The tenants are biotechnology companies who are at various stages of product development. the agricultural giant, monsanto, the danforth foundation, washington university-st. louis, saint louis university, and several venture capital firms contribute seed money for these small start-up ventures that receive approval to further develop their ideas at the nidus center.

Adamson company manufactures four lines of garden tools. as a result of an activity analysis, the accounting department has identified eight activity cost pools. each of the product lines is produced in large batches, with the whole plant devoted to one product at a time. classify each of the following activities or costs as either unit-level, batch-level, product-level, or facility-level. activities (a) machining parts. (b) product design. (c) plant maintenance. (d) machine setup. (e) assembling parts. (f) purchasing raw materials. (g) property taxes. (h) painting.