To make a managerial decision Maria has to evaluate the fixed costs and the variable costs, this will allow to proceed with a safe and useful decision. Maria has to evaluate certain criteria for San Juan Cell Phone such as the how the product sales , the cost of goods sold , variable operating and marketing expenses for the Alpha and Beta models. The product price, variable cost and fix overhead for the Alpha model are lower than the Beta model in the unit profitability…
The current system doesn’t do well at estimating the cost. The estimated material and scrap cost, overhead cost depends…
Traditionally cost accountants had arbitrarily added a broad percentage of analysis into the indirect cost. In addition, activities include actions that are performed both by people and machine. However, as the percentages of indirect cost rose (i.e. automation), this technique became increasingly inaccurate, because indirect costs were not caused equally by all products. For example, one product might take more time in one expensive machine than another product—but since the amount of direct labor and materials might be the same, additional cost for use of the machine is not being recognized when the same broad 'on-cost' percentage is added to all products. Consequently, when multiple products share common costs, there is a danger of one product subsidizing another.…
CI’s cost system was developed to measure performance and profit potential, each materials and labor input is given and production…
Overall Theme We will explore fundamental assumptions of cost functions and discuss the relationships between cost behaviour, cost estimation and cost prediction. The concept of cost driver analysis and its application to cost estimation and cost management will also be discussed. We will also describe how to estimate cost behaviour using managerial judgment, engineering methods and other quantitative techniques.…
The main issues in this case are regarding to a scarce resource, a beachfront Palapa, which is an important product for this resort adding great value to customers. Due to this very limited spots The Caribbean Palm Resort has been struggling for developing the right pricing strategy in order to achieve both revenue and customer satisfaction goals. However, the approaches to date they considered have been inconsistent and too complex. As a result, it could confuse customers and staff and also jeopardise their business.…
5. Estimate the ABC-based cost and profitability of Wilkerson’s three product lines by estimating the various activity cost driver rates using the manufacturing overhead amount and actual total usage data of the various activity cost drivers in March 2000 provided in Exhibit 4. Why are these costs and profits different from the product costs reported in Exhibit 2? What causes any shifts in cost and profitability?…
Firstly, in case of buying the product, subassembly costs are $128,000 ($ 16 × 8,000 Units). Fixed factory overhead applied are $48,000 ($ 6 × 8,000 Units). Through these studies, Total costs are considered to be $176,000 ($128,000…
The cost allocation is a process of assigning costs to different activities. There is several methodology of cost allocation. The cost driver allocates costs into different activities and locations. Health organizations use different allocation methods according to their needs to attain organization and profitability. The purpose of allocation is to make the understanding of costs easier rather than rating the products and services. Another purpose is to compute and analyze asset evaluation. The allocation of cost to service department helps attribute and facilitate costs. There are three types of cost allocation…
This exercise is to help further explain Activity Based Costing and how it can help the Manufacturing Company keep its cost at the correct level. “An Activity Based Costing system recognizes relationships between cost, activities, and products, and through this relationship assigns indirect cost to products less arbitrarily than traditional methods...” (Investopedia, 2014)…
The purpose of this paper is to answer a few important questions: Why do companies allocate costs? How do companies allocate costs? And how this cost allocation can affect the decision making of the company. It is important for the companies to find the proper method to allocate the costs. Cost allocation is an important issue in many companies because many of the costs associated with designing, producing and distributing products and services are not easily identified with the products and services that are created. It would have been easier for companies to allocate cost if costs were directly traceable with the products and the cost allocation would have been minor issue for the company. The decision-making process, is heavily relied on the information the company has received from the cost allocation process. By having all the correct information available, decision-making becomes an easier task and having the incorrect information can be affect the company for months or even years. But first let’s talk about cost accounting, cost allocation and it’s purpose.…
4. A product engineer has developed the following equation for the cost of a system component:…
| Absorption costing and Activity Based costing based on the results explain the importance of costs in the pricing strategy of Quality manufacturers…
Aztec would be responsible for reducing costs in line with price reductions (average cost savings at Aztec…
Las fuentes que le brindan valor a la marca son el conocimiento que poseen los baristas, la calidad del café y el servicio para atender a los clientes en un ambiente sofisticado y cómodo que se ubicaba en un punto al alcance.…