Strategic Cost Management ACCT90009 Seminar 1 Seminar 1 Subject Administration Introduction to SCM oduc o o SC Administration • Subject Coordinator Dr. David Huelsbeck Email: david.huelsbeck@unimelb.edu.au Room: 08.028‚ The Spot Phone: +61 3 9035 6256 Consultation Hours: Monday 4:15pm – 6:15pm • Seminars: Tuesday: 2.15 pm – 5.15 pm‚ FBE ‐ Theatre 211 (Theatre 2) Thursday: 6.15 pm – 9.15 pm‚ Alan Gilbert ‐ Theatre 2 Teaching Format and Resources • Seminar Format 3 hour seminar
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Time-phased project work is the basis for project cost control. Work package duration is used to develop the project network. Further‚ the time-phased budgets for work packages are timetabled to establish fiscal measures for each phase throughout the project. The time-phased budgets are to emulate the real cash needs of the budget‚ which will be used for project cost control. This information is useful to estimate cash outflows. The project manager’s attention is on when the costs are to occur‚ when
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there a new or renewed interest in the field of project management? Today’s companies‚ governments‚ and nonprofit organizations are recognizing that to be successful‚ they need to be conversant with and use modern project management techniques. Individuals are realizing that to remain competitive in the workplace‚ they must develop skills to become good project team members and project managers. They also realize that many of the concepts of project management will help them in their everyday lives
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Ronald Coase noted‚“The cost of doing anything consists of the receipts that could have been obtained if that particular decision had not been taken.” For example‚ the opportunity set for this Friday night includes the movies‚ a concert‚ staying home and studying‚ staying home and watching television‚ inviting friends over‚ and so forth. The opportunity cost of taking job A included the forgone salary of $102‚000 plus the $5‚000 of intangibles from job B. Opportunity cost is the sacrifice of
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wholesale prices‚ material cost per unit‚ and labor cost per unit. Annual fixed costs are $25 million. ________________________________________ __________Microcomputers_________ Model 1 Model 2 __ Model 3 Wholesale price/unit $500 $1‚000 $1‚500 Material cost/unit
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Quiz: If Boeing produces 9 jets per month‚ its long-run total cost is $9.0 million per month. If it produces 10 jet pre month‚ it long-run total cost $9.5 million per month. Does Boeing exhibit economies or diseconomies of scale? * The long-run average total cost of producing 9 planes is $9 million /9 = $1 million. The long-run average total cost of producing10 planes is $9.5 million / 10 =$0.95 million. Since the long-run average total cost declines as the number of planes increases‚ Boeing exhibits
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Analysis of Cost‚ Profit and Total Revenue Prepared by: Cajucom‚ Mary Jane Constantino‚ Georgia Escuadro‚ Abigail Ferry‚ Yasmin Joy Orobia‚ Maribel Lopez‚ Rannel Tumale‚ Mary Joyce Submitted to: Mrs. Gina Braga Accounting versus Economic Costs Economic costs Are forward looking costs‚ meaning‚ economist are in tune with future costs because these costs have major repercussions on the potential profitability of the firm. ● Opportunity cost‚ or costs that are incurred
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1)Take all cost elements into consideration‚ because it extends the procurement to the whole life cycle of product within a firm. 2)Reflects the real cost of the purchasing rather than the pure acquisition. 3)It helps to define a rational purchasing policy for the buyer‚ for instance‚ how to allocate the purchasing volume‚ and to whom‚ and etc. 4)It can be a tool to evaluate outsourcing deals. 5)Can be used in negotiations with suppliers‚ by making visible some of the committed costs induced by
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per year. Total annual revenue from pottery sales is $72‚000. Calculate accounting profits and economic profits for Gomez’s pottery. Explicit costs: $37‚000 (= $12‚000 for the helper + $5‚000 of rent + $20‚000 of materials). Implicit costs: $22‚000 (= $4‚000 of forgone interest + $15‚000 of forgone salary + $3‚000 of entreprenuership). Accounting profit = $35‚000 (= $72‚000 of revenue - $37‚000 of explicit costs); Economic profit = $13‚000 (= $72‚000 - $37‚000 of explicit costs - $22‚000
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Logistics October 28‚ 2008 The articled uploaded are very good and should be read. The lecture does not follow the format of the book but the book is easy to read and forms a background to the course. Preferred definition: (what is logistics? why are we studying logistics) Slide Logistics/concept 3 In the definition‚ every word counts. Key words underlined. Logistics is a process – continually doing it‚ not just once. You plan‚ implement and control. It includes a planning function‚ something
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