Posted: February 23rd, 2022

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This Assignment is a continuation of the previous assignments where you will focus more on your company, Universal Drones Inc. and VectorCal.  For this Assignment, you will be making more assumptions on specific types of costs.

1. Compare your company with VectorCal relative to the price of acquisition, semi-variable costs, and allocated direct and indirect costs of the drone navigation system. Justify the response.
2. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

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Assignment 3 –

Direct and Indirect Costs for

VectorCal and Universal Drones Inc.

Students Name
BUS 315 – Cost and Price Analysis
Professors Name
Date of Submission

Analysis of Universal Drones, Inc.’s Expenses

• Discuss, Analyze and provide examples in detail the following costs that both Universal Drones and VectorCal will incur when contracting with the Government
  • Labor Costs
  • Manufacturing Costs
  • Research and Development
  • General & Administrative Expenses

Analysis of Direct and Indirect Costs

• From the previous section define and indicate which costs will be direct and indirect
  • Direct Costs
    • Labor
    • Manufacturing
    • Research and Development
    • General & Administrative Expenses
  • Indirect Costs
    • Labor
    • Manufacturing
    • Research and Development
    • General & Administrative Expenses

Allocation Methods

• Discuss the following Cost Allocation Methods and indicate which ones that Universal Drones, Inc and VectorCal would use. Remember to provide a rationale for each of these Methods
  • Units of Production Method
  • Machine Hour Method
  • Direct Labor Hour Method
  • Direct Labor Cost Method

Conclusion

Summarize your findings

Sources

Note: Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Keep in Mind: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

1. Follow the Credit to Authors and Sources Guidelines found in the Strayer Writing Standards (SWS).