Welcome to Managerial Accounting. In this module‚ we will provide a general overview of activity based costing‚ specifically: What is activity based costing? Welcome to Managerial Accounting Instructor: O Martin Email Instructor __________________________ ACTIVITY BASED COSTING SYSTEM Two stage process Activity pools Activity categories With & Without ABC example What is Activity based costing (ABC)? Activity based costing (ABC) assigns manufacturing overhead costs to products in a more logical
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Q1: There are two different types of cost accounting systems: Job order cost systems and process cost systems. How does management decide whether to use a job order cost system or a process cost system in any given manufacturing situation? Explain. Job order cost system is used in situations where many different products are produced each period. For example‚ a Levi Strauss clothing factory would typically make many different types of jeans for both men and women during a month. A particular order
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ACT 5733 – Advanced Managerial Accounting Fall 2012 HW #3 Question #1 Consider the following potential investment‚ which has the same risk as the firm’s other projects: Time Cash Flow 0 -$95‚000 1 $20‚000 2 $24‚000 3 $24‚000 4 $24‚000 5 $24‚000 6 $32‚000 a) What are the investment’s payback period‚ IRR‚ and NPV‚ assuming the firm’s WACC is 10%. b) If the firm requires a payback period of less than 5 years‚ should this project be accepted? Answer: Yes it should accept
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Benedictine University MBA 601 Managerial Accounting Final Project (paper) Outsourcing In today’s business environment‚ outsourcing becomes more and more popular and important for all kind of companies because more and more companies realized the benefits of outsourcing. Outsourcing is the process by which the company contracts to another one to supply some goods and services. Outsourcing is not only used in the domestic business‚ but also used in the international business that is the offshoring
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Section 1.2 Review Questions 1. List the components of and explain the Business Pressures–Responses–Support model. The components of the pressure-response-support model are business pressures‚ companies’ responses to these pressures‚ and computerized support. The model suggests that responses are made to counter the pressures or to take advantage of opportunities‚ support facilitates monitoring the environment (e.g.‚ for opportunities) and enhances the quality of the responses. 2. What are
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CHAPTER 1 (Introduction to Management Accounting) P-1-4A The following data were taken from the records of Clarkson Company for the fiscal year ended June 30‚ 2014. Raw Materials Factory Insurance $ 4600 Inventory 7/1/13 $ 48000 Factory Machinery Raw Materials Depreciation 16‚000 Inventory 6/30/14 39‚600 Factory Utilities 27‚600 Finished Goods Office Utilities Expenses 8‚650 Inventory 7/1/13 96‚000 Sales Revenue 534‚000 Finished Goods Sales Discounts
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Economics for Managerial Decision Making: Market Structure Introduction As legend and reality have it‚ Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak started Apple Computer in a garage in Cupertino‚ Calif.‚ in 1976. From those humble beginnings‚ and through extreme market swings‚ Apple Inc. has become the most valuable company in the world. “Given the company’s unbelievable innovation over the last few years‚ and the subsequent mountains of cash that it has earned as a result‚ the likely catalyst for the stock
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TEST BANK CHAPTER 1 Intercorporate Investments: An Overview MULTIPLE CHOICE Use the following information on a company’s investments in equity securities to answer questions 1- 4 below. The company’s accounting year ends December 31. | |Date of acquisition|Cost |Fair value |Date sold |Selling price | |Investment | | |12/31/10 | |
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Key Figures for the Exercises‚ Problems and Cases To Accompany Managerial Accounting Creating Value in a Dynamic Business Environment 9th Edition McGraw-Hill/Irwin 2011 by Ronald W. Hilton CHAPTER 1 No key figures. CHAPTER 2 E 2-24 Beginning inventory of finished goods‚ case I: $84‚000 E 2-25 1. Total compensation: $720 E 2-26 2. Total overtime premium: $20 E 2-29 2. Cost of goods sold: $820‚000 E 2-30 (f) $77‚000 (o) $110 E 2-31 2. Cost per call
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DECISION MAKING INTRODUCTION Decision making is an essential aspect of modern management. It is a primary function of management. A manager’s major job is sound/rational decision-making. He takes hundreds of decisions consciously and subconsciously. Decision-making is the key part of manager’s activities. Decisions are important as they determine both managerial and organizational actions. A decision may be defined as "a course of action which is consciously chosen from among a set of alternatives
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