Introduction: Process costing is a form of operations costing which is used where standardized homogeneous goods are produced. This costing method is used in industries like chemicals‚ textiles‚ steel‚ rubber‚ sugar‚ shoes‚ petrol etc. Process costing is also used in the assembly type of industries also. It is assumed in process costing that the average cost presents the cost per unit. Cost of production during a particular period
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identified activity-based management as the right approach that can take the enterprise to the next level of international success. Activity-based management is a contemporary technique that maximizes value adding activities to the clients of the campaign while also eliminating non-value adding activities. Its main objective is to enhance the firm’s efficiency and effectiveness in securing its markets. ABM relies on activity-based costing for valuable information which is used to manage activities to bring
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Activity Based Costing Implementation for a Not-For-Profit Darrell Ament‚ Author The author was tasked with setting up an activity based costing (ABC) system for a not-for-profit organization. The first thing done by the author was to use the internet to research the use of ABC systems for non-profits. The result was the conclusion by the author that QuickBooks’ class feature could be used to track expenses‚ revenues and balance sheet costs for the implementing ABC. Income‚ Revenue and Balance
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Introduction to Standard Costing Standard costing is an important subtopic of cost accounting. Standard costs are usually associated with a manufacturing company’s costs of direct material‚ direct labor‚ and manufacturing overhead. Rather than assigning the actual costs of direct material‚ direct labor‚ and manufacturing overhead to a product‚ many manufacturers assign the expected or standard cost. This means that a manufacturer’s inventories and cost of goods sold will begin with amounts reflecting
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indirectly. Based on utility‚ the classification of costs can be direct and indirect costs; controllable and uncontrollable costs; fixed‚ variable and semi-variable costs; differential incremental or decremental costs; opportunity costs etc. In the managerial decision making process‚ each classification has its own importance. Many costing techniques evolved in due course of time to ascertain the costs of above elements and to facilitate the control of the cost of the product. The main costing techniques
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Topic: Product costing Ningbo lecturer: Ms. Huang HuiQin – E: huanghuiqin@nbu.edu.cn – P: 86-574-87600960 Student: Lê Uyên Phương (Phoebe) – E: leuyenphuongvn@yahoo.com – P: 86-15 757 829 310 Student ID: 1211125031 NBU Intake 12‚ 2012 Required: Examine the literature to identify the different perspectives on how a product’s cost may be formulated. Assess the strengths and weaknesses of the various approaches to product costing that have been proposed
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ARBSORPTION COSTING STATEMENT DETAILS COST PER SYSTEM Systems Mist cooling Water mist OAR $1500/hrs Variable cost $ 1 450‚00 $ 1 254‚00 Fixed Overhead cost $ 4 500‚00 $ 5 400‚00 Total unit cost $ 5 950‚00 $ 6 654‚00 Traditional Absorption Costing Income Statement
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MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING: COSTING AND BUDGETING ------------------------------------------------- Amaya Gamage BM/C/43/32 SUBMITTED TO: Mr. Anuruddha Yapa 30.07.2012 Acknowledgement I would like to express my sincere gratitude to those who helped me to finish this project on Costing and Budgeting. I have taken a lot of effort in finishing this assignment successfully. I express my heartfelt gratitude especially to our lecturer of Management Accounting: Costing and Budgeting module
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of Target Costing 1 1.2 Historical Background 2 1.3 Objectives of Target Costing 3 2 Target Costing Principles 4 2.1 Price Led Costing 4 2.2 Customer Focus 4 2.3 Design Focus 5 2.4 Cross-Functional Involvement 5 2.5 Life Cycle Cost 5 3 Distinguishing Target Costing from Traditional Cost Management 6 4 Setting up a Target Costing Management 8 4.1 Fundamental Work 8 4.2 Systems of Managing Target Costing 8 4.3 Principles of Target Costing 9 4.4 Procedures of Target Costing 9 4.5 Risk
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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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