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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Activity-Based Costing ABC Company produces two products: Product A and Product B. Recently appointed management decided to change from a unit-based‚ traditional costing system to an activity-based costing system. The following data have been gathered‚ to assess the effect of the change: Product type Quantity Prime Costs Machine Hours Material Moves Setups Product A 60‚000 €150‚000 3‚500 6‚800 800 Product B 15‚000 € 30‚000 2‚750 1‚200 450 Expenditures (€) €180‚000 €120‚000
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the month from Department 1; 7‚000 units were transferred to finished goods; and 5‚000 units in process at the end of June were 50% complete as to materials cost and 25% complete as to conversion cost. Required: Prepare Cost of production report. Solution: Department 2 Cost of Production Report For the Month of June‚ 19___ Quantity Schedule: Units received from department 1 Units transferred to finished goods Units still in process (50% materials‚ 25% conversion) Cost Charged to the Department: Cost
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EXERCISE 14-1 (15-20 minutes) Valuation account relating to the long-term liability‚ bonds payable (sometimes referred to as an adjunct account). The 3‚000 would continue to be reported as long-term. Current liability if current assets are used to satisfy the debt. Current liability‚ 200‚000 long-term liability‚ 800‚000. Current liability. Probably noncurrent‚ although if operating cycle is greater than one year and current assets are used‚ this item would be classified as current. Current liability
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of Target Costing 1 1.2 Historical Background 2 1.3 Objectives of Target Costing 3 2 Target Costing Principles 4 2.1 Price Led Costing 4 2.2 Customer Focus 4 2.3 Design Focus 5 2.4 Cross-Functional Involvement 5 2.5 Life Cycle Cost 5 3 Distinguishing Target Costing from Traditional Cost Management 6 4 Setting up a Target Costing Management 8 4.1 Fundamental Work 8 4.2 Systems of Managing Target Costing 8 4.3 Principles of Target Costing 9 4.4 Procedures of Target Costing 9 4.5 Risk
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Apple Inc. is an American based organization founded in 1976 by Steve Jobs which is now a well-known global corporation known for cutting edge designs in electronics‚ software‚ and laptops and personal computers including the iPhone‚ iPod‚ and iPad. Today‚ with retail stores in multiple countries and an online store‚ it is one of the largest corporations in the world. It had become the most valuable technology company surpassing Microsoft. Apple’s organizational vision is “To be the most admired
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indirectly. Based on utility‚ the classification of costs can be direct and indirect costs; controllable and uncontrollable costs; fixed‚ variable and semi-variable costs; differential incremental or decremental costs; opportunity costs etc. In the managerial decision making process‚ each classification has its own importance. Many costing techniques evolved in due course of time to ascertain the costs of above elements and to facilitate the control of the cost of the product. The main costing techniques
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Kaizen Costing A Report Kaizen Costing The ultimate objective of manufacturing industries today is to increase productivity through system simplification‚ organizational potential and incremental improvements by using modern techniques like Kaizen. Most of the manufacturing industries are currently encountering a necessity to respond to rapidly changing customer needs‚ desires and tastes. For industries‚ to remain competitive and retain market share in this global market‚ continuous improvement
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Topic: Product costing Ningbo lecturer: Ms. Huang HuiQin – E: huanghuiqin@nbu.edu.cn – P: 86-574-87600960 Student: Lê Uyên Phương (Phoebe) – E: leuyenphuongvn@yahoo.com – P: 86-15 757 829 310 Student ID: 1211125031 NBU Intake 12‚ 2012 Required: Examine the literature to identify the different perspectives on how a product’s cost may be formulated. Assess the strengths and weaknesses of the various approaches to product costing that have been proposed
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MARGINAL COSTING [pic] SUBMITTED TO: SUBMITTED BY: Dr. Shashi Srivastav ABHISHEK KUMAR RAI
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