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■ Exercise 4–16

Use the Internet to access the website for Weyerhaeuser (www.weyerhaeuser.com), International Paper

(www.internationalpaper.com), or Boise Cascade (www.boisecascade.com).

Required: Skim over the information presented on the website about the company’s products and

operations. Then discuss why process costing is an appropriate product-costing method for this company.

Please refer to info below for this assignment

Boise Cascade

We make and deliver building materials for the residential and commercial construction industry. As a North American producer of engineered wood products, plywood and lumber, our customers can count on our products to build strong and environmentally friendly structures. Our wholesale distribution business delivers a broad product mix ranging from our own wood products to metal, cement, decking and other materials. As a dedicated service partner, great products are only the beginning; our business is built on relationships.

Boise Cascade Company(NYSE: BCC), which uses the trade name Boise Cascade, is a North American manufacturer of wood products and wholesale distributor of building materials, headquartered in Boise, Idaho.

Boise Cascade Wood Products manufactures plywood, engineered wood products and lumber; it supplies a broad line of wood products and building materials through Boise Cascade Building Materials Distribution’s 38 distribution locations. A public company with sales over $5 billion in 2018, it is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol BCC.

Looking over the information presented about the Boise Cascade’s products and

operations. Explain why process costing is an appropriate product-costing method for this company?