Firm Q is considering acquiring Firm P. Firm P is a struggling competitor of Firm Q, and Firm Q believes they can create synergies by replacing the ineffective management of Firm P. The type of synergies Firm Q is anticipating with this acquisition are known as:

Zachary company produces commercial gardening equipment. since production is highly automated, the company allocates its overhead costs to product lines using activity-based costing. the costs and cost drivers associated with the four overhead activity cost pools follow: activities unit level batch level product level facility level cost $ 64,800 $ 27,730 $ 15,000 $ 154,000 cost driver 2,400 labor hrs. 47 setups percentage of use 11,000 units production of 780 sets of cutting shears, one of the company’s 20 products, took 240 labor hours and 7 setups and consumed 15 percent of the product-sustaining activities. required: (a) had the company used labor hours as a company wide allocation base, how much overhead would it have allocated to the cutting shears? (b) how much overhead is allocated to the cutting shears using activity-based costing? (c) compute the overhead cost per unit for cutting shears first using activity-based costing and then using direct labor hours for allocation if 780 units are produced. if direct product costs are $150 and the product is priced at 30 percent above cost for what price would the product sell under each allocation system? (d) assuming that activity-based costing provides a more accurate estimate of cost, indicate whether the cutting shears would be over- or underpriced if direct labor hours are used as an allocation base. explain how over-or undercosting can affect vaulker's profitability. (e) comment on the validity of using the allocated facility-level cost in the pricing decision. should other costs be considered in a cost- plus pricing decision? if so, which ones? what costs would you include if you were trying to decide whether to accept a special order?

With q7 assume the sweet company uses a plantwide predetermined overhead rate with machine-hours as the allocation base. and for q 10,11,13,and 14,assume that the company use department predetermined overhead rates with machine-hours as the allocation bade in both departements.7. assume that sweeten company used cost-plus pricing (and a markup percentage of 80% of total manufacturing cost) to establish selling prices for all of its jobs. what selling price would the company have established for jobs p and q? what are the selling prices for both jobs when stated on a per unit basis assuming 20 units were produced for job p and 30 units were produced for job q? (do not round intermediate calculations. round your final answers to nearest whole dollar.)total price for the job for job p -job q selling price per unit for job p q . how much manufacturing overhead was applied from the molding department to job p and how much was applied to job q? (do not round intermediate calculations.) job p job q manufacturing overhead applied for job p for job q . how much manufacturing overhead was applied from the fabrication department to job p and how much was applied to job q? (do not round intermediate calculations.)job p job q manufacturing overhead applied for job p for job q . if job q included 30 units, what was its unit product cost? (do not round intermediate calculations. round your final answer to nearest whole dollar.)14. assume that sweeten company used cost-plus pricing (and a markup percentage of 80% of total manufacturing cost) to establish selling prices for all of its jobs. what selling price would the company have established for jobs p and q? what are the selling prices for both jobs when stated on a per unit basis assuming 20 units were produced for job p and 30 units were produced for job q? (do not round intermediate calculations. round your final answer to nearest whole dollar.)total price for the job p for job q selling price per unit for job p for job q

Bruno's pizza restaurant makes full payment of $8,300 on an account payable to stella's cheese co. stella's would record this transaction with a