Identifying and managing unused capacity (continuation of 12-34). Refer to the information for Scott Company in Problem 12-34. Required Calculate the amount and cost of (a) unused manufacturing capacity and (b) unused selling and customer-service capacity at the beginning of 2017 based on actual production and actual number of customers served in 2017. Suppose Scott can add or reduce its selling and customer-service capacity in increments of 10 customers. What is the maximum amount of costs that Scott could save in 2017 by downsizing selling and customer-service capacity? Scott, in fact, does not eliminate any of its unused selling and customer-service capacity. Why might Scott not downsize?

Identifying and managing unused capacity (continuation of 12-34). Refer to the information for Scott Company in Problem 12-34. Required Calculate the amount and cost of (a) unused manufacturing capacity and (b) unused selling and customer-service capacity at the beginning of 2017 based on actual production and actual number of customers served in 2017. Suppose Scott can add or reduce its selling and customer-service capacity in increments of 10 customers. What is the maximum amount of costs that Scott could save in 2017 by downsizing selling and customer-service capacity? Scott, in fact, does not eliminate any of its unused selling and customer-service capacity. Why might Scott not downsize?

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Chapter9: Responsibility Accounting And Decentralization

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