WHAT ARE COSTS AND PROFITS? HUNGRY HELEN’S COOKIE FACTORY • Helen‚ the owner of the cookie factory‚ buys flour‚ sugar‚ flavorings‚ and other cookie ingredients. • She also buys the mixers and the ovens and hires workers to run the equipment. • She then sells the resulting cookies to consumers. 2 TOTAL REVENUE‚ TOTAL COST‚ AND PROFIT • The amount that Helen receives for the sale of its output (cookies) is its total revenue. • The amount that the firm pays to buy inputs (flour‚ sugar‚ workers
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companies in all sectors of the economy‚ and not-for-profit and governmental organizations as well‚ allocate service department costs to “production” or user departments‚ and ultimately to the products and services that they provide. For example‚ hospitals use sophisticated methods for allocating costs of service departments such as Housekeeping‚ Patient Admissions‚ and Medical Records to patient wards and outpatient services‚ and then to individual patients. Historically‚ these allocations were important
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Running Heading: COST ALLOCATION AND VARIANCES Cost Allocation and Variances- Chapter 12 & 13 Text Book Questions Stacey S. Swafford University of Phoenix ACC 561 Dr. Janice Mereba April 23‚ 2010 Chapter 12 Excel Application Exercise 12-59: Allocating Costs Using Direct and Step-Down Methods p. 584 Goal: Create an Excel spreadsheet to allocate costs using the direct method and the step-down method. Use the results to answer questions about your findings. Scenario: Antonio
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How do banks allocate their costs from the back office to the front office? On what basis are the costs allocated? On what basis do you think would be the most equitable for banks? The various business organizations and banks are seeking tremendous challenges due globalization and its emerging competitive trends. Cost allocation in banks is also one of these competitive challenges in the USA market. Now banks are also revising its polices one after another for an effective marketing strategy
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I’m here to tell you why Arnold Schwarzenegger would make a good president. I’m going to show you why he should be allowed to run and why he would make a great president. So how many of you can vote? There are many reasons why people think one candidate is better than the other. Whether it be race or social status. We judge presidential candidates by their past and what important things they have done. We take sides based on what they can promise us whether it be the end of the war or compromise
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Cost Allocation at Water Purification Group Mary May pushed the door to her office thinking about her plan to enrol her daughter for a medical degree at a private university. The private university is the only institution of higher learning that her daughter can apply for‚ considering her high school results. Mary sat down at her table and a smile came to her lips. Her financial situation will definitely improve after the company‚ Bio-Organics‚ announce this year’s bonuses. Project ORG7 she
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the unfair headquarters’ overhead cost allocation method of Korea insurance company. There are concerns towards the system by a manager. And that lead to reduce on net income of branches. Jin Kim is trying to develop more efficient systems. The reading text is about the headquarters’ cost allocation method of Korea insurance Co. Inc. Jin Kim‚ manager of the company‚ accused that the costing systems is inefficient as it leads to decrease in incremental cost inappropriately and discourages employees
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recommend a business alternative to Digital Ltd‚ based on a CVP analysis of the three business plans the company has provided. Before going to more detail of the recommended option‚ I would like to emphasis on the importance of CVP analysis. As CVP is a ‘systematic method of examining the relationship between changes in activity and changes in total revenue‚ expenses and net profit’ (Drury‚ 2000)‚ it is a very useful tool for managers to consider cost structure and price setting. When used in computer
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Cost‚ Volume‚ and Profit Cost-Volume-Profit (CVP) analysis is a managerial accounting tool that expresses the simplified relationship between cost‚ volume‚ and profit (or loss). CVP analysis is based on several factors and assumptions and uses a formula to express the relationship by equation or graphically and can be used with great effect by managers who understand the limitations of the analysis. Cost-Volume-Profit (CVP) analysis is a managerial accounting tool that expresses the simplified
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allocate costs? How do companies allocate costs? And how this cost allocation can affect the decision making of the company. It is important for the companies to find the proper method to allocate the costs. Cost allocation is an important issue in many companies because many of the costs associated with designing‚ producing and distributing products and services are not easily identified with the products and services that are created. It would have been easier for companies to allocate cost if costs
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