CASE STUDY NOTES/ ANALYSIS THE TRUE COST OF ACQUISITION. INTRODUCTION -The department of defense has highlighted its vision and mission but has not broken these down into objectives for each function - Without a breakdown of this mission into workable action plans/ objectives it is therefore very hard to create performance measure and standards of practice - This is evident by the recent happening of Darlene Druyun’s actions while acting in the position of head of procurement - There
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1 In a process cost system‚ product costs are summarized: on job cost sheets. when the products are sold. after each unit is produced. on production cost reports. What decision criteria should managers use in selecting projects when there is not enough capital to invest in all available positive NPV projects? the internal rate of return the discounted payback the profitability index the modified internal rate of return 3 Horizontal
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Types of costs Classification of costs: • Materials – costs of raw materials‚ components and other goods used. • Labor – cost of employees wages and salaries. • Expenses – costs which cannot be included in materials and labor. Variable costs – these costs varies directly with changes in the level of quantity‚ over a defined period of time. Fixed costs – are not affected by the changes in the level of activity‚ over a defined period of time. Semi variable costs – for
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TYPES OF COST AUDIT * Cost Audit to assist Management : The main object of this type of cost audit is to make available accurate‚ relevant and prompt information to management to assist it in taking important managerial decisions. * Cost Audit on behalf of the Government: The government may appoint a cost auditor to conduct cost audit where it is necessary(a) to do so in the opinion of the government under section 233-B of the companies Act‚ 1956; (b) to ascertain correct cost of certain
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What is your evaluation of the Total Supply Chain Cost (TSCC) program developed by Owens & Minor and Virginia Mason? * Virginia Mason Medical Center (VM) hired Owens & Minor (O&M) as its alpha vendor for medical/surgical supplies in 2004. At that time O&M was performing JIT and low unit measure services for VM. Together VM and O&M worked together to create a new supply chain process called the Total Supply Chain Cost (TSCC) pricing program. * TSCC was is an activity-based
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of sewing machines. Monthly demand for one its most popular models is given by the following relationship: Q = 400 – 0.5P where P is price and Q is quantity demanded. Total costs of production (including a “normal” return on owners’ investment) per month are: C = 20‚000 + 50Q + 3Q2 a. Express total profits (() in terms of Q. b. At what level of output are total profits maximized? What price will be charged? What are total profits at this output level? c.
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Company Incorporated owns 50 grocery outlets scattered around the metro but has only one main warehouse where all the goods are stored prior to delivery. The current inventory policy of the company had been practiced for the past 15 years. It mandates the monthly reorder of stocks by the main warehouse‚ and charging the branches with the delivery cost and a 3% financing charge per month on their inventory costs. The latter policy serves as the warehouse’s control system to the branches such that
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the relevant cost is the cargo cost only. Therefore‚ profit contribution of carrying I ton of tapioca from Balik and Singapore: Expected revenue $5.10 Less freight cost (0.25+0.56) 0.81 Profit Contibution 4.29 From Singapore to Balik: Expected Revenue $2.70 Less freight cost (0.16+0.32+0
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Cost of Production Fixed costs are those that do not vary with output and typically include rents‚ insurance‚ depreciation‚ set-up costs‚ and normal profit. They are also called overheads. Variable costs are costs that do vary with output‚ and they are also called direct costs. Examples of typical variable costs include fuel‚ raw materials‚ and some labour costs. An example Production costs Consider the following hypothetical example of a boat building firm. The total fixed costs‚ TFC‚ include
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AN EVALUATION OF THE ADOPTION OF ELECTRONIC BUSINESS WITHIN THE SERVICE SECTOR IN ZIMBABWE Table of Contents 1.0 INTRODUCTION 3 1.1 THEORETICAL BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY 3 1.2. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM 7 1.3. RESEARCH OBJECTIVES 7 1.4. RESEARCH QUESTIONS 8 1.5 ASSUMPTIONS OF THE STUDY 8 1.6 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY 9 1.7. DELIMITATIONS 9 1.8. LIMITATIONS 9 1.9. DEFINITION OF TERMS 10 1.10 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 11 1.10.1 THE CONCEPT OF E-BUSINESS 12 1.10.2 THE ADVANTAGES
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