TYPES OF COSTS Introduction :-Production is the result of services rendered by various factors of production.The producer or firm has to make payments for this factor services. From the point of view of the factor inputs it is called ‘factor income’ while for the firm it is ‘factor payment’‚ or cost of inputs.Generally‚ the term cost of production refers to the ‘money expenses’ incurredin the production of a commodity. But money expenses are not the only expensesincurred on the production
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(Structural Analysis) Barriers to Entry: High The major barriers to entry in this industry were found in terms of 1. Technology‚ 2. Capital investment‚ 3. Economy of scale in manufacturing‚ and 4. Brand reputation in specific market segments & product categories. Barriers to Entry (Technology/Capital Investment): Per the data given in the case study (Pg 3‚ Para 3)‚ typically it required 2-4 years for a team of 4-6 engineers to develop a new tool. This also needed approx. $200‚000-$700
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Recording the sale‚ but reducing sales by an estimate of future returns. All of the above. 2. (TCO A) During 2010‚ Steele Corporation sold merchandise costing $1‚500‚000 on an installment basis for $2‚000‚000. The cash receipts related to these sales during 2010 were $800‚000.What is the amount of deferred gross profit Steele Corporation will report on Dec 31‚ 2010? (Points : 6) $700‚000 $200‚000
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WORKING CAPITAL AND FIXED CAPITAL AND ITS ADVANTAGES Introduction: A firm requires funds to acquire two types of assets : fixed assets and current assets .Fixed assets include land biulding ‚ plant‚ and machinary ‚ vehicles ‚ equipment etc.These assets relatively permanent in nature and are necessary for carrying on the bussiness .Current assets ‚on the other hand ‚are kept for supporting day-to-day operations and keep changing during the course of the business.They liquidated within short period
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customers; and (4) learning and growth‚ the people and system capabilities that support operations. Financial Perspective Income and investment measures: Economic value added a(EVA®)‚ return on investment Revenue and cost measures: Revenue growth‚ revenues from new products‚ cost reductions in key areas Income measures: Operating income‚ gross margin percentage Customer Perspective Market share‚ customer satisfaction‚ customer-retention percentage‚ time taken to fulfill customers’ requests‚
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Case # 4.64 Huge Company Tooling Business Unit (TBU) Choice of Cost System Huge Company ’s tooling business unit manufactures metal and carbon fiber parts for the company ’s major products. They currently use the Functional-Based Costing system or FBC. In this costing system they compute a combined labor and overhead cost per labor hour and charges each job based on the number of labor hours used. This labor-based charge is added to the materials cost to calculate the total job cost.
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CAMBRIDGE SOFTWARE CORPORATION CASE QUESTION 1: IF CAMBRIDGE SOFTWARE IS OBLIGED TO LAUNCH JUST ONE PRODUCT‚ WHICH ONE SHOULD IT BE‚ AND HOW SHOULD IT BE PRICED? For every single version‚ we have calculated the total contribution for each price that segments are willing to pay‚ and chosen the price that can maximize the total contribution. SELL ONLY "STUDENT" VERSION Price Segments unit cost Unit Contribution Seg. Dev. Costs Demand Total Contribution $200 Consultants $15
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Mining Advertiser-specific User Behavior Using Adfactors Nikolay Archak New York University‚ Leonard N. Stern School of Business 44 West 4th Street‚ Suite 8-185 New York‚ NY‚ 10012 Vahab S. Mirrokni Google Research 76 9th Ave New York‚ NY 10011 S. Muthukrishnan Google Research 76 9th Ave New York‚ NY 10011 mirrokni@google.com muthu@google.com narchak@stern.nyu.edu ABSTRACT Consider an online ad campaign run by an advertiser. The ad serving companies that handle such campaigns
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on quality improvement. Their customer HP publicized a study that product of HP’s best American suppliers to be inferior to HP’s worst Japanese suppliers. Quality control ii essential for TI’s long-term competitive success. Customer satisfaction : Improving quality is considered by many to be the best way to enhance customer satisfaction. Cost saving and improve productivity : Improving quality is the best way to reduce manufacturing costs and to increase productivity. → Bird-eye view : TI want
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products. Chuck questioned if the current cost-management system was providing the management with accurate data about product costs. In a traditional‚ volume-based product-costing system‚ only a single predetermine overhead rate is used. All manufacturing-overhead costs are combined into one cost pool‚ a grouping of individual indirect cost items‚ and they are applied to products on the basis of a single variable that costs over a given time span (cost driver) that is closely related to production
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