Allocation of Fixed Costs ACC 403 Principles of Accounting The articles describe two different approaches: Lean accounting and activity based costing. Both have pros and cons and the selection of "what is best for allocating IT" likely rests with the culture and types of businesses. I personally believe that activity-based costing‚ which essentially casts IT as a variable cost‚ making users sensitive to the requests they make of IT because every request is an incremental cost to their
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the unfair headquarters’ overhead cost allocation method of Korea insurance company. There are concerns towards the system by a manager. And that lead to reduce on net income of branches. Jin Kim is trying to develop more efficient systems. The reading text is about the headquarters’ cost allocation method of Korea insurance Co. Inc. Jin Kim‚ manager of the company‚ accused that the costing systems is inefficient as it leads to decrease in incremental cost inappropriately and discourages employees
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allocate service department costs to “production” or user departments‚ and ultimately to the products and services that they provide. For example‚ hospitals use sophisticated methods for allocating costs of service departments such as Housekeeping‚ Patient Admissions‚ and Medical Records to patient wards and outpatient services‚ and then to individual patients. Historically‚ these allocations were important to hospitals because Medicare reimbursement was based on actual costs. To the extent that the
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allocate costs? How do companies allocate costs? And how this cost allocation can affect the decision making of the company. It is important for the companies to find the proper method to allocate the costs. Cost allocation is an important issue in many companies because many of the costs associated with designing‚ producing and distributing products and services are not easily identified with the products and services that are created. It would have been easier for companies to allocate cost if costs
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Cost Benefit Analysis A cost benefit analysis is done to determine how well‚ or how poorly‚ a planned action will turn out. Although a cost benefit analysis can be used for almost anything‚ it is most commonly done on financial questions. Since the cost benefit analysis relies on the addition of positive factors and the subtraction of negative ones to determine a net result‚ it is also known as running the numbers. A cost benefit analysis finds‚ quantifies‚ and adds all the positive factors. These
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Joint-cost allocation. Elsie Dairy Products Corp. buys one input‚ full-cream milk‚ and refines it in a churning process. From each gallon of milk Elsie produces three cups of butter and nine cups of buttermilk. During May 2010‚ Elsie bought 12‚000 gallons of milk for $22‚250. Elsie spent another $9‚430 on the churning process to separate the milk into butter and buttermilk. Butter could be sold immediately for $2.20 per pound and buttermilk could be sold immediately for $1.20 per quart (note: two
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Cost Allocation at Water Purification Group Mary May pushed the door to her office thinking about her plan to enrol her daughter for a medical degree at a private university. The private university is the only institution of higher learning that her daughter can apply for‚ considering her high school results. Mary sat down at her table and a smile came to her lips. Her financial situation will definitely improve after the company‚ Bio-Organics‚ announce this year’s bonuses. Project ORG7 she
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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/Benefit Analysis Evaluating Quantitatively Whether to Follow a Course of Action You may have been intensely creative in generating solutions to a problem‚ and rigorous in your selection of the best one available. However‚ this solution may still not be worth implementing‚ as you may invest a lot of time and money in solving a problem that is not worthy of this effort. Cost Benefit Analysis or CBA is a relatively* simple and widely used technique for deciding whether to make a change. As its
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Benefits to a wristwatch would include convenience. It allows you to tell the time with just the raise of a wrist and without having to dig your cell phone out of a pocket or purse. Attractiveness‚ make sure it is appealing to look at. Accuracy is very important. No one wants to be late. Durability is also very important; watches are right out there at the end of your arm and need to be able to withstand some punishment. Costs would be just the opposite of several of these‚ but would also include
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