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    STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING This report will attempt to explain what Strategic Management Accounting (SMA) is‚ how it developed‚ why Traditional Management Accounting (TMA) is not sufficient to provide information for strategic decisions and the difference between SMA and TMA. It will further outline some of the essential analytical tools or techniques in SMA such as Activity Based Costing (ABC) and the Balanced Scorecard (BSC). SMA is an extremely broad concept‚ so in order to give a bird’s

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    Full Cost Pricing Selling price arrived at by adding overheads and profit margin to the direct cost per unit of a product. In a manufacturer’s overheads computation‚ less than full capacity utilization of the plant is factored in to allow for fluctuations in the output. The profit margin is computed as a fixed percentage of the average total cost of the product. Pricing - full cost-plus pricing Full cost plus pricing seeks to set a price that takes into account all relevant costs of production

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    a) COST ACCOUNTING Cost accounting system is the part of management accounting that makes budget‚ actual cost of operations‚ analysis of variance and profitability of social use of funds. Cost accounting helps the manager in decision making regarding the reduction of the cost of the company and in improving the profitability. Cost accounting system is primarily used for internal managers therefore it does not need to follow the standards of GAAP. Cost accounting is also considered very important

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    Direct Cost 2. Indirect Cost 3. Cost Object 4. Cost Driver 5. Cost Allocation 6. Cost Sheet 7. Semi variable cost 2. Write a detailed note on Target Costing. (DEC‚ 2010) 3. Write a note on methods of absorption of overheads. (DEC‚ 2010) 4. Write a note on classification of overheads. (DEC‚ 2010) 5. Write short notes on the following: i. Product Costs ii. Period costs iii. Out of pocket cost iv. Sunk Costs v. Opportunity cost vi. Replacement cost vii. Joint cost (DEC‚ 2011)

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    Environmental management accounting is a new technique to identify environmental cost flows of a company. Environmental Management Accounting (EMA) also can defined as the identification‚ collection‚ estimation‚ analysis‚ internal reporting and use of material and energy flow information‚ environmental cost information and other cost information for both conventional and environmental decision-making within an organization (Tellus Institutes). EMA simply defines as management accounting with a focus

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    School of Business BTEC HND in Management/Marketing/Information Technology Management Accounting Mary Jay Angela Tinimbang Mrs. Rosalinda A. Caoili February 15‚ 2013 1st Year Business Management Section A Academic Year 2013-2014 Contents Case 1 3 Classify the different types of costs (1.1) 4 Case 2 6 Use different costing methods (1.2) 7 Case 3 8 Calculate costs using appropriate techniques (1.3) 9 Case 4 12 Analyse cost data using appropriate techniques. (1.4) 13

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    Cost Management or Cost Control In broad sense‚ both the terms have the same meaning. Yet cost management seems to connote broader perspective. Cost control to an un-initiated may mean cutting down the incurrence of cost or expenditure every time or in every situation. In reality it is not always so. In many specific situations‚ many times‚ one has to spend or incur cost in order to gain or make more money. It is in fact like an investment. Cost management sounds better then. Profits Making

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    Solutions to Problems and Exercises TABLE OF CONTENTS * Chapter 1 1 Concepts for Analysis 1-5 1 Concepts for Analysis 1-6 2 Concepts for Analysis 1-10 3 Concepts for Analysis 1-11 3 * Chapter 2 4 Brief Exercise 2-3 4 Brief Exercise 2-4 4 Brief Exercise 2-5 4 Exercise 2-3 5 * Chapter 3 6 Exercise 3-6 6 Exercise 3-9 6 Exercise 3-11 8 Exercise 3-14 10 Exercise 3-15 10 Exercise 3-16 10 * chapter 4 12 Exercise 4-2 12 Exercise 4-4 13 Exercise 4-5 16 Exercise 4-12 17

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    Topic:Responsibility Accounting and Cost Control. Subject: Management control systems Index: |Sr.No |Topic |Page No | |1 |Meaning of Responsibility Accounting |3 | |2 |Steps involved in Responsibility Accounting

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    Management Accounting Absorption vs Marginal Costing Report 20813287 Absorption vs. Marginal Costing (Atmospheric Ltd) Contents Page No Memorandum 3 Marginal (Variable) Costing 4 Absorption

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