Welcome to Managerial Accounting. In this module‚ we will provide a general overview of activity based costing‚ specifically: What is activity based costing? Welcome to Managerial Accounting Instructor: O Martin Email Instructor __________________________ ACTIVITY BASED COSTING SYSTEM Two stage process Activity pools Activity categories With & Without ABC example What is Activity based costing (ABC)? Activity based costing (ABC) assigns manufacturing overhead costs to products in a more logical
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Part 1 of Final Project Melissa Scott 1/28/2014 Pablo Simon Managerial Accounting Strategic business decisions are essential to achieve the long-term goals of the company. Strategies are mostly concerned with the scope of business activities and growth in the business (Rosenzweig‚ 2013). They form the fundamental basis for any organization‚ which is based on the facts and in-depth analysis. Historical trends in the financial statement provide for guidance about the performance
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1. Basic Concepts Product cost = Direct Labor (DL) + Direct Materials (DM) + Manufacturing Overhead (MOH) Financial accounting Managerial Accounting + Sales + Sales - COGS - Variable Costs = Gross Profit = Contribution Margin - SG&A - Fixed Costs = Net Profit = Net Profit COGS (Cost of Goods Sold) is an “inventoriable cost” ( recorded in the Balance Sheet as inventory and expensed (Income Statement) when goods are sold SG&A (Selling‚ General & Administrative) are
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$ and in 2005 were $. Using 2004 as the base year‚ the sales trend percent for 2005 is: Analysis Period amount/Base Period Amount x100 9. One of several ratios that reflects solvency includes the: Debt-to-equity ratio 10. Current assets divided by current liabilities is the: Current Ration 11. Ch.18 Managerial accounting is different from financial accounting in that: (users and decision makers‚ purpose of info‚ flexibility of practice‚ timeliness of information‚ time decision‚ focus of information
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Managerial Accounting Exam 1 1. Managerial accounting places considerable weight on: A) generally accepted accounting principles. B) the financial history of the entity. C) ensuring that all transactions are properly recorded. D) detailed segment reports about departments‚ products‚ and customers. Answer: D AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Measurement LO: 1 Level: Easy 2. The plans of management are often expressed formally in:
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Benedictine University MBA 601 Managerial Accounting Final Project (paper) Outsourcing In today’s business environment‚ outsourcing becomes more and more popular and important for all kind of companies because more and more companies realized the benefits of outsourcing. Outsourcing is the process by which the company contracts to another one to supply some goods and services. Outsourcing is not only used in the domestic business‚ but also used in the international business that is the offshoring
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ACT 5733 – Advanced Managerial Accounting Fall 2012 HW #3 Question #1 Consider the following potential investment‚ which has the same risk as the firm’s other projects: Time Cash Flow 0 -$95‚000 1 $20‚000 2 $24‚000 3 $24‚000 4 $24‚000 5 $24‚000 6 $32‚000 a) What are the investment’s payback period‚ IRR‚ and NPV‚ assuming the firm’s WACC is 10%. b) If the firm requires a payback period of less than 5 years‚ should this project be accepted? Answer: Yes it should accept
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TEST BANK CHAPTER 1 Intercorporate Investments: An Overview MULTIPLE CHOICE Use the following information on a company’s investments in equity securities to answer questions 1- 4 below. The company’s accounting year ends December 31. | |Date of acquisition|Cost |Fair value |Date sold |Selling price | |Investment | | |12/31/10 | |
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Managerial Accounting Reality Check Summaries Professor Shin Hee-Lim Shin 1001006 Reality Check – What’s your blog’s ROI? Summary ROI has been always one of the important factors to determine how profitable the business is doing. However‚ for until last few decades‚ ROI was only implementing to evaluate the hard assets like buildings and equipment. But in nowadays‚ many companies are using ROI to evaluate the investment in technology‚ such as blog. As a following example‚ it shows that
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“Lecture Preparation Instructions” tab in Vista prior to each class for detailed instructions and reading assignments. Each lecture will require preparation. Identify Issues Analyze Data Build Model Run Model Make Decision Management Accounting: Decision-making The Corporate Environment: Corporations are a conglomeration of people with a common purpose. The individuals seek to attain goals for the corporation‚ with the ultimate goal being profitability. In order to achieve this
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