Dewey and Cheatam is a law firm that is initiating an activity-based costing system. Jim Dewey, the senior partner and strong supporter of ABC, has prepared the following list of activities performed by a typical attorney in a day at the firm.
Classify each activity as either value-added or non-value-added.
Activity Hours
- Writing contracts and letters 1.0 value-addednon-value-added
- Attending staff meetings 0.5 non-value-addedvalue-added
- Taking depositions 1.0 non-value-addedvalue-added
- Doing research 1.0 value-addednon-value-added
- Traveling to/from court 1.0 value-addednon-value-added
- Contemplating legal strategy 1.0 non-value-addedvalue-added
- Eating lunch 1.0 value-addednon-value-added
- Litigating a case in court 2.5 value-addednon-value-added
- Entertaining a prospective client 2.0 non-value-addedvalue-added
- How much was value-added time?(Round answer to 1 decimal place, e.g. 10.5.)
- How much was non-value-added?(Round answer to 1 decimal place, e.g. 10.5.)