Conceptual Framework Cost Accounting Cost accounting‚ as a tool of management‚ provides management with detailed records of the costs relating to products‚ operations or functions. Cost accounting refers to the process of determining and accumulating the cost of some particular product or activity. It also covers classification‚ analysis and interpretation of costs. The cost so determined and accumulated may be the estimated future costs for planning purposes‚ or actual (historical) costs for evaluating
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For what decisions would estimated cost information be useful if you were a hospital administrator? The Director of a Cinema hall? The Marketing vice president of a bank? Cost information is the information about the different costs that are incurred in the operation of the organization or a business process. Here the cost includes all cost like material cost‚ labor costs‚ and all other overhead costs that are incurred depending on the type of business they operates. The
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Two common costing systems used in business are traditionally cost accounting system (job costing‚ process costing and operating costing) and activity-based costing system (ABC). There are some similarities and differences between these systems. Regarding the similarities‚ both accumulate product costs throughout the production process and assign those costs to individual units of production. Additionally‚ product cost under two costing systems consists of direct materials‚ direct labor and manufacturing
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I Purpose of Cost Accounting 9 CH01_Bragg_36794 3/13/01 9:40 M Page 10 CH01_Bragg_36794 3/13/01 9:40 M Page 11 CHAPTER 1 Role of Cost Accounting When properly implemented‚ the cost accounting function can have a pervasive influence in the modern corporation. Unfortunately‚ it is not always properly implemented because management often is not completely aware of all the uses to which the cost accounting function can be put. This chapter describes the main categories of activities
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Benefits of a Cost Accounting Information System By kmoney4islam. Cost accounting offers benefits for manufacturing companies. A cost accounting information system offers benefits for many companies. Cost accounting is a type of accounting method concerned with the cost of goods manufactured and /or sold. Many factors are taken into consideration when cost accountants analyze business costs . The information determined by these accountants is used for inventory valuation ‚ financial statements
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1. Costs of Quality: There are four major categories: 1. Prevention costs are associated with preventing defects before they happen (need additional time‚ effort‚ and money). Companies employ many techniques to prevent defects for example statistical process control‚ quality engineering‚ training‚ and a variety of tools from total quality management (TQM). 2. Appraisal costs (Inspection costs) are incurred when the firm assesses the performance level of its processes 3. Internal failure costs
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Management Information Systems (MIS) 2011/2012 Lecture … (6) 2. Organizational Dimensions of Information The Organizational Dimensions of Information includes information flows‚ information granularity‚ and what information describes. A. Information Flows Information in an organization flows in four directions: up‚ down‚ horizontally‚ and inward/outward. To consider these flows‚ let’s briefly review the structure of an organization. Most people view a traditional organization as a pyramid
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Generally‚ the term cost of production refers to the ‘money expenses’ incurred in the production of a commodity. But money expenses are not the only expenses incurred on the production of a commodity. There are number of services and inputs such as entrepreneurship‚ land‚ capital etc.‚ which are offered by an entrepreneur without changing any price or receiving any payment for them. While computing the total cost of production‚ allowance should be made for such expenses. It is therefore essential
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Different types of business informaiton‚ their sources and purposes Business information comes from a wide variety of sources and an effective business person will research information from a range of sources before making decisions. Business information is one of the three main segments of the information industry. The other two segments are scientific‚ technical and medical‚ and educational and training content. Verbal information is literally face to face which is seen as the best way to
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