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    Process costing is used for homogenous products (continuous flow processes such as producing cans of soda). Job-order costing is used in situations where the organization offers many different products or services‚ such as in furniture manufacturing‚ hospitals‚ and legal firms. Process costing is used where units of product are homogeneous‚ such as in flour milling or cement production. The purpose of a job order cost accounting system is to assign and accumulate costs for each job‚ i.e.

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    other stores in the mall selling similar merchandise has become a disadvantage of the mall locations. Mr. Burns felt that to increase revenue in the mall locations‚ Greetings would need to attract new customers and sell more goods repeat customers. In order to do this‚ the company would need to add a new product line. However ‚ to keep costs down‚ the product line should be one that would not require much additional store space. In order to improve earnings‚ rather than just increase revenues‚ Greetings

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    Chapter 3 Systems Design: Job-Order Costing Types of Costing Systems Used to Determine Product Costs Process Costing Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Job-order Costing Many different products are produced each period. Many different products are produced each period. Products are manufactured to order. Products are manufactured to order. Cost are traced or allocated to jobs. Cost are traced or allocated to jobs. Cost records must be maintained for each distinct Cost records must be maintained for

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    1. Describe when it is appropriate for a company to use a job-order costing system. Answer Job order cost system provides per unit cost of manufactured products. Job order cost system is used by the companies that manufacture custom products for customers or batches of similar products. Job order cost system is used in the companies that offer many different products or services to its customers. Example Industries where job order cost system is used are Furniture manufacturing‚ Apparel manufacturing

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    Literature Review A literature review • Provides an overview and a critical evaluation of a body of literature relating to a research topic or research problem. • Analyzes a body of literature in order to classify it by themes or categories‚ rather than simply discussing individual works one after another. • Presents the research and ideas of the field rather than each individual work or author by itself. A literature review often forms part of a larger research project‚ such as within

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    Mary E. Jones 01/14/2011 ACC 560 Case 1: Greetings Inc.: Job Order Costing 1. Define and explain the meaning of a predetermined manufacturing overhead rate that is applied in a job-order costing system? A predetermined overhead rate is the rate used to apply manufacturing overhead to work-in-process inventory. The predetermined overhead rate is calculated before the period begins. The first step is to estimate the amount of the activity base that will be required to support operations

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    Ch02 Job Order Costing 2

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    Chapter 2 Job Order Costing Learning Objectives After studying this chapter‚ you should be able to: [1] Explain the characteristics and purposes of cost accounting. [2] Describe the flow of costs in a job order cost system. [3] Explain the nature and importance of a job cost sheet. [4] Indicate how the predetermined overhead rate is determined and used. [5] Prepare entries for jobs completed and sold. [6] Distinguish between under- and overapplied manufacturing overhead. 2-1 Preview of Chapter

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    Definition and Explanation of Job Order Costing System: A job order costing system is used in situations where many different products are produced each period. For example clothing factory would typically made many different types of jeans for both men and women during a month. In a job order costing system‚ costs are traced to the jobs and then the costs of the job are divided by the number of units in the job to arrive at an average cost per unit. Job order costing system is also extensively

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    Process Costing - The Hershey Company/ Kaiser Aluminum Process costing is used mostly in companies when converting raw materials into homogenous products. A single product is produced on a continuous basis and all units of the product are identical. Costs are computed by department where the materials‚ labor‚ or overhead costs are added to the product in the processing department. Our two companies‚ The Hershey Company and Kaiser Aluminum‚ convert raw materials to their finished products of chocolate

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    EX 2 Job Order Costing

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    1 JOB ORDER COSTING EXERCISES EX-1 Good Samaritan Medical Center has a single operating room that is used by local physicians to perform surgical procedures. The cost of using the operating room is accumulated by each patient procedure and includes the direct materials costs (drugs and medical devices)‚ physician surgical time‚ and operating room over-head. On January 1 of the current year‚ the annual operating room overhead is estimated to be: Disposable supplies $124‚500 Depreciation expense

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