Cost reduction Generally defined as the act of cutting costs to improve profitability. Cost reduction‚ should therefore‚ not be confused with cost saving and cost control. Cost saving could be a temporary affair and may be at the cost of quality. Cost reduction implies the retention of essential characteristics and quality of the product and thus it must be confined to permanent and genuine savings in the costs of manufacture‚ administration‚ distribution and selling‚ brought about by elimination
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accounting profits and economic profits for Gomez’s pottery. Explicit costs: $37‚000 (= $12‚000 for the helper + $5‚000 of rent + $20‚000 of materials). Implicit costs: $22‚000 (= $4‚000 of forgone interest + $15‚000 of forgone salary + $3‚000 of entreprenuership). Accounting profit = $35‚000 (= $72‚000 of revenue - $37‚000 of explicit costs); Economic profit = $13‚000 (= $72‚000 - $37‚000 of explicit costs - $22‚000 of implicit costs). 8-4 (Key Question) Complete the following table by calculating
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i. The allocation of the current method of allocating of warehousing and shipping cost is not really correct. The current method is direct method which ignores In term of Shipping and Warehousing cost‚ low volume products should incur this cost instead of both high volume and low volume products. Because‚ high volume products are deliveried directly to customer so it does not incur the cost of shipping. The low volume products which are sent to distribution center incurred the cost of shipping
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Resource Allocation under Monopoly The existence of monopoly will lead to a misallocation of resources from the perspective of the economy as a whole. Assume a monopolist with a horizontal MC = AC curve. The monopolist’s P and Q would be at A‚ while the perfectly competitive P and Q would be at B. The monopoly restricts Q from QC back to Q* with a price of P*. Thus‚ this good is under-produced‚ compared to the perfectly competitive market‚ while other goods are over-produced due to resources (inputs)
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Allocation of Artificial and Transplantable Organs Everyday many Americans and others across the world are in need of artificial organs‚ which is are man-made devices that are implanted into a person to replace their own natural organ and to perform the same functions as that natural organ would. The ability of this to succeed has been one of the biggest achievements in medicine and still continues to save the lives of people everywhere. However‚ this subject also brings up a lot of controversy
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INTERNATIONAL B-SCHOOL SUBJECT: FINANCIAL & COST ACCOUNTING Total Marks: 80 N.B.: 1)Allquestionsarecompulsory 2) All questions carry equal marks. Q1) ABC Ltd. Produces room coolers. The company is considering whether it should continue to manufacture air circulating fans itself or purchase them from outside. Its annual requirement is 25000 units. An outsider vendor is prepared to supply fans for Rs 285 each. In addition‚ ABC Ltd will have to incur costs of Rs 1.50 per unit for freight and Rs 10‚000
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COST CONCEPTS AND COST ACCOUNTING By: Aman Jawahar Sarika Deepak Muneer CONTENTS Concept of Cost Cost Accounting Terms in Cost Accounting Elements of Cost Meaning of Overheads Classification of Costs Methods of Costing Types of Costing MEANING: Cost Concept: The term ‘cost’ means the amount of expenses [actual or notional] incurred on or attributable to specified thing or activity. Cost means ‘the price paid for something’. Cost Accounting: Cost Accounting is concerned with recording
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of Mechanical Engineering ME 2027 – Process planning and Cost estimation Final Year Mechanical Engineering Question Bank Part A ( 2 Marks) 1. Define method study 2. Mention the objectives of method study 3. What are the applications of method study 4. Define work measurement 5. Mention the types of process chart 6. What is outline process chart? 7. What is a two handed process chart 8. What is travel chart? 9. What is multi activity chart 10. Differentiate
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ST. MARY’S COLLEGE OF TAGUM INC. National Highway‚ Tagum City CAR PARKING SLOT ALLOCATION SYSTEM A Thesis Project Submitted to the Faculty of Bachelor of Science in Computer Science In Partial Fulfillment of the Academic Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (BSCS) Submitted by: Agnes‚ Cesar Ian D. Alivio‚ Cathrine Y. Custodio‚ Jinky Joyce O. Daganio‚ Jecel G. Osic‚ Ralph Raoul C. Submitted to: Mr. Archie C. Ceñas‚ MIM March
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NO. 4 • AUGUST 2002 A Review of IPO Activity‚ Pricing‚ and Allocations JAY R. RITTER and IVO WELCH* ABSTRACT We review the theory and evidence on IPO activity: why firms go public‚ why they reward first-day investors with considerable underpricing‚ and how IPOs perform in the long run. Our perspective is threefold: First‚ we believe that many IPO phenomena are not stationary. Second‚ we believe research into share allocation issues is the most promising area of research in IPOs at the moment
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