Decision Analysis Page 1 of 4 Decision Analysis Donna L. Christian‚ Strayer University Winter Quarter (MAT 540) Instructor: Mune Lokesh March 11‚ 2012 Decision Analysis Page 2 of 4 In business today‚ many decision-making situations occur under conditions of uncertainty. The demand for a product can be one number this week and double that number next week or vice versa. There are several decision-making techniques to aid the decision maker in dealing with these types of uncertainties
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Decision Trees for Decision Making The management of a company that I shall call Stygian Chemical Industries‚ Ltd.‚ must decide whether to build a small plant or a large one to manufacture a new product with an expected market life of ten years. The decision hinges on what size the market for the product will be. Possibly demand will be high during the initial two years but‚ if many initial users find the product unsatisfactory‚ will fall to a low level thereafter. Or high initial demand might
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If you are starting out in a new business‚ especially a service/manufacturing business‚ understanding the cost accounting system and which cost accounting system will work best for your company‚ is the first step to being successful. Once you find someone to help you navigate those waters‚ let them help you sail the rough seas of direct and indirect inventory‚ direct and indirect labor costs‚ and how to allocate factory overhead as well. While it all may sound confusing‚ having the right person
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DIVIDEND DECISION The dividend decision is one of the 3 basic decisions which a financial manager maybe required to take‚ the other two being the investment decisions and the financing decisions. In each period any earnings that remain after satisfying obligations to the creditors‚ the government and the preference sh.hol can either be retained or paid out as dividends or bifurcated between retained earnings and dividends. The retained earnings can be invested in assets which will help
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The prime aim is to throw light at the subtle inconsistencies that can cost the companies far more than just money but their entire image. The asset of ‘good will’ has its nemesis in these unethical practices surfacing. Management accountants work inside a company‚ handling all internal accounting data. These individual often allocate production costs‚ create management reports and provide support for managerial decisions. Ethical issues can result from managerial accounting activities. Like all
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Cost Allocation University of Phoenix Accounting in Healthcare ACC561 December 12‚ 2010 Cost Allocation Transfer Pricing [pic] [pic] Transfer pricing is a value attached to the output of a department to measure the value of the trade with other departments within the organization. Transfer prices will not affect the organization’s profit results. This contributes directly to the process of departmental performance measurement and indirectly to the measurement of a product
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CHAPTER 13 SHORT-RUN DECISION MAKING: RELEVaNT COSTING 1 DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 1. Tactical decisions are short run in nature; they involve choosing among alternatives with an immediate or limited end in view. Strategic decisions involve selecting strategies that yield a long-term competitive advantage. 2. Depreciation is an allocation of a sunk cost. This cost is a past cost and will never differ across alternatives. 3. The salary of the supervisor of an assembly line with excess capacity
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1. ASSIGNMENT 2: OPERATIONS DECISION Introduction This document will briefly describe the details of a fictitious business (X-QUIZIT INC). It will show an assessment of the current environmental scan factors that are relevant to the business decision making process and the factor that will have the greatest impact on the business operations and management’s decision to continue or discontinue its operation. It will also show an evaluation of the financial performance of the company using the
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Decision Making Across the Organization The key strategic in every organization is to identify what is the influence of decision making across the organization as a whole. There are benefits and challenges in every organization no matter how large or small it may be. Business owner has to have a plan and a solution for every challenge that may arise in the organization. A manger is not to be in reasonable when he has to make a decision for the organization; he is to be expected to have a solution
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COSTING SUPPORT AND COST CONTROL IN MANUFACTURING A COST ESTIMATION TOOL APPLIED IN THE SHEET METAL DOMAIN PROEFSCHRIFT ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor aan de Universiteit Twente‚ op gezag van de rector magnificus‚ prof.dr. F.A. van Vught‚ volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties in het openbaar te verdedigen op vrijdag 3 mei 2002 te 15.00 uur. door Erik ten Brinke geboren op 15 maart 1973 te Hardenberg Dit proefschrift is goedgekeurd door: de promotor prof.dr.ir. H
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