the year‚ the company has extended their product range to pumps and flow controllers. The main learning outcome from analyzing the case study is manufacturing overhead cost allocation. Exhibit 2 in the case study shows pumps has a highest manufacturing overhead cost compare to valves and flow controller. The common overhead cost drivers in the production are machine hours‚ production runs and hours of engineering work. The key issue in this case study is the gross margin on pump sales is 19.5%
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that incurs cost when producing a product or providing a service” (Kimmel‚ 2009‚ pg. 867). Very important detailed information on how these costs are processed through the company’s work flow. The activity-based costing system shows the company management all the deficiencies‚ where cost improvements are needed‚ and where prices need to be increase for future production or location planning. The other reasons that activity-based costing can be used are that these are variable costs. Under variable
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Analysis of Costs Costs affect input choices‚ investment decisions‚ and even the decision of whether to stay in business. A. Economics analysis of costs 1. Total cost: fixed and variable (1) Total cost represents the lowest total dollar expense needed to produce each level of output q. TC rises as q rises. (2) Fixed cost represents the total dollar expense that is paid out even when no output is produced. FC is unaffected by any variation in the quantity of output. (3) Variable cost represents
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Cost Cutting Tips Most of us spend more than we need to for a lot of things. If you really can afford luxuries such as gourmet teas or designer clothing and still save for your future‚ you’re lucky. However‚ if you’re struggling to meet the financial goals you’ve set on your retirement roadmap‚ it’s time to look for ways to cut expenses—daily‚ monthly‚ and long-term. Start by seeing if you’d benefit from either of these big cost-cutting strategies: •If you’re paying high interest on a mortgage
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Services marketing-103038 Part A 1. Services marketing is marketing based on relationship and value. It may be used to market a service or a product. Marketing a service-base business is different from marketing a goods-base business. There are several major differences‚ including: 1. The buyer purchases are intangible 2. The service may be based on the reputation of a single person 3. It’s more difficult to compare the quality of similar services 4. The buyer cannot return the
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The Cost of Absenteeism Any company’s successful operation depends in large part on the attendance of its employees. Unnecessary or unexcused absences affect company operations. Some absences are unavoidable. Others are worth taking steps to control. Absenteeism costs companies more money every year. Can you figure out what absenteeism costs your company in any given month? Can you multiply that by 12 to see what it costs in a year? Remember‚ this isn’t taking into account the cost of replacing
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Introduction A customer is a person who gets some kind of a service or buys a product. This article highlights what are customers and their needs and what do they look when receiving a service‚ the benefits of providing excellent or high quality satisfaction to the customers who receives services. Customer is a person who comes with a need or a want to be fulfilled. Fulfilling this specific need is called customer service. In general needs of human beings are categorized by Abraham Maslow into
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provide free or cheap healthcare services. In this essay‚ I will point out 5 main reasons why our health is so expensive. Administrative Costs The number one reason our healthcare costs are so high‚ says Harvard economist David Cutler‚ is that “the administrative costs of running our healthcare system are astronomical. About one quarter of healthcare cost is associated with administration‚ which is far higher than in any other
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Allocate joint product costs according to the benefits-received approaches and the relative market value approaches. 3. Describe methods of accounting for by-products. 4. Explain why joint cost allocations may be misleading in management decision making. 5. Discuss why joint production is seldom found in service industries. This chapter describes the joint production processes and their outputs—joint products and by-products. Several methods are developed to allocate joint costs to joint products
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“perform different activities”. Cost leadership strategy Tiger airways has chosen the former it exploiting a cott leadership strategy. It has an integrated set of actions taken to produce services with features that are acceptable to customer at the lowest cost relative to that of competitors. Tiger’s costs structure foolows the shirt-haul low-cost model of Ryanair. It targets a broad customer segment and concentrates on finding ways to lower its costs relative to competitors by constantly
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