MARGINAL COSTING Introduction This paper explores the use of cost accounting information for decision-making purposes. DEFINITION OF KEY TERMS Marginal cost: This is the cost of a unit of a product or service‚ which would be avoided if that unit or service was not produced or provided Break-even point: This is the volume of sales where there is neither profit nor loss. 1 9 6 COST ACCOUNTING S T U D Y T E X T Margin of safety: This is the excess of sales over the break-even volume in
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Kaizen Costing A Report Kaizen Costing The ultimate objective of manufacturing industries today is to increase productivity through system simplification‚ organizational potential and incremental improvements by using modern techniques like Kaizen. Most of the manufacturing industries are currently encountering a necessity to respond to rapidly changing customer needs‚ desires and tastes. For industries‚ to remain competitive and retain market share in this global market‚ continuous improvement
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VARIABLE COSTINGMorenike Onibon Liberty University Abstract Determining the actual valuation of manufactured assets has always been a major problem in the accounting field. The real controversy exist in the decision regarding which costs are relevant to future periods‚ and thus should be included in assets valuation‚ and which should not be charged against net income. An understanding of the relationship between costs‚ volume‚ and profit‚ enables management to set more realistic objectives for
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of Target Costing 1 1.2 Historical Background 2 1.3 Objectives of Target Costing 3 2 Target Costing Principles 4 2.1 Price Led Costing 4 2.2 Customer Focus 4 2.3 Design Focus 5 2.4 Cross-Functional Involvement 5 2.5 Life Cycle Cost 5 3 Distinguishing Target Costing from Traditional Cost Management 6 4 Setting up a Target Costing Management 8 4.1 Fundamental Work 8 4.2 Systems of Managing Target Costing 8 4.3 Principles of Target Costing 9 4.4 Procedures of Target Costing 9 4.5 Risk
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Costing Systems Introduction After completing the “Broadening Your Perspective” communication activity in chapter 17 in Accounting: Tools for business decision making‚ the author was able to determine what strategy Super Bakery‚ Inc. used to make their business run in a more efficient manner. In this essay‚ the author discusses why Super Baker’s management felt it necessary to install an activity-based costing (ABC) system. The author shares whether or not he agrees on the reasoning of this decision
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Chapter 7 Notes Page 1 Variable Costing Absorption As we have seen in previous chapters‚ when you manufacture your own inventory‚ the cost of that inventory includes all of the costs associated with running the factory that produces the inventory. Generally‚ no part of the factory cost is expensed. Instead‚ it is capitalized as the cost of the inventory produced. It is only expensed when the inventory is sold. At that point the cost of the inventory becomes Cost of Goods Sold. This system is
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REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE BATCH COSTING INTRODUCTION Historically‚ because of the industrial background of cost accounting‚ specific order costing has tended to centre around the manufacturing environment. Given the developments both in cost accounting and performance evaluation over the last 20 years or so‚ cost accounting is now being applied in manufacturing‚ non manufacturing ‚ service and even in non profit making organizations. Cost Accounting is usually considered only as it applies to
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JOB COSTING JOB COSTING Cost object is a unit or multiple units of a distinct product or service called a job. Product or service is A single unit such as: 1.Specialised machine done at Hitachi. 2.A construction project managed by L & T. 3.Advertising campaign produced by Saatchi and Saatchi. Multiple identical unit such as: 1.Agni missile for Ministry of Defense manufactured by HAL. JOB COSTING SERVICE SECTOR JOB COSTING MERCHANDISING SECTOR - Audit engagements done - Special promotion of
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[pic] Learning Objectives: ← To understand the meaning of standard costing‚ its meaning and definition ← To learn its advantages and limitations ← To learn how to set of standards and determinations ← To learn how to revise standards Introduction: Standard costing is a very practical and therefore widely used costing system‚ in businesses that make a range of products which‚ although different‚ pass through standard and repetitive processes and machinery. Standard cost is the
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job costing Definition (according to business dictionary) An order-specific costing technique‚ used in situations where each job is different and is performed to the customer’s specifications. Job costing involves keeping an account of direct and indirect costs. Since both types of costs are usually closely related (a job requiring high input of labor and material is likely to consume more power‚ machine time‚ supervision time‚ inspection time‚ etc.) indirect costs may be applied as an estimated
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