WHAT ARE COSTS AND PROFITS? HUNGRY HELEN’S COOKIE FACTORY • Helen‚ the owner of the cookie factory‚ buys flour‚ sugar‚ flavorings‚ and other cookie ingredients. • She also buys the mixers and the ovens and hires workers to run the equipment. • She then sells the resulting cookies to consumers. 2 TOTAL REVENUE‚ TOTAL COST‚ AND PROFIT • The amount that Helen receives for the sale of its output (cookies) is its total revenue. • The amount that the firm pays to buy inputs (flour‚ sugar‚ workers
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warehousing and shipping cost is not really correct. The current method is direct method which ignores In term of Shipping and Warehousing cost‚ low volume products should incur this cost instead of both high volume and low volume products. Because‚ high volume products are deliveried directly to customer so it does not incur the cost of shipping. The low volume products which are sent to distribution center incurred the cost of shipping and warehousing. However‚ the cost of shipping and warehousing
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The Cost of Turnover Putting a Price on the Learning Curve by Timothy R. Hinkin and J.BruceTracey Employee turnover does more than reduce service quality and damage employee moraleit hits a hotels pocketbook. E mployee turnover has long been a concern of the hospitality industry‚ and therefore of researchers who examine industry human-resources concerns. One stream of research that arose in the past 20 years was an effort to quantify the cost of employee turnover. Although most managers
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Agency Costs of Free Cash Flow‚ Corporate Finance‚ and Takeovers Michael C. Jensen Harvard Business School MJensen@hbs.edu Abstract The interests and incentives of managers and shareholders conflict over such issues as the optimal size of the firm and the payment of cash to shareholders. These conflicts are especially severe in firms with large free cash flows—more cash than profitable investment opportunities. The theory developed here explains 1) the benefits of debt in reducing agency
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Costs associated with two alternatives‚ code-named Q and R‚ being considered by Lang Corporation are listed below: | | Alternative Q | Alternative R | Supplies costs | $ 64‚500 | $ 64‚500 | Power costs | $ 36‚500 | $ 21‚500 | Inspection costs | $ 11‚400 | $ 26‚300 | Assembly costs | $ 38‚600 | $ 28‚000 | | Required: | a. | Which costs are relevant and which are not relevant in the choice between these two alternatives? |
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Opportunity Cost Scarcity of resources is one of the more basic concepts of economics. Scarcity necessitates trade-offs‚ and trade-offs result in an opportunity cost. While the cost of a good or service often is thought of in monetary terms‚ the opportunity cost of a decision is based on what must be given up (the next best alternative) as a result of the decision. Any decision that involves a choice between two or more options has an opportunity cost. Opportunity cost contrasts to accounting cost in
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2014 Quiz 6 If you are starting out in a new business‚ especially a service/manufacturing business‚ understanding the cost accounting system and which cost accounting system will work best for your company‚ is the first step to being successful. Once you find someone to help you navigate those waters‚ let them help you sail the rough seas of direct and indirect inventory‚ direct and indirect labor costs‚ and how to allocate factory overhead as well. While it all may sound confusing‚ having
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Peanuts and Cost Accounting A problem faced by a Restaurateur (Joe) as revealed by his Accountant-Efficiency Expert (Eff. Ex.) EFF. EX. Joe‚ you said you put in these peanuts because some people ask for them‚ but do you realize what this rack of peanuts is costing you? JOE It ain ’t gonna cost. ’Sgonna be a profit. Sure‚ I hadda pay $25 for a fancy rack to holda bags‚ but the peanuts cost 6 cents and I sell ’em for 10 cents. Figger I sell 50 bags a week to start. It ’ll take 12 ½ weeks to
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STANDARD COSTS Setting a budget is never easy as it involves predicting the future and therefore uncertainty. The process is not about getting the budget absolutely right; it is about not getting it too wrong. This budget process may be applied to most revenue budgets that deal with income and costs‚ but there is also a requirement to produce a capital budget that covers the purchase‚ sale and replacement of fixed assets. There is normally an investment limit dictated by funding availability and
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A Cost Leadership Strategy is based on the concept that you can produce and market a good quality product or service at a lower cost than your competitors. These low costs should translate to profit margins that are higher than the industry average. Some of the conditions that should exist to support a cost leadership strategy include an on-going availability of operating capital‚ good process engineering skills‚ close management of labor‚ products designed for ease of manufacturing and low cost distribution
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