with regard to inpatient days‚ number of emergency visits‚ number of unforeseen complications‚ number of additional unaccounted for testing procedures and so on. The many costs incurred by the healthcare organization can be classified as variable‚ fixed‚ or semi-fixed costs. Understanding the appropriate classification of these cost ’s behaviors serves management through providing specific process and product information necessary for a successful operation. The primary reason for defining an organization
Premium Variable cost Costs Fixed cost
at the costs for the year. The restaurant wanted to see what some of their fixed and variable costs were for the year. They also wanted to make sure they remain in their relevant range. The costs focused on were the cost of hamburgers (raw materials) and the cost of building rent. It was determined that the raw materials were the variable costs because the cost will vary based on production of hamburgers. A variable cost is a cost that will change in direct proportion to changes in the cost-driver
Premium Costs Variable cost
Being able to determine whether a cost is fixed or variable is vital to the understanding of overhead loading and cost behavior. A fixed cost is unchanged with a change to the cost driver. (Horngren‚ Sutton‚ and Stratton p.46) Which means that a fixed cost does not rise with the change is production of your product. A good example of a fixed cost is rent. No matter how many widgets you make (within a relevant range) your rent will not increase. A variable cost‚ on the other hand‚ does change with
Premium Costs Variable cost Management accounting
Agri-environment contract adoption under fixed and variable compliance costs. This report looks at the agri-environment contract adpted by farmers’ to be able to contribute and partake in the enrivonmental schemes through pressure groups and government. It provides disctinct description to the differences in fixed and variable costs. The purpose of explaining the differences were to illustrate how farmers partaking to the project would be different than how much land will be needed to chip in the
Premium Cost Costs Variable cost
carefully and complete your report For Examiner’s Use Only |Tasks |1 | |Marks Allocated |100 | |Marks Obtained | | Total Marks: ______ / 100 marks = ________ % Grade: Question I: Identification: Fill in the blanks the correct answer. You are having a dress shop‚ indicate the proper classification of cost behavior whether it is VARIABLE or FIXED for each of the
Premium Variable cost Costs Management accounting
Fixed Costs‚ Variable costs‚ and Break Even Point Elizabeth Gaud HSM /260 August 21‚ 2011 Stephanie Koontz Fixed Costs‚ Variable costs‚ and Break Even Point Exercise 10.1 Recompute fixed costs‚ variable costs‚ and the BEP. What are the variable costs? What are the fixed costs? How many meals will the WHDM program need to provide during the fiscal year to reach the BEP? How much profit will the program earn if it completes its 45‚000-meal contract with the City of Westchester? Answer:
Premium Fixed cost Variable cost Costs
Q: Is depreciation expense or depreciation cost is fixed cost or variable cost in nature? Fixed costs: Fixed costs are such costs that do not change with the change in activity level within the relevant range. Where relevant range can be defined in terms of time or activity level. Variable costs: Variable costs are such costs that change with the change in activity level . Coming to the question‚ depreciation expense or depreciation cost can either be fixed or variable and this depends on the
Premium Costs Variable cost Depreciation
businesses are transforming labor into a more flexible (and variable) cost. Among such companies are Hewlett-Packard‚ General Electric‚ DuPont‚ Sun Microsystems‚ and British Airways. Discuss whether direct labor is a fixed or a variable cost. What are the pros and cons of management treating direct labor as a variable cost? Are there ethical issues to be considered here? Direct labor can be classified as a fixed cost or a variable cost‚ depending on how flexible the employer needs to be/can
Premium Costs Cost Variable cost
Submission Date: February 05‚ 2010 INTERACTIVE INTERVIEW/SESSION: MANAGING TRAVEL EXPENSES QUES 1: What kinds of systems are described here? What valuable information do they provide for employees and managers? What decisions do they support? Answer: Firstly‚ Transaction Processing Systems are in place. The system is seen as keeping track of elementary activities and transaction such as inputting of the expense data via a web interface from whether they are working with a computer‚ telephone
Premium Expense Transaction processing Operating expense
difference between fixed costs‚ semi-fixed costs‚ and variable costs. Fixed costs are those which do not change with the level of activity within the relevant range. These costs will incur even if no units are produced. For example rent expense‚ straight-line depreciation expense‚ etc. Fixed costs are those which do not change with the level of activity within the relevant range. These costs will incur even if no units are produced. For example rent expense‚ straight-line depreciation expense‚ etc. Mixed
Premium Costs Cost Variable cost