STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM Airphil Express‚ which also has been called PAL express‚ is PAL’s budget airline. PAL’s transfer of its pilots to its budget airline is the alleged reason for the resignation of the pilots. PAL had to beef up its operations in order to compete with Cebu Pacific. However‚ instead of hiring new pilots for Airphil‚ PAL came up with a different strategy. PAL offered the pilots “another job” --- to be pilots but this time for Airphil Express where they would receive lower salaries
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Comparison of service quality of TNT express and DHL express with RATER dimensions The quality level of service provided by TNT Express and DHL Express in China could be described within the RATER dimensions of service quality. Samples and numbers are provided below to evaluate the quality of their service. Reliability Based on TNT Express annual report 2011‚ the service quality in that year has achieved an all time high with a 96% on-time delivery performance for the one million daily deliveries
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Multiple Choice Questions 16. Which terms would make the following sentence true? Manufacturing companies that benefit the most from activity-based costing are those where overhead costs are a _________ percentage of total product cost and where there is ___________ diversity among the various products that they produce. A) low‚ little B) low‚ considerable C) high‚ little D) high‚ considerable 17. Would factory security and assembly
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CHAPTER 6 COST BEHAVIOR TYPES OF COST BEHAVIOR PATTERNS 1. Variable Cost 2. Fixed Cost 3. Mixed / Semi-variable Cost Cost Structure – the relative proportion of fixed‚ variable‚ and mixed costs found within an organization or firm. 1. Variable Cost - its total dollar amount varies in direct proportion to changes in the activity level. Example: Number of Trucks Radiator Cost per Total Radiator
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each purpose discuss whether information about current or future product costs is required. What implication does your answer have for developing a product costing system? L-S‚ T & H‚ page 131. Purpose Current / Future Product Costs Short-term decisions: product mix‚ pricing Future Longer-term strategic decisions Future Long-term pricing Future Plan future product-related costs Future Control of product costs Current Reimbursement contracts Current External reporting (inventory
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Cost estimation is a fundamental aspect of managerial/cost accounting (Datar et al. 2008; Eldenburg and Wolcott 2005). The cost predictions are used in each of the management functions. for example used to predict costs so that management can determine the desirability of alternative options and to budget expenditures‚ profits‚ and cash flows. The objective is to support students in learning how to apply regression analyses to understand cost behavior and forecast future costs using real data from
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Choose the best answer for the question from among the choices provided. 1. Cost accounting differs from financial accounting in that cost accounting is: a) Primarily concerned with income determination b) Relied on for analyzing and implementing internal decisions c) Focused only on qualitative information d) Primarily concerned with external reporting e) None of the above 2. The following costs relate to
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different quality material from standard; Buying materials from a non‑usual source due to urgency; Utilising different labour from standard; Price changes due to economic conditions; scarcity of supplies; Choosing to incur additional discretionary fixed costs; More (or less) overtime hours used than budgeted. 2. Efficiency/usage/quantity variances: Standard is out of date‚ set without due care; Inefficient use of material/labour‚ deliberate or otherwise; Poor supervision/equipment/maintenance.Changes in
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activity-based costing and the creation of individual cost pools that will use direct labor hours (DLH)‚ material handling (MH)‚ and number of shipments (NS) as cost drivers. Data on the cost pools and respective driver volumes follow. Product Alpha Gamma Pool Cost Pool No. 1 (Driver: DLH) 200 1800 $420‚000 Pool No. 2 (Driver: MH) 15 10 $375‚000 Pool No. 3 (Driver: NS) 2‚000 18‚000 $20‚000 1. The overhead cost allocated to Alpha by using traditional costing procedures
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In the express mail industry shipment volume was increasing quickly‚ but prices were falling. For this reason total revenues of the industry had been growing by only 10-15% each year and were expected to grow about 10% for the next five to ten years. The customer base of the industry was broadening due to acceleration in the pace of business. However‚ customers of this industry were not very loyal‚ even though discounts based on volume did encourage customers to focus on one carrier. Customers chose
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