An Introduction to Strategic Cost Management (SCM) Vance Chan Associates www.vancechan.com Introduction to SCM ©1998 Vance Chan Associates. Not to be reproduced without permission. 1 The challenge Rising costs are everyone’s concern… Introduction to SCM ©1998 Vance Chan Associates. Not to be reproduced without permission. 2 The challenge In today’s economy‚ most companies must make fundamental changes to cost structure while trying to maintain growth Slower revenue
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Types of Costs by Behavior Cost behavior refers to the way different types of production costs change when there is a change in level of production. There are three main types of costs according to their behavior: Fixed Costs: Fixed costs are those which do not change with the level of activity within the relevant range. These costs will incur even if no units are produced. For example rent expense‚ straight-line depreciation expense‚ etc. Fixed cost per unit decreases with increase in production
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additional costs incurred. Actual variable costs increased from $218 to $247.50‚ causing an unfavourable flexible-budget variable cost variance of $59 457. The next section‚ 3.2 Variable and Fixed Variance Analysis‚ will look into the specific causes of this increased in cost and resources consumed. Understanding the reasons why actual results differ from budgeted amounts can help Barnes better manage its costs and pricing decisions in the future. If Barnes have not been able to pass these costs on to
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KTV Hospital is a small hospital consisting of 30 beds. The permanent staff on the rolls is as follows: One supervisor‚ each drawing a salary of Rs. 8000 p.m. Four nurses‚ each drawing a salary of Rs. 6000 p.m. Four ward boys‚ each drawing a salary of Rs 2000 p.m. Two full time doctors‚ each drawing a salary of Rs 80000 p.m. Assuming that the hospital ran to full capacity for 150 days and 50 days with 10 patient beds. The following are the other expenses incurred during the year:
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EntertainmentNow.com Prepared for Dr. Lucian Zelazny Department of Accounting McCoy College of Business 601 University Drive San Marcos‚ Texas 78666 Prepared by Veronica Piña Rupinder Singh Ashley Vollmer April 23‚ 2013 EntertainmentNow.com Case Overview EntertainmentNow.com is considered one of the world’s leading Internet retailers of entertainment products that sells an array of books‚ music‚ videos‚ and DVD’s‚ toys‚ and small electronics on the company’s International website
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Allocate joint product costs according to the benefits-received approaches and the relative market value approaches. 3. Describe methods of accounting for by-products. 4. Explain why joint cost allocations may be misleading in management decision making. 5. Discuss why joint production is seldom found in service industries. This chapter describes the joint production processes and their outputs—joint products and by-products. Several methods are developed to allocate joint costs to joint products
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APPENDIX APPENDIX. CALCULATING NATIONAL LOGISTICS COSTS Logistics costs are an important factor affecting the competitiveness of both firms and nations. Firms can enhance their market competitiveness by reducing their logistics costs‚ thus lowering the total costs of goods and services. Greater market competitiveness of a nation’s firms can then give rise to greater national industrial competitiveness on a global scale. Total logistics cost analysis is the key to managing the logistics function
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You have two types of inventory making up your cost of goods sold: 1. Direct materials: This is the inventory the you purchase to make the products. For example‚ to handcraft a leather purse‚ you may purchase leather‚ zippers‚ snap‚ grommets etc. 2. Work in process: This inventory category includes direct materials that have been partially but not completely made into sellable products - for example‚ your leather purse is missing a zipper closure or straps. Ok‚ now that you understand the two different
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banking industry. Viewing managerial accounting from the perspective of the banking industry provides a unique opportunity to explore the development of the internal reporting structure. While the use of internal cost and profitabiHty reports is widespread in merchandising‚ manufacturing‚ and other service industries‚ banks have historically focused only on overall profitability. The reason is simple. In the past‚ interest rates‚ branch locations‚ and service offerings were heavily regulated by the
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Environment Friendly Indian Building Material Technologies for Cost Effective Housing SHEE Contents 1. Flyash-Sand-Lime-Gypsum Bricks 1 2. Compressed Earth / Fly Ash Sand Lime Gypsum Blocks (Interlocking Type) 7 3. Compressed Earth Bricks/Blocks 9 4. Clay Flyash Burnt Bricks 13 5. Marble Slurry Bricks 15 6. Solid/Hollow Concrete Blocks 17 7. Cellular Light Weight Concrete 23 8. Ferrocement Wall Panels 25 9. Rat Trap Bond Brick Masonry
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