Q1: There are two different types of cost accounting systems: Job order cost systems and process cost systems. How does management decide whether to use a job order cost system or a process cost system in any given manufacturing situation? Explain. Job order cost system is used in situations where many different products are produced each period. For example‚ a Levi Strauss clothing factory would typically make many different types of jeans for both men and women during a month. A particular order
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acceptable quality level (AQL) the defect rate at which total quality costs are minimised account classification method (or account analysis) the process in which managers use their judgement to classify costs as fixed‚ variable or semivariable costs accounting rate of return (or simple rate of return‚ rate of return on assets‚ unadjusted rate of return or return on investment (ROI)) the average annual profit from a project‚ divided by the initial investment accumulation factor the value of (1 r)n used
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Managerial Accounting What Does Managerial Accounting Mean? - The process of identifying‚ measuring‚ analyzing‚ interpreting‚ and communicating information for the pursuit of an organization’s goals. This is also known as "cost accounting." - Managerial accounting is used primarily by those within a company or organization. Reports can be generated for any period of time such as daily‚ weekly or monthly. Reports are considered to be "future looking" and have forecasting value to those within
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costs Current Reimbursement contracts Current External reporting (inventory calculation) Current All the information cannot come from one source. The main accounting system may accumulate current and past costs but for much decision-making and planning‚ estimates of future costs will need to be generated outside of that accounting system. RQ4.3 How common are product costing systems in practice? Why might a business choose to do without a product costing system? L-S‚ T & H‚ page 134. A
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Cost Classifications and Estimation 2.0 Introduction Cost classification may be defined as ‘the arrangement of cost items in a logical sequence having regard to their nature and purpose to be fulfilled’. The term cost must be qualified when in use in order that its precise meaning is established in a particular situation; however‚ cost refers to the amount of resources that have been diverted from other uses or sacrificed so as to achieve the desired objective. But the term is used to refer to
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1. Basic Concepts Product cost = Direct Labor (DL) + Direct Materials (DM) + Manufacturing Overhead (MOH) Financial accounting Managerial Accounting + Sales + Sales - COGS - Variable Costs = Gross Profit = Contribution Margin - SG&A - Fixed Costs = Net Profit = Net Profit COGS (Cost of Goods Sold) is an “inventoriable cost” ( recorded in the Balance Sheet as inventory and expensed (Income Statement) when goods are sold SG&A (Selling‚ General & Administrative) are
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is clear that some of the countries held great anti-German feelings during and after the war. Especially France‚ they held the highest lack of remorse against the Germans. Whereas countries such as the United Kingdom and the USA wanted majority peace throughout Europe and felt that peace was the main objective rather than annexation of land etc. It is fundamentally clear that Frances ideas pursued in the treaty was solely based on anti German feelings. They wanted to annex the Rhineland and‚ even
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CONTENTS INTRODUCTION What is Accounting Branches of Accounting Definition of Environmental Accounting Definition of Management Accounting Functions of Management Accounting LITERATURE REVIEW MANGEMENT ACCOUNTING SYSTEM Features of Useful Management Accounting AN INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING {text:list-item} {text:list-item} {text:list-item} {text:list-item} {text:list-item} {text:list-item} {text:list-item}
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Table of contents Introduction 2 Discussion 2 Costing method & purpose of variance analysis 2 Key findings 3 Material price variance 3 Material usage variance 3 Labour rate variance 4 Labour efficiency variance 5 Variable overhead variance 5 Fixed overhead expenditure variance 6 Fixed overhead volume variance 6 Variable selling and distribution variance 6 Sales variance 7 Responding to publicity 7 Conclusion 8 Appendix 1: Key findings of variance analysis 9 Appendix
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STUDENT NO: …………………………... SEMINAR TUTOR …………………………... Introduction Accounting is concerned with providing both financial and non-financial information that will help decision makers to make good decisions. An understanding of accounting therefore requires an understanding of the decision making process and an awareness of the users of accounting information. The major purposes of accounting are to formulate overall strategies and long-run plans. Resource allocation decisions such
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