Process costing is used for homogenous products (continuous flow processes such as producing cans of soda). Job-order costing is used in situations where the organization offers many different products or services‚ such as in furniture manufacturing‚ hospitals‚ and legal firms. Process costing is used where units of product are homogeneous‚ such as in flour milling or cement production. The purpose of a job order cost accounting system is to assign and accumulate costs for each job‚ i.e
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Chapter 3 Systems Design: Job-Order Costing Types of Costing Systems Used to Determine Product Costs Process Costing Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Job-order Costing Many different products are produced each period. Many different products are produced each period. Products are manufactured to order. Products are manufactured to order. Cost are traced or allocated to jobs. Cost are traced or allocated to jobs. Cost records must be maintained for each distinct Cost records must be maintained for
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locations. Mr. Burns felt that to increase revenue in the mall locations‚ Greetings would need to attract new customers and sell more goods repeat customers. In order to do this‚ the company would need to add a new product line. However ‚ to keep costs down‚ the product line should be one that would not require much additional store space. In order to improve earnings‚ rather than just increase revenues‚ Greetings would have to carefully manage the costs of this new product line. After careful consideration
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1. Describe when it is appropriate for a company to use a job-order costing system. Answer Job order cost system provides per unit cost of manufactured products. Job order cost system is used by the companies that manufacture custom products for customers or batches of similar products. Job order cost system is used in the companies that offer many different products or services to its customers. Example Industries where job order cost system is used are Furniture manufacturing‚ Apparel manufacturing
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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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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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METHODS OF COST ACCOUNTING INTRODUCTION The Meaning of Cost Cost is a measure of the sacrifice or forgoing of a scarce resource to achieve a specific objective. An organization sacrifices scarce resources‚ i.e. the purchase cost‚ in order to obtain other resources. A cost is usually measured in terms of money paid to acquire goods or services. One can observe that the term cost is rarely used without an adjective in front of it. The term ‘Cost’ has multiple meanings and different types of costs
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Costing Methods Paper Baldomero Garza‚ Carrie Davis Tsao‚ Chelse Monnier‚ Elizabeth Sanchez‚ Lea Dague‚ ACC/561 November 26‚ 2012 Cathleen Davis Costing Methods Paper Costing Methods Franco Harris’ company Super Bakery‚ Inc. has seen significant success along with continued growth throughout its existence. The authors point out that the company has enjoyed a 20% average growth “during most of its existence” (Kimmel‚ Weygand‚ & Kieso‚ 2009). The purpose of this analysis is to identify
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Costing Methods Paper ACC/561 7 March 2013 Costing Methods Paper Super Bakery‚ Inc. has broadened its footprint by taking on a new cost system that result in fair pricing by activities instead of product. The strategies used by the company were clear to make the improvements needed to move the company forward. Other cost systems were considered but the activity-based costing approach was best suited to the company’s needs. The job order cost system and the process cost system
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Job Costing Job costing is the process of tracking the expenses incurred on a job against the revenue produced by that job. Job costing is an important tool for those who are pairing a relatively high dollar volume per customer with a relatively low number of customers. For example‚ building contractors‚ subcontractors‚ architects and consultants often use job costing‚ whereas a hardware store or convenience store would not use job costing. Job costing using accounting software enables you to track
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