Low cost strategy is one of the three generic marketing strategies. Companies use this strategy to offer low price in its products/services by focusing on various points in its value chain activities. In order to be a successful low-cost competitor in a competitive environment‚ companies focus on several issues; which all pass from the ways of margin improvement (in terms of increasing revenue and reducing cost) and asset effectiveness (in the sense of minimizing working capital and maximizing
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product line. According to Sippican’s cost accounting system further decrease in the price of pumps would not be acceptable as because of the past price reductions the margin on pumps have already declined from the planned 35% to 5%. Detailed and alternative analysis of the costs – such as Activity Based Cost analysis – reveals alternatives for the management to decide on pricing‚ efficiency measures‚ and product development. Sippican Corporation uses a simple cost accounting system for performance
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Cost Plus World Market History The first Cost Plus opened in 1958‚ when a San Francisco businessman parlayed his passion for travel into an import business by selling a shipload of hand-woven wicker from a local pier. The furniture sold out within a few days‚ but the idea lived on. Now Cost Plus World Market’s store at Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco is a favorite destination for tourists and locals alike. (Cost Plus World Market) With such a receptive audience eagerly awaiting his return‚ it
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are required to file Cost Audit Report and Compliance Report in XBRL format and what is the authority for the same? Ministry of Corporate Affairs has mandated filing of the Cost Audit Report and Compliance Report from the financial year 2011-12 onwards (including overdue reports relating to any previous year) by all cost auditors and companies concerned by using the XBRL taxonomy. MCA vide Circular No. 18/2012 dated July 26‚ 2012‚ has extended the last date of filing of cost audit reports and compliance
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Construction assembles residential houses. It uses a job-costing system with two direct-cost categories (direct materials and direct labor) and one indirect-cost pool (assembly support). Direct labor-hours is the allocation base for assembly support costs. In December 2010‚ Amesbury budgets 2011 assembly-support costs to be $8‚300‚000 and 2011 direct labor-hours to be 166‚000. At the end of 2011‚ Amesbury is comparing the costs of several jobs that were started and completed in 2011. Laguna Model
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Economic 12/14/10 Final Paper Cost of War Opportunity cost means it is the forgone alternative of the choice made. War is usually a choice. Other than world war ll‚ the wars fought by the United States since 1900‚ have been entirely by choice. So what about opportunity cost of a war like the one in Iraq? Leading up to the war there were 250‚000 personnel in the gulf with 150‚000 additional troops deployed during the invasion. In terms of occupation‚ about 150‚000 occupation troops were
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Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) A technique used to determine if the proposed system is feasible in the company by quantifying its cost and benefits. Defines the process involves‚ whether explicitly or implicitly‚ weighing the total expected cost against the total expected benefits. I. Computer Package Cost | | | | |Item |Specification
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to the company is 50%. Compute the cost of debt capital. b) Y Ltd. issues Rs.50‚000 8% debentures at a premium of 10%. The tax rate applicable to the company is 60%. Compute cost of debt capital. c) A Ltd. issues Rs.50‚000 8% debentures at a discount of 5%. The tax rate is 50%‚ Compute the cost of debt capital. d) B Ltd. issues Rs.1‚00‚000 9% debentures at a premium of 10%. The costs of floatation are 2%. The tax rate applicable is 60%. Compute cost of debt-capital. -D 2. A company
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Microeconomics Spring 2010 1. Your cousin Vinnie owns a painting company with fixed costs of $200 and the schedule for variable costs as below. What is the efficient scale of the painting company? Quantity of Houses Painted per Month | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Variable Costs | $10 | $20 | $40 | $80 | $160 | $320 | $640 | 2. Your aunt is thinking about opening a hardware store. She estimates that it would cost $500‚000 per year to rent the location and buy the stock. In addition‚ she would
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Inventoriable costs are expensed when incurred. Answer Selected Answer: False Correct Answer: False Question 2 1 out of 1 points Correct Finished goods inventory is ordinarily held for sale by a manufacturing company. Answer Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True Question 3 1 out of 1 points Correct Indirect labor is not a component of manufacturing overhead. Answer Selected Answer: False Correct Answer: False Question 4 1 out of 1 points Correct The following equation
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