A Bakery Makes Fresh Donuts Every Morning

question 27

Multiple Choice

A bakery makes fresh donuts every morning.If any are left at the end of the day they are donated to a homeless shelter.The number of donuts that can be sold each day is uncertain and the bakery must decide early each morning,how many donuts to make that day.The bakery has created the following payoff table to summarize the situation. The opportunity loss for making few donuts (A₁) and having low demand (S₃) is:

• A)0.
• B)-50.
• C)150.
• D)100.

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Definitions:

Overhead Applied

The assigning of overhead costs to goods produced based on a predetermined rate or basis such as machine hours or labor hours.

Activity-Based Costing

An accounting technique that tags and apportions the costs of organizational activities to every product and service in line with their real consumption.

Activity Rate

The predetermined rate used to allocate overhead costs to products or services based on a specific activity measure, such as machine-hours or labor-hours.

Labor-Related Activity

Activities or tasks that directly involve or are associated with the workforce's efforts in the production process or service delivery.