Cost reduction Generally defined as the act of cutting costs to improve profitability. Cost reduction‚ should therefore‚ not be confused with cost saving and cost control. Cost saving could be a temporary affair and may be at the cost of quality. Cost reduction implies the retention of essential characteristics and quality of the product and thus it must be confined to permanent and genuine savings in the costs of manufacture‚ administration‚ distribution and selling‚ brought about by elimination
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Jump to Navigation Frame Your location: Assessments › View All Submissions › View Attempt View Attempt 1 of 2 Title: | Exam 2 (Chapters 10-18) | Started: | July 7‚ 2011 12:16 AM | Submitted: | July 7‚ 2011 2:11 AM | Time spent: | 01:54:47 | Total score: | 94/200 = 47% Total score adjusted by 0.0 Maximum possible score: 200 | 1. | Chapter 10 #265 | | Use this information for questions that refer to the World Tennis Ball (WTB) Company case. World Tennis Ball Co. (WTB) makes
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activity. True False 2. In a performance report‚ actual costs should be compared to budgeted costs at the original budgeted activity level. True False 3. The overhead spending variance and the overhead efficiency variance are useful only if variable overhead really should be proportional to the activity measure that is being used in the flexible budget. True False 4. The variable overhead efficiency variance reflects how efficiently variable overhead resources were used. True False 5. A reason
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Microeconomics Topic 6: “Be able to explain and calculate average and marginal cost to make production decisions.” Reference: Gregory Mankiw’s Principles of Microeconomics‚ 2nd edition‚ Chapter 13. Long-Run versus Short-Run In order to understand average cost and marginal cost‚ it is first necessary to understand the distinction between the “long run” and the “short run.” Short run: a period of time during which one or more of a firm’s inputs cannot be changed. Long run: a period of time during which
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2 Questions 2-1. I agree with this statement. I would also like to add that cost behavior is also identifying the key resources that are performed‚ resources used in performing these activities‚ costs of the resources‚ and what the cost is driven from. 2-2. Two rules of thumb when analyzing cost behavior are to manage what the company manufactures‚ sells‚ and to give advice as to where costs can be reduced. 2-3. Three examples of a variable cost are a 12% increase in the production of dresses
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manufacturing company shows a balance of $18‚000 at the end of an accounting period. The job cost sheets of the two uncompleted jobs show charges of $6‚000 and $3‚000 for materials‚ and charges of $4‚000 and $2‚000 for direct labor. From this information‚ it appears that the company is using a predetermined overhead rate‚ as a percentage of direct labor costs‚ of: A. 50% B. 200% C. 300% D. 20% 2. Job 607 was recently completed. The following data have been recorded on its job cost sheet: The
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Variable costing vs Absorption costing Variable and Absorption costing are two different methods and ways that many organizations use to determine and calculate product cost. The income statements formats of both methods include period and product costs. However‚ each one has a different cost classification definition. Both have the same direct material and direct labor allocation‚ the differences is how they report the income‚ product‚ and pricing One of the main differences between
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Cost Management or Cost Control In broad sense‚ both the terms have the same meaning. Yet cost management seems to connote broader perspective. Cost control to an un-initiated may mean cutting down the incurrence of cost or expenditure every time or in every situation. In reality it is not always so. In many specific situations‚ many times‚ one has to spend or incur cost in order to gain or make more money. It is in fact like an investment. Cost management sounds better then. Profits Making
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successful cost reduction programmes In the current economic climate‚ most organisations must face up to a prolonged period of extreme competition and funding restrictions. This is particularly the case if the past few years have been focused on growth‚ service improvement or reorganisation (i.e. cost efficiency has not been a recent priority). Such pressures require an approach that reduces costs in a strategic‚ disciplined‚ and sustainable manner - delivered at pace. In our view serious cost reduction
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