Advantages and disadvantages of variable costing Many managers use variable costing for internal reporting and decision making since it has number of advantages (Myers par. 1). First‚ on variable costing reports costs are organized by behavior which makes it easier to understand. Also‚ variable costing statements facilitate cost volume profit (CVP) analysis because it separates cost behavior by fixed and variable. Under variable costing‚ changes in inventory or production do not affect the
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Activity-based costing in restaurants 1. Introduction Interest in cost and management accounting practices in the restaurant industry is rising (Raab et al.‚ 2009; Annaraud et al.‚ 2008). Pavesic (1985) has initiated research in pricing and cost accounting for restaurants‚ introducing the concept of profit factor (PF) in menu engineering (ME). Prior studies‚ such as the one presented in Chan and Au (1998) investigate the implications of not incorporating overhead costs in menu-item profitability
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environment‚ the use of traditional costing system is no longer relevance to the company to achieve competitive advantage. Nowadays‚ Activity Based Costing is considered as one of the effective tools to enhance the ability of the organisation to meet global competition. This had resulted in the change from traditional costing system to an increasingly popular costing system such Activity-Based Costing (ABC). ABC system has emerged as an alternative to traditional costing system to meet the need for accurate
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the sample. In determining the volume‚ four techniques can be used – measuring through graduated cylinder (direct measurement)‚ measuring the length‚ width and height‚ measuring the circumference‚ and lastly‚ water displacement. All except the first method for
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Introduction * Meaning of Standard Costing: Standard costing is simply the name given to a technique whereby standard costs are computed and subsequently compared with the actual costs to find out the differences between the two. These differences are then analyzed to know the causes thereof so as to provide a basis of control. * Standard Costing: According to BROWN and HOWARD “Standard costing is a technique of cost accounting which compares the standard cost of each product or service
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group project Chapter 18: Process Costing Abstract This paper identifies the key points on Process Costing. It covers over various topics like the flow of costs through a process costing system‚ how to calculate equivalent units of production for direct materials and conversion costs‚ the preparation of a production cost report‚ and how to prepare journal entries for a process costing system. Examples will also be shown on how process costing is used in the real world through
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TYBcom-Year 2012-13 Assignment 2- Total 10 Marks Marks for each topic Topics I) AUDITING 5) 1 (a) Explain how would you vouch Scrap Sales 1 (b) How would you verify Book Debts /Debtors-1‚11‚21‚31‚41‚51‚61‚71‚81‚91 301‚291‚281‚271‚261‚251 2 (a) Explain how would you vouch Sale on Approval/Sale on Consignment 2 (b) How would you verify Stocks-101‚111‚121‚131‚141‚151‚161‚10‚20‚30 241‚231‚221‚211‚201‚191‚181‚171 3 (a) Explain how would
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Acknowledgement By the inherent grace of Almighty ALLAH.I have completed my Industrial attachment report. Therefore‚ I would like to thank Him to give me such energy patience in order to continue my uninterrupted diligence over the industrial attachment. I would like to express my intense gratitude to the supervisors of my industrial attachment‚ Mr. Mazedul Islam Mazed ‚ Lecturer ‚Department of Textile Engineering‚ FSIT. Md. Jashim Uddin ‚Director‚ Polka Dots Fashion LTD.GM ‚ AGM ‚Technical Manager
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2. Establishing a Selling Price for the product Based on the market research of a new product and also the market condition‚ the selling price is established. The desired profit margin is subtracted from the target selling price to determine the target cost. If the target cost is below the company’s current cost‚ the company may decide to introduce the product and functional cost analysis may attempt to reduce cost to an acceptable level. If the target cost is above the current cost‚ functional
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The retooling of a finishing machine change-over production from an existing stonewash process to accomplish a proposed distressed finishing process for a new customer‚ is the cost interdependency studied. We explain how marginal costing and full cost activity-based costing (ABC) are used by the controller to present management product optimal (profit-maximizing) production decisions on the proposed contract. The Denim Finishing Company provides laundering and special finishing of denim pants for
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