David Shim Case Study #2 A) What is the break-even point in passengers and revenues per month? Unit CM = $160 – $70= $90 Unit of Sales = 3‚150‚000 / $90= 35‚000 passengers Unit of Sales = 35‚000 x $160= $5‚600‚000 revenue B) What is the break-even point in number of passenger train cars per month? Unit of Sales = 35‚000/63= 555.5= 556 passenger cars C) If Springfield Express raises its average passenger fare
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Question 1 Product costs are costs that are associated with manufactured goods until the time period during which products are sold. It involved all costs in acquiring or making a product. These costs consist of direct materials‚ direct labour and manufacturing overhead. Product costs are initially assigned to an inventory account on the balance sheet. When the goods are sold‚ the costs are released from inventory as expenses and matched against sales revenue. Since product costs are initially
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Textbook case: Managerial Accounting for Managers‚ 2nd edition Noreen‚ Brewer and Garrison (McGraw-Hill/Irwin‚ 2008). Case 4-33 Cost Structure; Target profit and Break-Even Analysis Contribution Income Statement for all three scenarios: 15% commission 20% commission Own sales force Sales $16‚000‚000 $16‚000‚000 $16‚000‚000 Variable manuf. cost $7‚200‚000 $7‚200‚000 $7‚200‚000 Commissions $2‚400‚000 $3‚200‚000 $1‚200‚000 -Tot. variable cost ($9‚600‚000)
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University Management system TCIL is looking for a partner for the above mentioned work. Eligible bidders may submit the EOI. Introduction: The tender deals with automation of various functions of University Management system Scope of Work: Scope of Work for this project will be around the following deliverables . Phase I Admission Management System Examination Management System Assessment Management System Result Management System Result Announcement System Learning Management System (LMS)
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Technical Briefing APRIL 2001 DEVELOPING AND PROMOTING STRATEGY Activity-based Management – An Overview IN THIS BRIEFING… ctivity-based management and activity-based costing (ABM/ABC) have brought about radical change in cost management systems. ABM has grown largely out of the work of the Texas-based Consortium for Advanced Manufacturing-International (CAM-I). No longer is ABM’s applicability limited to manufacturing organisations. The principles and philosophies of activity-based thinking
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Activity Based Management A Summary Managerial Accounting Abstract Activity-based management (ABM) is an approach to management that directs the focus of cost managers towards activities analysis. Theoretically by concentrating on activities‚ this will increase the ability of management to control costs be improving efficiencies. Activity-based management (ABM) uses activity-based costing (ABC) information. ABM/ABC has been around for over 25 years and has
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Case Study 1 Springfield Express is a luxury passenger carrier in Texas. All seats are first class‚ and the following data are available: Number of seats per passenger train car 90 Average load factor (percentage of seats filled) 70% Average full passenger fare $ 160 Average variable cost per passenger $ 70
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Meaning of cost ‘COST’ represents a sacrifice of values‚ a foregoing or a release of something of value. It is the price of economic resources used as a result of producing or doing the thing costed. It is the amount of expenditure incurred on a given thing. Cost has been defined as the amount measured in money or cash expended or other property transferred‚ capital stock issued‚ services performed or a liability incurred in consideration of goods or services received or to be received. CLASSIFICATION
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References: list 1. Lecture : Pricing and Costing 2. easyJet Airlines: Small‚ Lean‚ and with Prices that Increase over Time (Oded Koenigsberg Columbia Business School 0 Columbia University‚ New York‚ NY 10027- ok2018@columbia.edu 3. http://www.britishairways.com/cms/global/microsites/ba_reports0809/pdfs/Strategy.pdf 4. http://www.london.edu/facultyandresearch/research/docs/CM_04-904.pdf 5. EasyJet Pricing Strategy: Should Low-Fare Airlines Offer Last-Minute Deals? (Coauthor(s):
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proposed changes: * Ensure product line managers are focused on improving the value of their product‚ not just on profit/loss numbers * Allow upper management to analyze product line performance on a level playing field * Provide divisional management with the unbiased authority to allocate fixed asset costs * Enable upper management to make decisions regarding a product line’s value to their division and the overall value of Lipton‚ and report required performance metrics to Unilever
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