ACT 5733 – Advanced Managerial Accounting Fall 2012 HW #3 Question #1 Consider the following potential investment‚ which has the same risk as the firm’s other projects: Time Cash Flow 0 -$95‚000 1 $20‚000 2 $24‚000 3 $24‚000 4 $24‚000 5 $24‚000 6 $32‚000 a) What are the investment’s payback period‚ IRR‚ and NPV‚ assuming the firm’s WACC is 10%. b) If the firm requires a payback period of less than 5 years‚ should this project be accepted? Answer: Yes it should accept
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A Note on Direct Costs Garrison et al.[1] define direct cost as a cost that can be easily and conveniently traced to a specific cost object. They go on to say that the concept of direct cost extends beyond just direct materials and direct labor. This is a reasonably accurate definition but I think you need a little more information to help you understand how to use this concept. There are certain features of direct costs that I would like to explain with this note. In the problems in Chapter
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1. The overhead allocation rate used in the 1987 model year strategy study at the Automotive Component & Fabrication Plant (ACF) was 435% of direct labor dollar cost. Calculated the overhead allocation rate using the 1987 model year budget. Calculate the overhead allocation rate for each of the model years 1988 through 1990. Are the changes since 1987 in overhead allocation rates significant? Why have these changes occurred? Solution: Based on the given info we calculate Overhead Allocation
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inventory holdings and removing the activities associated with their maintenance. The just-in-time systems inventory is made available just in time for customer consumption. Chapter 6 3. Identify the four hierarchical levels used to
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Managerial Accounting Reality Check Summaries Professor Shin Hee-Lim Shin 1001006 Reality Check – What’s your blog’s ROI? Summary ROI has been always one of the important factors to determine how profitable the business is doing. However‚ for until last few decades‚ ROI was only implementing to evaluate the hard assets like buildings and equipment. But in nowadays‚ many companies are using ROI to evaluate the investment in technology‚ such as blog. As a following example‚ it shows that
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MBA 520: Managerial Accounting Performance Measurement at Lipton: Evaluation and Recommendations ------------------------------------------------- Nick Arens Chris Lance Ryan Moore Rob Sloan Summary We at ALMS Consulting Co. have been hired to analyze the way product lines and product managers are being evaluated at the Thomas J. Lipton‚ Incorporated (“Lipton” or the “Company”) entity. We will review the performance metrics utilized at the corporate level of Lipton‚ explain
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operation. it can act strategically #3. Which of the 13 tools for accounting information systems summarized in Figure 7.18 do you feel are essential for any business to have today? Which of them do you feel are optional‚ depending on the type of business or other factor? Explain. Essential : 1) Sales Order Processing- This is how orders are processed without this incoming and outgoing orders is not monitored. Since my company deals with fuel retailing it is very important that orders are managed
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Managerial Accounting (MA) บัญชีบริหาร เป็นการจัดทำและนำเสนอข้อมูลและสารสนเทศทางการเงินที่เป็นอยู่ใ นปัจจุบันแก่ผู้บริหารและพนักงานภายในองค์กร ความสำคัญของบัญชีบริหาร MA เป็นเครื่องมือหนึ่งที่สำคัญในการบริหาร เนื่องจากเป็นสิ่งที่มีบทบาทในการสนับสนุนหน้าที่หลักของการบริ หารทั้ง 4 ที่มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อบรรลุเป้าหมายขององค์กร โดยช่วยปรับลักษณะเชิงพรรณนาของกลยุทธ์ให้อยู่ในรูปเชิงปริมาณท ี่สามารถปฏิบัติงานได้จริง หน้าที่หลักของการบริหารองค์กร กระบวนการของ MA บทบาทของ MA ที่ช่วยสนับสนุนหน้าที่
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investments in equity securities to answer questions 1- 4 below. The company’s accounting year ends December 31. | |Date of acquisition|Cost |Fair value |Date sold |Selling price | |Investment | | |12/31/10 | | | |Ajax Company stock |6/20/10 |$40‚000 |$36‚000 |2/10/11 |$34‚000
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“Lecture Preparation Instructions” tab in Vista prior to each class for detailed instructions and reading assignments. Each lecture will require preparation. Identify Issues Analyze Data Build Model Run Model Make Decision Management Accounting: Decision-making The Corporate Environment: Corporations are a conglomeration of people with a common purpose. The individuals seek to attain goals for the corporation‚ with the ultimate goal being profitability. In order to achieve this
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