Activity based costing Definition and concept ‘An approach to the costing and monitoring of activities which involves tracing resource consumption and costing final outputs. Resources are assigned to activities‚ and activities to cost objects based on consumption estimates. The latter utilise cost drivers to attach activity costs to outputs.’ Activity-based costing (ABC) is a costing methodology that identifies activities in an organization and assigns the cost of each activity with resources
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15.514 Summer 2003 Session 17 Activity-Based Costing Objectives 1. Computation of product costs using ABC 2. Understand the role of judgment: how are cost pools and cost drivers determined? 3. Link cost data to strategic choices Game Plan & Class Pedagogy Case discussion. Reading Assignment CP: Siemens Electric Motor Works Class Preparation Questions Focus your group’s attention on the qualitative questions (1 -6). Attempt to answer questions 7 and 8 before coming to
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THE INNOVATION OF TIME-DRIVEN ACTIVITY-BASED COSTING Robert S Kaplan; Steven R Anderson Cost Management; Mar/Apr 2007; 21‚ 2; ABI/INFORM Global pg. 5 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Reproduced with permission
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Chapter 3 - Activity-Based Costing -Rather than use a plantwide overhead rate (POHR)‚ many companies use departmental overhead rates with a different predetermined overhead rate in each production department. The nature of the work performed in a department will determine the department’s allocation base -Ex. Overhead costs in a machining department may be allocated on the basis of machine-hours. In contrast‚ the overhead costs in an assembly department may be allocated on the basis of direct
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Journal of Accounting Research Vol. 40 No. 3 June 2002 Printed in U.S.A. The Association Between Activity-Based Costing and Manufacturing Performance C H R I S T O P H E R D . I T T N E R ‚∗ W I L L I A M N . L A N E N ‚† A N D D A V I D F . L A R C K E R∗ Received 20 May 1999; accepted 23 October 2001 ABSTRACT This study examines the association between activity-based costing and manufacturing performance. Results using a cross-sectional sample of manufacturing plants indicates that extensive
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case 2 C. Greetings Inc. : Activity-Based Costing Developed by Thomas L. Zeller Loyola University Chicago‚ and Paul D. Kimmel‚ Univ ers ity of Wis consin-Milw aukee THE BUSINESS SITUATION Mr. Burns‚ president of Greetings Inc.‚ created the Wall Décor unit of Greetings three years ago to increase the company’s revenue and profits. Unfortunately‚ even though Wall Décor’s revenues have grown quickly‚ Greetings appears to be losing money on Wall Décor. Mr. Burns has hired you to provide consuìting
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interested to introduce an activity-based costing (ABC) system to allocate (or distribute) indirect costs to products. Indirect costs‚ as distinct from direct costs‚ cannot be unambiguously linked to specific products. The controller would like to calculate product costs based on ABC for planning and control‚ not inventory valuation. Under an ABC system‚ the allocation of costs to products is achieved through at least four analytical steps. Firstly‚ costs are grouped into activity levels. Secondly‚ cost
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Contributions of Activity-Based Costing (ABC) to the Modern Business Environment In the increasingly competitive business environment‚ the enterprises who intend to maintain and enhance competitive advantages must build an efficient costing system to control‚ plan and decide how to improve the profitability and efficiency of the operation. Activity-based costing system (ABC) is such an advanced costing system that satisfies the needs of companies in modern business environment. This essay gives
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CHAPTER 5: ACTIVITY-BASED COSTING AND CUSTOMER PROFITABILITY ANALYSIS QUESTIONS 5-1Undercosting a product may appear to have increased the reported profit the product earned (assuming the firm did not lower its selling price because of the reported lower product cost). However‚ the increased profit is‚ at best‚ a twist in truth. Costs of the product not charged to the product itself are borne by other products of the firm. Worse‚ undercosting a product may result in managers erroneously believing
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Traditional Overhead Costing vs Activity Based Overhead Costing Activity based costing deals with the key activities in which the firm’s resources are put. It accumulates overhead costs for each such activity. It is also used in determining the drivers of these activities. It assigns the cost of these activities to their ultimate cost centre. Activity based costing is rather a refinement over traditional costing system. The major differences are as follows: Under traditional costing‚ the overheads are
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