Question: Products versus Services, Cost Assignment Holmes Company produces wooden playhouses. When a customer orders a playhouse, it is delivered in pieces with detailed instructions on how to put it together. Some customers prefer that Holmes puts the playhouse together, and they purchase the playhouse plus the installation package. Holmes then pulls two workers off the production line and sends them to construct the playhouse on site.
Required: 1. What two products does Holmes sell? Classify each one as a product or a service.
2. Conceptual Connection: Do you think Holmes assigns costs individually to each product or service? Why or why not?
3. Conceptual Connection: Describe the opportunity cost of the installation process.