MBA 520: Managerial Accounting Performance Measurement at Lipton: Evaluation and Recommendations ------------------------------------------------- Nick Arens Chris Lance Ryan Moore Rob Sloan Summary We at ALMS Consulting Co. have been hired to analyze the way product lines and product managers are being evaluated at the Thomas J. Lipton‚ Incorporated (“Lipton” or the “Company”) entity. We will review the performance metrics utilized at the corporate level of Lipton‚ explain
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preparation. Identify Issues Analyze Data Build Model Run Model Make Decision Management Accounting: Decision-making The Corporate Environment: Corporations are a conglomeration of people with a common purpose. The individuals seek to attain goals for the corporation‚ with the ultimate goal being profitability. In order to achieve this goal‚ management performs a variety of activities. 1) 2) 3) Planning: strategically deciding how‚ where and when to use the firm’s limited resources Directing
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Q1: There are two different types of cost accounting systems: Job order cost systems and process cost systems. How does management decide whether to use a job order cost system or a process cost system in any given manufacturing situation? Explain. Job order cost system is used in situations where many different products are produced each period. For example‚ a Levi Strauss clothing factory would typically make many different types of jeans for both men and women during a month. A particular order
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Time Value of Money Q1. Mr. Sundaram is planning to retire this year. His company can pay him a lump sum retirement payments of Rs 2‚ 00‚000 or Rs 25‚000 life time annuity whichever he chooses. Mr. Sundaram is in good health and estimates to live for at least 20 more years. If his interest rate is 12%‚ which alternative should he choose? Ans Present Value of Annuity 25000*7.469*1.12 = 2‚09‚132 Which is greater than lump sum value of Rs. 2‚00‚000. So Annuity option is better
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Chapter 9 Profit Planning and Activity-Based Budgeting McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright © 2011 by The McGraw-Hill Companies‚ Inc. All rights reserved. Learning Objective 1 9-2 Learning objective 1 • List and explain five purposes of budgeting systems. Purposes of Budgeting Systems Budget Budget a detailed plan‚ expressed in quantitative terms‚ that specifies how resources will be acquired and used during a specified period of time. 1. Planning 2. Facilitating Communication and Coordination 3
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overhead rate for the year. b. Compute the amount of underapplied or overapplied overhead for the year. 2. Prepare a schedule of cost of goods manufactured for the year. 3. Compute the cost of goods sold for the year. (Do not include any underapplied or overapplied overhead in your cost of goods sold figure.) What options are available for disposing of underapplied or overapplied overhead? 4. Job 137 was started and completed during the year. What price would have been charged to the customer if
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CHAPTER 2 Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting ASSIGNMENT CLASSIFICATION TABLE (BY TOPIC) Topics 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Conceptual framework– general. Objectives of financial reporting. Qualitative characteristics of accounting. Elements of financial statements. Basic assumptions. Basic principles: a. Measurement. b. Revenue recognition. c. Expense recognition. d. Full disclosure. Accounting principles– comprehensive. Constraints. Assumptions‚ principles‚ and constraints. 28‚ 29‚ 30 10 11 Questions
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Master Budget Case: ToyWorks Ltd. (B) ToyWorks Ltd. is a company that manufactures and sells a single product‚ which they call a Toodle. For planning and control purposes they utilize a monthly master budget‚ which is usually developed at least six months in advance of the budget year. Their fiscal year end is June 30. During the summer of 2007‚ Chris Leigh‚ the ToyWorks controller‚ spent considerable time with Pat Frazer‚ the Manager of Marketing‚ putting together a sales forecast for
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Chapter 1 Cost Accounting: Information for Decision Making Solutions to Review Questions 1-1. Financial accounting is designed to provide information about the firm to external users. External users include investors‚ creditors‚ government authorities‚ regulators‚ customers‚ competitors‚ suppliers‚ labor unions‚ and so on. Cost accounting systems are designed to provide information to internal users (managers). This difference is important‚ because it affects the design of the systems. Financial
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future costs. b. 1-8 2-4 A lotion bundle consists of 2 cases of 4oz‚ 4 cases of 8oz and 1 case of 12oz bottles. For each lotion bundle: Revenue=2*$36+4*$66+1*72=$408‚ Variable cost=2*$13+4*$24.5+1*27=$151 Contribution margin=2*$23+4*$41.5+1*45=$257. Therefore‚ the number of bundles required to break even is $771‚000/$257=3‚000 bundles 3‚000 bundles require a production of 6‚000 cases of 4oz‚ 12‚000 cases of 8oz and 3‚000 cases of 12oz bottles. 2-12 a. Line K Break-even point
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