Cost Control: Definitions and Methods Alejandro Madotta Accounting Supervisor II at Apache Corporation The cost of making a particular product or delivering a particular service is calculated by the finance and accounting department‚ with the help of a technique that is termed as Cost Accounting. The principle of cost accounting is very simple. The total cost of manufacturing a set or lot of goods or services is added up together and divided by the number of unites that have been produced‚
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Megan Loberg 12 September 2013 BAMG 354-025 Summary Paper-What Makes a Leader Being a leader is more than giving great speeches or simply making people believe and follow in your thoughts and ideas. Being a great leader‚ or even just a leader in general takes what author Daniel Goleman calls emotional intelligence. Goleman claimed that you don’t necessarily have to have the highest IQ or come from an Ivy League school to be a successful leader; all he or she needs is the “right stuff”.
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STANDARD COSTS Setting a budget is never easy as it involves predicting the future and therefore uncertainty. The process is not about getting the budget absolutely right; it is about not getting it too wrong. This budget process may be applied to most revenue budgets that deal with income and costs‚ but there is also a requirement to produce a capital budget that covers the purchase‚ sale and replacement of fixed assets. There is normally an investment limit dictated by funding availability and
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to provide accurate costing information to managers to allocate activity costs to products and services by applying cost drivers [8]. Academics who advocate ABC‚ such as‚ Cooper and Kaplan [9]‚ and Swenson [10] argue that it provides more accurate cost data needed to make appropriate strategic decisions about product mix‚ sourcing‚ pricing‚ process improvement‚ and evaluation of business process performance. These claims have led many firms to adopt ABC systems [8]. The benefits of ABC and its positive
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Have you ever wondered how a meteorologist is able to predict the weather and give an accurate weekend forecast? According to Merriam Webster‚ a barometer is an instrument that is used to measure air pressure and predict changes in the weather. Meteorologists use many tools to aid in their weather forecast‚ but the barometer is a trusty tool that has been around for many years. Throughout this paper we will determine when and where the barometer was discovered‚ what it does‚ and how it affects
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MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING AND CONTROL Answers: B.Campfire Outfitters Drivers Cost Centers Purchasing Cost 450 675.00 3‚600 72.00 75.00 1‚600.00 225.00 Engineering Cost 650 975.00 5‚200 104.00 125.00 3‚200.00 375.00 Backpacks Cost 800 1‚200.00 7‚200 144.00 250.00 700.00 125.00 661.75 1‚194.75 4‚275.50 625 6.84 875 6.20 Tents Cost 1‚100 1‚650.00 9‚900 198.00 200.00 700.00 75.00 926.45 1‚672.65 5‚422.10 1‚000 5.65 Sleeping Bags Cost 1‚000 1‚500.00 9‚100 182.00 150.00 750.00 100.00 1‚058.80 1‚911.60 5
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Case Study Inventory The Cost of Inventory The general principle for cost inclusion into inventory for US GAAP and IFRS is similar but not exactly the same. First let us look at US GAAP. The basis of accounting for inventories is “cost‚” which is explained in ASC 330-10-30 paragraph 1 as “the sum of the applicable expenditures and charges directly or indirectly incurred in bringing an article to its existing condition and location.” These costs are divided into two different categories‚ the
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“The True Cost” is a documentary film that exposes hidden cost of cheap fashion or clothing we are wearing today. The film underlines the condition of workers in Bangladesh and how they were mistreated‚ exploited and forced to work in a place where there is no safety. Based on the film‚ workers only earn $2 dollars a day‚ and some workers were forced to leave their children with their families or relatives to make a living keep themselves alive. This film is related to the theme “Working Toward
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Cost leadership Strategy Strategy used by businesses to create a low cost of operation within their niche. The use of this strategy is primarily to gain an advantage over competitors by reducing operation costs below that of others in the same industry. For example‚ The Swedish furniture retailer Ikea revolutionized the furniture industry by offering cheap but stylish furniture. Ikea is able to keep its prices low by sourcing its products in low-wage countries and by offering a very basic level
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which they use and could use in that respect. The main idea of the paper is that the principle “differentiate or die” (Jack Trout) has died. Today the global brands don’t strive to differ from their competitors in everything and at any cost. As an example‚ let’s have a global look at the business of mobile phones. In June 1998 Ericsson‚ Nokia‚ Motorola and Psion established their own International Strategic Alliance‚ a private independent company called “Symbian”. Symbian Ltd. is an independent
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