(B) A good example of how ABC systems are better than the traditional costing systems is represented in the case of Hammer Products, Inc. In order to compare them, we first need to calculate the total cost per unit under each costing system, and then determine how much money each product will generate; also known as profit margin per unit. The first step to compute the total cost per unit under the traditional costing system is to determine the predetermined overhead rate that will be used in calculating the manufacturing overhead per unit. As shown in exhibit1, the predetermined overhead rate is obtained by dividing the total estimated manufacturing overhead cost for the year by the total estimated number of hours applied to production. In this case, the predetermined overhead rate turned out to be $48dlh; which means that for every hour spent on the production of these products, $48 will be applied to manufacturing overhead. Once the predetermined overhead rate is determined, we can figure out how much money has been applied to each, single unit of production by multiplying the predetermined overhead rate by the number of direct labor hours that it took to produce each unit. Then, if we add the direct materials and direct labor amounts that were previously given to the manufacturing…
3. Perform a Cost Analysis. (Title this section Cost Analysis.) The costs should include the following:…
|1 |What are the respective amounts and percentages of Materials, Labor, Overhead and Other in total COGS for ABC? |…
The final cost of quality that we need to look at is Failure Costs, and can be defined as “ Caused by defective parts, products or by faulty services.” (Stevenson, 2008, p.421) These failure costs can…
Adopting a standard costing system helps identify performance standards and also helps a company’s managers in preparing budgets and setting performance target levels. In this case, the company needed to find out if the new material it was using was providing any benefits. These favorable variances indicate that the quality of this new material did not have any detrimental effects on production…
William is the owner of a small pizza shop and is thinking of increasing products and lowering costs. William’s pizza shop owns four ovens and the cost of the four ovens is $1,000. Each worker is paid $500 per week.…
5. How were the limitations of the existing cost system overcome by the ABC system?…
2. Compare the estimated costs you calculate to existing standard unit cost (Exhibit 3) and the revised unit cost (Exhibit 4). What causes the different product costing methods to produce such different results?…
The first costs to consider are appraisal costs. Appraisal costs are those which relate to inspecting, testing and any activities designed to uncover defects, or ensure there are none, as illustrated on page 420 of “Operations Management” by Stevenson, W. J. (2009.) The second type of costs includes those of prevention. In other words, any attempts our company would make preventing defects from actually occurring. This may include better planning, training or quality control procedures. The third is failure costs, which are “incurred by defective parts or by faulty services.” All internal failures discovered during the production process, or external failures (those discovered after delivery to our customers.)…
The value chain is the set of activities that transforms raw resources into the goods and services end users purchase and consume. The supply chain includes the set of firms and individuals that sells goods and services to the firm. The distribution chain is the set of firms and individuals that buys and distributes goods and services from the firm.…
A simple and easily executable method, the first step in the PSM is to ask respondents the following four price-related questions:…
4- List the 7 concepts that re necessary for an effective TQM program. How are these related to Deming’s 14 points?…
| Chart showing no. of customers who feel that there has been an improvement in the quality of the product.…