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Instructions
a. Compute the activity-based overhead rates for each of the three cost
pools, and determine the overhead cost assigned to each product line.
b. Compute the operating income for each product line, using the
activity-based overhead rates.
c. What do you believe Peggy Kingman should do?
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ACC 560 Week 4 DQ The Cost of Complexity
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"The Cost of Complexity" Please respond to the following:
· Read the article titled, ―The Missing Metrics: Managing the Cost of
Complexity‖ l Next, in a globalized economy with many business
complexities, speculate the major ways that these complexities might
impact a business and suggest two (2) actions that a business can take
in order to minimize these consequences.
From the previous discussion, recommend one (1) approach that an
accountant could take in order to measure the types of complexity you
identified for a specific business or industry and determine the insight
that the measure will provide in relation to business performance.
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