Cost estimation is a fundamental aspect of managerial/cost accounting (Datar et al. 2008; Eldenburg and Wolcott 2005). The cost predictions are used in each of the management functions. for example used to predict costs so that management can determine the desirability of alternative options and to budget expenditures‚ profits‚ and cash flows. The objective is to support students in learning how to apply regression analyses to understand cost behavior and forecast future costs using real data from
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’’The Railway Development in Hong Kong in the 21st Century’’ Railway in Hong Kong in general means a train service for carrying people and cargo in Hong Kong Territory and also crossing the Hong Kong and Chinese border to or from Mainland. Trains were first steam hauled in the past‚ then diesel trains replaced steam trains and of course nowadays in the 21 century‚ all the trains have been electrified. According to our history railway service have been providing to Hong Kong citizens for more
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10.0 Reference 19 1.0 Executive Summary The main purpose of this report is to create a tactical marketing plan for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. The report comprises the marketing initiatives of KLM for years especially recent years‚ which have been created through identifying and analyzing its own strengths‚ weaknesses‚ opportunities and threats. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is the world’s oldest airline which is still operating under its original name. It also includes KLM cityhopper‚ transavia
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Cost classification is the process of grouping costs according to their common characteristics. A suitable classification of costs is of vital importance in order to identify the cost with cost centres or cost units. Cost may be classified accounting to their nature‚ i.e.‚ material‚ labor and expenses and a number of other characteristics. The same cost figures are classified according to different ways of costing depending upon the purpose to be achieved and requirements of particular
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Workshop Session 3: 11:45am- 12:30pm Concurrent Session: 12:30pm - 1:30pm Lunch: 1:30pm-2:30pm Workshop Session 4: 2:30pm- 3:30pm Breakout Session: 2:30pm- 3:30pm Break: 3:30pm- 3:45pm Presentation: 3:45pm- 5:30pm Gala Dinner: 6:30pm - 10:00pm Function Sheet
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the business and how the new equipment will help the business to function and the cost of the product will determine what the managers of the business decides. Marginal costs are change in total costs divided by change in output. Marginal revenue is the change in total revenue divided by change in output. Increase in fixed costs means that when the fixed costs cannot be changed it is the short run and when the fixed costs change it is the long run. The second questions that I chose to
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Cost Leadership: Any organization in order to survive in a highly competitive market should be able to achieve sustainable growth and profitability. Companies that have managed to reduce costs and understand the cost technology can obtain sustainable advantage as a cost leader. In order for any company to become a cost leader is important that the cost technology is understood and the five constituent steps are implemented and followed by the management. The five steps towards obtaining
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Project Plan Auction Management System [pic] Group 1 Document History |Description |Date |Author |Reviewer |Status | |Project Plan version 0.1 |31.08.2010 |All members | |Draft | |Project Plan version 1.0 |07.09.2010 |All members | |Final | |Project
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Cost allocation for indirect costs Cost Pool – Set of costs that are added together before being allocated to cost objects on some common basis Cost Driver/ Allocation base Cost Object Cost Driver Rate = Total Costs in Pool/ Total Quantity of Driver Where total quantity of driver = practical capacity of driver Cost of excess capacity = Cost Driver Rate * Excess capacity Predetermined overhead rate - cost per unit of the allocation base used to charge overhead to products. Predetermined
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differences between direct finance and indirect finance. There are six main functions of financial intermediaries and they are: * Size transformation can only be made by financial intermediaries‚ savers/depositors are prepared to lend smaller amounts of money than the amounts required by borrowers. Banks perform the size transformation function exploiting economies of scale associated with the lending/borrowing function. * Maturity transformation which is that savers generally favour investing
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