
Total		45,000	10,000	6,500,000
Patient Services: (Revenue Centers)
Routine	30,000,000	400,000	150,000	12,000,000
Intensive	4,000,000	40,000	30,000	5,000,000
Diagnostic Services	6,000,000	60,000	15,000	6,000,000
Other Services	10,000,000	100,000	25,000	7,000,000
Total	50,000,000	600,000	220,000	30,000,000

Grand Total	50,000,000	645,000	230,000	36,500,000

1. Assume that the hospital uses the direct method for cost allocation. Furthermore, the cost driver for General Administration and Financial Services is patient services revenue ($), while the cost driver for Facilities is space utilization (sq-ft).

a. What are the appropriate allocation rates?

ANSWER: (Please show calculation details for partial points)

Cost Allocation Rate:
General Administration	?	per dollar of patient services revenue
Facilities	?	per sq-ft space
Financial Services	?	per dollar of patient services revenue

b. Allocate the hospitalâs overhead costs to the patient services departments using the following table.

ANSWER:

		Patient Services Department
	Routine	Intensive	Diagnostic Services	Other Services	Total
General Administration	?	?	?	?	$2,000,000
Facilities	?	?	?	?	$5,000,000
Financial Services	?	?	?	?	$3,000,000

Total Indirect Costs	?	?	?	?	10,000,000

2. Assume that the hospital uses salary dollars as the cost driver for General Administration, housekeeping labor hours as the cost driver for Facilities, and patient services revenue as the cost driver for Financial Services. (The majority of the costs of the facilities department stem from the provision of housekeeping services.)

a. What are the appropriate allocation rates?

ANSWER: (Please show calculation details for partial points)

Cost Allocation Rate:
General Administration	?	per dollar of salary
Facilities	?	per housekeeping hour
Financial Services	?	per dollar of patient services revenue

b. Allocate the hospitalâs overhead costs to the patient services departments using the following table.

ANSWER: (Please show calculation details for partial points)

		Patient Services Department
	Routine	Intensive	Diagnostic Services	Other Services	Total
General Administration	?	?	?	?	$2,000,000
Facilities	?	?	?	?	$5,000,000
Financial Services	?	?	?	?	$3,000,000

Total Indirect Costs	?	?	?	?	10,000,000

cyantortoise609

Breakthrough technologies often follow significant investment in research and development, they offer broad commercial opportunities by solving technical problems across a number of industries. Strategic intellectual property protection is essential to safeguard investment and deliver on the potential of broad technological advances. Explain any FOUR emerging security technologies that are currently making waves in the information security sector.

This question is related to IT infrastructure

apricoteagle561

Writing 2111F/G Chapter : Writ2111G Starstar Communications Network Sample

Document Summary

Get access

Related Questions