You are a manager at PopUp Company, who manufactures toaster ovens. Your company produces two types of toaster ovens: basic and deluxe. PopUp Company currently uses a traditional unit-based costing system, however, you feel strongly the company should switch to an activity-based costing system. You believe this change would provide you more accurate costing information, which would allow for better strategic decision making. You need to prepare a number of documents in order to convince the CFO to change the current cost management system used by your company.
Week 3 Writing Assignment Part 3:
This project is split into four (4) parts with one (1) part due each week of the course. Based on your readings, use of technology, research of literature, and other sources do the following:
Week 3: Prepare a 2-3 page memo addressed to the CFO summarizing your findings, and why you believe the activity-based costing method gives you more useful information to make decisions for the company. Include in the memo at least 4 ratios that you feel highlight your position that activity-based costing is more useful and include your spreadsheet from last week.
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for part 2 of the project computations are required. Using the unit-based approach, the cost per unit for the basic toaster is $2.10 and the deluxe toaster is $16.56. Using the activity-based approach, the cost per unit for the basic toaster is $2.81 and the deluxe toaster is $13.73. Using this data, prepare a sample budgeted income statement and balance sheet. The assignment required the completion of the excel template and the preparation of the hypothetical financial statements, which utilize the calculated per unit costs.