Assignment 2: Cost Behaviors and Allocation Prof. Gilton Grange HSA 525 Analyze the complexity of cost behaviors in health care organizations and describe how costs are classified according to their relationship with volume. Health services managers are vitally interested in how costs are affected by changes in volume. Before costs can be managed‚ one must have an understanding of how and why costs are being incurred. For‚ example medications dispensed from the pharmacy are variable costs items
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1. The cost of a computer system installed last year is an example of: (Points: 2) a sunk cost a relevant cost a differential cost an avoidable cost 2. In evaluating different alternatives‚ it is useful to concentrate on: (Points: 2) variable costs fixed costs total costs relevant costs 3. Relevant costs in a make-or-buy decision of a part include: (Points: 2) setup overhead costs for the manufacture of the
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Overall Cost Leadership Porter defines “Overall Cost Leadership” as the strategy in which a company differentiates from others by having the lowest prices of the market. One example of this strategy correctly performed in Australia is Woolworths. According to Jhon Steen (2009)‚ in order to accomplish such prices‚ Woolworths focus on two main points: Logistics and Economics on Scale. They have learned to manage the supply chain in a very efficient way‚ investing in technology and reducing the
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Jiangsu College of Information Technology International Academy for Business and Administration Logistics cost management Thesis Paper Supervised by: Prof. Dr. Siegfried Harmeling Student’s name: Li Li Student’s number: 05213116 Date: May 31‚ 2008 Synopsis In recent years‚ the logistics industry of China is developing rapidly. Even some big-size enterprises fizz in the first‚ second and third industry. It has become the huge and complex industry. The status of the logistics
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Opportunity cost is often to be determined when coming across decision-making. Throughout this essay‚ the term ‘opportunity cost’ will be reviewed in the case of pregnant women staying home during their maternity leave. The essay will be divided into 3 part. Firstly‚ concept of opportunity cost will be defined and explained with daily examples. It will then go on investigating both the opportunity cost and benefits of mothers staying home during their maternal leave. Finally‚ several advices will
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Introduction Opportunity cost refers to what you have to give up to buy what you want in terms of other goods or services. When economists use the word "cost‚" we usually mean opportunity cost. The word "cost" is commonly used in daily speech or in the news. For example‚ "cost" may refer to many possible ways of evaluating the costs of buying something or using a service. Friends or newscasters often say "It cost me $150 to buy the iPhone I wanted." Definitions and Basics Opportunity Cost‚ from the Concise
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Health services managers are essentially interested in how costs are affected by changes in volume. Cost behavior refers to a cost ’s reactions to activity level. A cost may rise‚ fall‚ or remain constant as activity levels fluctuate. We can classify several types of costs on the basis of their relationship to the amount of services provided‚ often referred to as activity‚ utilization‚ or volume (Gapenski‚ 2012). When dealing with the future there is a level of uncertainty of volume with regard
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Identify two cost oriented approach and provide hypothetical examples for each? Cost oriented approach is when a company sets a price of a product that covers marketing and production cost. An example would be an apples iphone. It cost about $200 to make and they sell a brand new one without an contract for $800. So I am guessing the rest of the money is used to cover production‚ marketing and make a profit. Also Dr. Dre beats are made in china and are priced at $300 but cost $80 to make. So same
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OVERHEAD COSTS ACCOUNTING Overheads are indirect costs which can not directly be traced to cost units. The task of the cost accountant is to charge these overhead costs to cost units/products. There are two approaches of charging overhead costs to cost units Viz i. Traditional/conventional absorption costing method and‚ ii. Activity Based Costing (ABC) Classification of overheads Overheads can be classified as production or non production overheads. Production overheads are those incurred
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Being able to determine whether a cost is fixed or variable is vital to the understanding of overhead loading and cost behavior. A fixed cost is unchanged with a change to the cost driver. (Horngren‚ Sutton‚ and Stratton p.46) Which means that a fixed cost does not rise with the change is production of your product. A good example of a fixed cost is rent. No matter how many widgets you make (within a relevant range) your rent will not increase. A variable cost‚ on the other hand‚ does change with
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