Activity-Based Costing Data Is Available for Various Activities Relating to Highway

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Essay

Activity-based costing data is available for various activities relating to highway signage in Pinconning City.The activities include: cut brush,hand-letter and silk-screen signs,hang banners,install signs,relocate or remove signs,repair and replace signs,apply sign face,and installation.The specific components of the costs for each activity are personnel costs,direct material costs,overhead costs,and stock costs.Accomplishments are measured in terms of number of hours or signs for each of the activities.How does this method of accumulating costs compare with a typical cost accounting system that allocates indirect costs on a predetermined overhead rate basis? What can you learn from an activity based system that is not provided by a conventional costing system?

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