Compare the three retailers in terms of inbound transportation cost (from manufacturers to warehouse/retailer) and outbound transportation cost (from warehouse/retailer to customers). Transportation costs‚ as with most e-retailers‚ are higher at Blue Nile than at Tiffany or Zales. The outbound transportation distance and hence costs and time tend to be much higher when inventories are aggregated‚ as is the case at Blue Nile. In the case of Tiffany and Zales‚ some economies of scale can still be
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Identify two cost oriented approach and provide hypothetical examples for each? Cost oriented approach is when a company sets a price of a product that covers marketing and production cost. An example would be an apples iphone. It cost about $200 to make and they sell a brand new one without an contract for $800. So I am guessing the rest of the money is used to cover production‚ marketing and make a profit. Also Dr. Dre beats are made in china and are priced at $300 but cost $80 to make. So same
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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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The Cost Center That Paid Its Way Eric Palmer is the head of Camden Robotics marketing communications department. He was asked by the CEO‚ Tom O’Reilly‚ to turn his department from a cost center into a profit center. Eric has a full team of professionals‚ some of which are very expensive but he doesn’t end up losing any of them. He simply has to start making a profit or Tom O’Reilly may cut costs in the marketing communications department. Eric starts off great. There are a few customers that
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industry provides a unique opportunity to explore the development of the internal reporting structure. While the use of internal cost and profitabiHty reports is widespread in merchandising‚ manufacturing‚ and other service industries‚ banks have historically focused only on overall profitability. The reason is simple. In the past‚ interest rates‚ branch locations‚ and service offerings were heavily regulated by the government; banks had little incentive or opportunity to consider issues such as
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Introduction This assignment focuses on the cost functions of the Dutch Railways. In this tutorial will be an estimated cost function developed for the Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS). This cost function (expressed in Dutch Guilders) is based on the period of Year 1951 till Year 1993. This due to certain developments that made it more difficult to come to a good approach of a cost function. Based on the cost function‚ developed in this tutorial‚ there will be an answer provided on the question whether
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product line. According to Sippican’s cost accounting system further decrease in the price of pumps would not be acceptable as because of the past price reductions the margin on pumps have already declined from the planned 35% to 5%. Detailed and alternative analysis of the costs – such as Activity Based Cost analysis – reveals alternatives for the management to decide on pricing‚ efficiency measures‚ and product development. Sippican Corporation uses a simple cost accounting system for performance
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OVERHEAD COSTS ACCOUNTING Overheads are indirect costs which can not directly be traced to cost units. The task of the cost accountant is to charge these overhead costs to cost units/products. There are two approaches of charging overhead costs to cost units Viz i. Traditional/conventional absorption costing method and‚ ii. Activity Based Costing (ABC) Classification of overheads Overheads can be classified as production or non production overheads. Production overheads are those incurred
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clear thinking along with presentation | | | Subject Specific Parameters | 1. Understanding the procedures of Costing | Clarity of concept | | | 2. To be able to calculate the unit cost and prepare costing Profit & Loss statement | Precision in cost calculation and preparation of cost sheet | | | Grades | Grade Descriptors | Achieved Yes/No (Y / N) | P | A Pass grade is achieved by meeting all the requirements defined. | | M | Identify & apply strategies/techniques
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12‚ 2012 Saving Money in Miami Miami is a wonderful city. However‚ living in Miami has some disadvantages because it is a tourist destination. That means the cost of living in Miami is higher than many other U.S. cities. According to Homefair.com‚ Miami is in the top six most expensive cities in the U.S. The average cost of living is approximately $51‚500 (Chapple‚ 2012). Although Miami is an expensive city‚ there are several ways to save money. Clothing‚ transportations‚ and entertainment
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