Wednesday January 11th‚ 2012 Chapter 1 Introduction to Management Accounting What is Managerial Accounting? -managerial accounting is providing information for a company’s internal users -it is the firm’s internal accounting system -it is designed to support the information that managers need -it is not bound by any formal criteria such as GAAP or IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) -managerial accounting has 3 basic objectives: 1. Provide information for planning the organizations
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A Cost Leadership Strategy is based on the concept that you can produce and market a good quality product or service at a lower cost than your competitors. These low costs should translate to profit margins that are higher than the industry average. Some of the conditions that should exist to support a cost leadership strategy include an on-going availability of operating capital‚ good process engineering skills‚ close management of labor‚ products designed for ease of manufacturing and low cost distribution
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Ratio Analysis Memo ACC 291 Ratio Analysis Memo For this assignment we need to choose a virtual organization and prepare a memo to the CEO to discuss the findings from our ratio calculations and also submit a horizontal and vertical analysis for the balance sheet and the income statement. The virtual organization our team chose was Berry’s Bug Blasters. Listed first in this paper will be the ratio calculations; liquidity‚ profitability‚ and solvency. Solvency Ratios | Debt to Total
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a transaction cost is a cost incurred in making an economic exchange. A number of different kinds of transaction costs exist. Search and information costs are costs such as those incurred in determining that the required good is available on the market‚ who has the lowest price‚ etc. Bargaining costs are the costs required to come to an acceptable agreement with the other party to the transaction‚ drawing up an appropriate contract‚ etc.. Policing and enforcement costs are the costs of making sure
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Cost Benefit Analysis What is cost benefit analysis? Cost benefit analysis (COBA) is a technique for assessing the monetary social costs and benefits of a capital investment project over a given time period. The principles of cost-benefit analysis (CBA) are simple: 1. Appraisal of a project: It is an economic technique for project appraisal‚ widely used in business as well as government spending projects (for example should a business invest in a new information system) 2. Incorporates
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Cost Classifications for Decision-Making. Every decision involves choosing from among at least two alternatives. Only those costs and benefits that differ between alternatives are relevant in making the selection. This concept is explored in greater detail in the chapter on relevant costs. However‚ decision-making contexts crop up from time to time in the text before that chapter‚ so it is a good idea to familiarize students with relevant cost concepts. 1. Differential Costs. A differential cost
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Accounting 260 Major assignment Kowloon Tong ltd- Jordan ltd 1. Acquisition analysis at 1 July 2008 Net fair value of identifiable assets and liabilities of Jordan ltd = 60000 +30000 +21000+6000 +6000(1-30%) Inventory +1000(1-30%) Machinery +6000(1-30%) Land +8000(1-30%) Equipment
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related activities; b. Production operation‚ forthcoming input into the end product of related activities; c. Productive activities‚ such as finished goods transportation‚ storage‚ customer contact‚ order processing‚ etc. d. Sales activities to let customers understand and buying of goods‚ such as advertising‚ promotion‚ marketing agency costs‚ etc; e. Service activities‚ including training‚ repair‚ maintenance‚ components renewal etc‚ aiming at improving the added value of products. Auxiliary
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Transportation Cost & Pricing Transportation Cost & Pricing Compare and contrast the cost structures of rail‚ motor carriers‚ and air. When you compare the rail cost structure to that of the cost structures of the motor‚ and air carriers‚ you will see that the rail carriers have a high structure cost. “One of the characteristics of railroads as previously noted is the level of fixed costs present in their cost structures.” (Coyle‚ 2011) These fixed cost exists because the ownership of
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Opportunity cost Have you ever been in the situation deciding which cloth to buy? Have you ever facing the dilemma of to study or to play? Have you ever consider as a seller and choose to lower the price or raise it? In the field of economics‚ here’s a solution for you. The magic word is “opportunity cost”. Opportunity cost in terms of economy is the highest-value alternative one has to give up to engage in an activity. In other words‚ using the same resources such as money and time‚ the best
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