Absorption Costing -Overview 1. Overview of Absorption costing and Variable Costing 2. Review how costs for Manufacturing are transferred to the product 3. Job Order Vs. Process Costing 4. Overhead Application -Under applied Overhead -Over applied overhead 5. Problems with Absorption Costing 6. Concluding Comments Absorption Costing The focus of this class is on how to allocate manufacturing costs to the product. -Direct Materials -Direct Labor -Overhead Absorption
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REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE BATCH COSTING INTRODUCTION Historically‚ because of the industrial background of cost accounting‚ specific order costing has tended to centre around the manufacturing environment. Given the developments both in cost accounting and performance evaluation over the last 20 years or so‚ cost accounting is now being applied in manufacturing‚ non manufacturing ‚ service and even in non profit making organizations. Cost Accounting is usually considered only as it applies to
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Costing Methods Paper ACC/561 7 March 2013 Costing Methods Paper Super Bakery‚ Inc. has broadened its footprint by taking on a new cost system that result in fair pricing by activities instead of product. The strategies used by the company were clear to make the improvements needed to move the company forward. Other cost systems were considered but the activity-based costing approach was best suited to the company’s needs. The job order cost system and the process cost system
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Process Costing Vs. Job Order Costing Manufacturers use different types of costing systems to allocate production costs to their products and services. Two types of common product costing systems are process costing and job-order costing. While each system applies the same production costs to products‚ there are distinct variances in the application method. Process Costing o Process costing applies production costs to products based on the process they go through in the manufacturing process.
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Costing Methods Paper Baldomero Garza‚ Carrie Davis Tsao‚ Chelse Monnier‚ Elizabeth Sanchez‚ Lea Dague‚ ACC/561 November 26‚ 2012 Cathleen Davis Costing Methods Paper Costing Methods Franco Harris’ company Super Bakery‚ Inc. has seen significant success along with continued growth throughout its existence. The authors point out that the company has enjoyed a 20% average growth “during most of its existence” (Kimmel‚ Weygand‚ & Kieso‚ 2009). The purpose of this analysis is to identify
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Costing Systems Introduction After completing the “Broadening Your Perspective” communication activity in chapter 17 in Accounting: Tools for business decision making‚ the author was able to determine what strategy Super Bakery‚ Inc. used to make their business run in a more efficient manner. In this essay‚ the author discusses why Super Baker’s management felt it necessary to install an activity-based costing (ABC) system. The author shares whether or not he agrees on the reasoning of this decision
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JOB COSTING JOB COSTING Cost object is a unit or multiple units of a distinct product or service called a job. Product or service is A single unit such as: 1.Specialised machine done at Hitachi. 2.A construction project managed by L & T. 3.Advertising campaign produced by Saatchi and Saatchi. Multiple identical unit such as: 1.Agni missile for Ministry of Defense manufactured by HAL. JOB COSTING SERVICE SECTOR JOB COSTING MERCHANDISING SECTOR - Audit engagements done - Special promotion of
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Marginal Costing Introduction The Cost of a product of comprises of materials‚ labour‚ and over heads. On the basis of variability they can be broadly classified as fixed and variable costs. Fixed costs are those costs which remain constant at all levels of production within a given period of time. In other words‚ a cost that does not change in total but become. Progressively smaller per unit when the volume of production increases is known as fixed cost. it is also called period cost eg. Rent
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Absorption Costing Absorption costing is a method of costing that assigns a small percentage of production and overheads costs to the price of each product that is going to be sold. It accounts for all costs‚ direct and indirect‚ fixed and variable. For example; if 1000 products are made and the total costs are £10000 then each product would cost £10 before making a profit (10000/1000=10). Variable costs are costs that can be controlled by management or a sales worker. Whereas fixed costs are
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Chapter 5: Activity-Based Costing MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS 1. Consider the following statements regarding traditional costing systems: I.Overhead costs are applied to products on the basis of volume-related measures. II.All manufacturing costs are easily traceable to the goods produced. III.Traditional costing systems tend to distort unit manufacturing costs when numerous goods are made that have widely varying production requirements. Which of the above statements is (are) true? A. I only. B. II
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