Running head: ACTIVITY BASED COSTING CASE Activity Based Costing Case David Welch University of Phoenix Accounting Capstone ACC/594 Tom Myers February 1‚ 2010 The selection of the right cost calculation method is of critical importance when it comes to determining the real product profitability. Activity Based Costing is one approach that can be used. Activity based costing is a managerial accounting system that determines the cost of activities without distortion and provides management
Premium Management Costs Cost
The cost benefit analysis of Plug In hybrid electric vehicles includes a comparison between the lifetime of the vehicle and the ownership cost. Here the cost of ownership includes the cost of consumption of energy as well as the retail cost‚ but excludes the differences in cost of maintenance. A high cost of 5 USD per gallon of gasoline is assumed for the near term scenario. The cost of consumption of electricity is assumed to be 0.09 USD per Kilowatt-hour.[29] 7. GOVERNMENT INCENTIVES Since reduction
Premium Internal combustion engine Automobile Electric vehicle
Defining‚ Modeling & Costing IT Services Integrating Service Level‚ Configuration & Financial Management Processes In our cost driven economy IT is facing increasing pressure to account for and reduce cost wherever possible. The old axiom “You must do more with less” has never had such an impact on IT operations and support as it does today. Thousands of IT managers are being placed in a situation which forces them to defend their staffing levels against both internal as well as external threats
Premium Management Information Technology Infrastructure Library Information technology management
New Zealand Report 1.0 Introduction Throughout the production of this report I will aim to explain an analysis of the costs and benefits of foreign direct investment for New Zealand both in theoretical and empirical terms. When it comes to defining FDI different countries may define it differently and because of this it is arbitrary‚ but foreign direct investment can be described as: "Foreign Direct Investment is the purchase by the investors or corporations of one country of non-financial assets
Premium New Zealand Investment Foreign direct investment
PROCESS COSTING DR. ALOK DIXIT INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT LUCKNOW COSTING SYSTEMS USED TO DETERMINE PRODUCT COSTS Costing Systems Process Costing Job-order Costing Mass production of identical or similar products (at process-level). For example‚ Sugar‚ food‚ chemical industry. Many units of a single‚ homogeneous product flow evenly through continuous production process(s). One unit of product is indistinguishable (at process-level) from any other unit of product. Each unit
Premium Costs Units of measurement Measurement
INTRODUCTION Genetic variations are the basic tools in the hands of breeders to develop new cultivars with better traits‚ like tolerance against various environmental stresses‚ resistance against pest and diseases and improved yield and quality. In field conditions‚ a number of abiotic stresses affect the crop plants. Abiotic factors generally disturb various cellular functions along with the complex metabolic pathways (Kassem et al.‚ 2004; Lee et al.‚ 2004; Popelka et al.‚ 2004). Drought is
Premium Rice Photosynthesis Cell wall
Chapter 1 Basic Cost Concepts Learning Objectives • To understand the meaning of different costing terms to understand different costing methods • To have a basic idea of different costing techniques • To understand the meaning of cost sheet In order to determine and take a dispassionate view about what lies beneath the surface of accounting figures‚ a financial analyst has to make use of different management accounting techniques. Cost techniques have a precedence over the other
Premium Costs Cost accounting Management accounting
Activity-Based Costing ACC-532 Graduate Paper A Discussion on Activity-Based Costing When we think of cost of accounting it is easy to come up with numerous different cost accounting methods which is because over the year’s cost accounting has developed in numerous ways to accommodate different types of situations. While every type of cost accounting is important and has its own benefit and disadvantages this paper will focus on what I believe is one of the most important cost accounting
Premium Cost accounting Cost Costs
STANDARD COSTING VARIANCES Materials Actual Production X X X Vs. Standard Usage Standard Price Actual Usage Actual Production X X X Vs. Standard Usage Standard Price Actual Usage Actual Price Actual Price Total Variance Actual Production X X X Vs. Standard Price Actual Usage Actual Usage Actual Production X X X Vs. Standard Price Actual Usage Actual Usage Price Variance Actual Price Actual Price Standard Price Standard Price Actual Usage
Premium Variance Cost
STANDARD COSTING (VARIANCES) 1.1 Material costs variance = (Standard quantity x Standard Price) – (Actual quantity x Actual price) MCV = (SQ × SP) – (AQ × AP) 1.2 Material price variance = Actual quantity × (Standard price – Actual price) MPV = AQ × (SP – AP) 1.3 Material usage variance = Standard price (Standard quantity – Actual quantity) MUV = SP × (SQ –AQ) 1.4 Material cost variance = Material usage variance + Material price variance MCV = MUV + MPV 1. Material Variance Material usage
Premium Costs Management accounting