COST ANALYSIS Prepared by: Nebuchadnezzar Rabaya OBJECTIVES To provide a basic understanding of the nature of cost analysis. To give highlights on the importance of cost analysis on any venture. To present a clear overview on various types of costs. Cost Definition: an amount that has to be paid or spent to buy or obtain something. Analysis Definition: is the process of breaking a complex topic or substance into smaller parts to gain a better understanding of it. What is cost analysis
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CHAPTER 3 ACTIVITY COST BEHAVIOR LEARNING OBJECTIVES AFTER STUDYING THIS CHAPTER‚ YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO: 1. Define and describe fixed‚ variable‚ and mixed costs. 2. Explain the use of the resources and activities and their relationship to cost behavior. 3. Separate mixed costs into their fixed and variable components using the high-low method‚ the scatterplot method‚ and the method of least squares. 4. Evaluate the reliability of the cost formula. 5. Explain how multiple regression
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Costs of Production July 2011 Topics to be Discussed Measuring Cost: Which Costs Matter? How do Cost Curves Behave? – Cost in the Short Run – Cost in the Long Run How to Minimize Cost? How to draw Implications for Business Strategy? Topics to be Discussed Production with Two Outputs: Economies of Scope Dynamic Changes in Costs: The Learning Curve Estimating and Predicting Cost Measuring Cost: Which Costs Matter? Accountants tend to take a retrospective view of firms’ costs‚ whereas
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Another important elasticity is the cross-price elasticity of demand‚ which reveals the responsiveness of the demand for a good to changes in the price of a related good. This elasticity helps managers ascertain how much its demand will rise or fall due to a change in the price of another firm’s product. The cross-price elasticity of demand between goods X and Y‚ denoted is mathematically defined as For instance‚ if the cross-price elasticity of demand between Corel WordPerfect and Microsoft
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ball and bat cost $1.10. The bat costs $1 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost? If you’re like most people‚ your immediate answer was‚ "Ten cents." And you’d be wrong. Check it out. The bat costs $1 more than the ball. So if the ball costs ten cents‚ then the bat costs $1.10‚ and the total cost would be $1.20. That’s too much. We could try something lower. How about seven cents? Then the bat would cost $1.07‚ and the total would be $1.14. Closer‚ but still too high. How about five
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Chapter 6--Process Costing Student: ___________________________________________________________________________ 1. A process is a series of activities or operations‚ which are linked to perform a specific objective. True False 2. The cost flows for a process-costing system are totally different from those of a job order costing system. True False 3. Process systems are characterized by a larger number of homogeneous products passing through a series of processes. True False
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corporations have to take. Cost analysis is one of the factors that should be taken into consideration while evaluating financial and investment decisions. This paper reviews the concept of cost analysis‚ how it is used in decision making‚ and how firms usually involve cost analysis in evaluating different projects. Furthermore‚ the paper discusses some of the main concepts that are derived from cost analysis such as cost allocation‚ cost-effectiveness analysis‚ and cost-benefit analysis. In addition
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The Costs of Ego Manjur Ahmed Everyone has an ego. The overwhelming majority of us don’t have overinflated egos‚ but we’re all capable of letting our egos run rampant on occasion. When this happens‚ personal success and organization’s performance pay the price. Colin Luther Powell‚ a retired fourstar general in the US Army says “Don’t let your ego get too close to your position‚ so that if your position gets shot down‚ your ego doesn’t go with it “
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Eating Healthy With A Busy Schedule So we’re all busy right? Running to and from places. To Starbucks‚ to the office‚ to visit an elderly grandparent‚ to the gym‚ to an extra-curricular activity‚ a meeting. Running !running !running. And yet‚ I always roll my eyes at those skinny girls who say‚ “I just don’t have time to eat!” Yah‚ WHATEVER! Rome could be burning‚ and there I am‚ chomping’ away. In fact‚ I can count on one hand the number of meals I’ve missed in my ENTIRE lifetime. If you ask
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Chapter 5 125. The process of forecasting or approximating the time and cost of completing project deliverables is called A. Budgeting B. Predicting C. Estimating D. Planning E. Guesstimating Gray - Chapter 05 #1 Level: Easy difficulty: EMPTY learning objective: EMPTY refer to: EMPTY reference: EMPTY scrambling: EMPTY 126. In practice‚ estimating processes are frequently classified as A. Top down/bottom up B. Rough/polished C. Precise/order of magnitude D. Draft/final
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