CHAPTER 6 PRODUCTION EXERCISES 4. A political campaign manager must decide whether to emphasize television advertisements or letters to potential voters in a reelection campaign. Describe the production function for campaign votes. How might information about this function (such as the shape of the isoquants) help the campaign manager to plan strategy? The output of concern to the campaign manager is the number of votes. The production function has two inputs‚ television advertising and
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When will profits reported under variable and absorption costing differ? How can we reconcile the profits reported under the two approaches? Profits reported under variable and absorption costing will differ when inventory increases or decreases during the year. The difference involves the timing with which fixed manufacturing overhead becomes an expense. Under variable costing‚ fixed overhead is expensed immediately as it is incurred. Under absorption costing‚ fixed overhead is inventoried until
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ABSORPTION AND VARIABLE COSTING Learning Objectives 1. Explain the accounting treatment of fixed manufacturing overhead under absorption and variable costing. 2. Prepare an income statement under absorption costing. 3. Prepare an income statement under variable costing. 4. Reconcile reported income under absorption and variable costing. 5. Explain the implications of absorption and variable costing for cost-volume-profit analysis. 6. Evaluate absorption and variable costing.
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Variable costing and absorption costing are the two most commonly used methods of inventory costing for manufacturing companies. The inventory method of variable costing takes place when total direct and indirect variable manufacturing costs are included within inventoriable costs. Fixed manufacturing costs however‚ are considered costs of the period under variable costing. The next method of inventory costing‚ absorption costing‚ includes all variable manufacturing costs as well as fixed manufacturing
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Absorption and Variable Costing‚ Inventory Management Absorption and Variable costing are very important tools for cost accounting. Both of these costing methods allow you to see the cost of your inventory‚ in a different way. For example the absorption method allows you to assign all costs to the product‚ while variable costing allows only variable costs to be assigned to the product. Inventory management is extremely important as well because it ties into efficiency and lowering your costs so that
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“Growth vs Fixed Mindset” Keeping a positive attitude‚ having perseverance and staying motivated while attending school is paramount to achieving educational success. However‚ what if I told you there is an idea more powerful than any of these notions‚ one that is a game changer‚ both academically and in life‚ AND that we are in complete control of it. This idea is how we perceive our brains and whether our intelligence is something that is fixed or something that can grow and change. “In a fixed mindset
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Poverty should be fixed Poverty is one of the most serious issues in the world. When one drives around Los Angeles‚ the person can easily find homeless people who beg for money on freeway off ramps or look for food in garbage cans. People should not neglect them being on the streets because it is unsafe and unclean. The rate of poverty consistently increases every year. Shah states “According to UNICEF‚ 22‚000 children die each day due to poverty. And they ‘die quietly in some of the
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Mindset A fixed mindset can truly influence your life and everyday decisions. When you have a mindset you believe you are or are not good at something. If someone tells another person something negative or positive about something it can change the way they think about it before they even have experienced it. In the article kids were put in a room to do a puzzle and they weren’t getting it right‚ but they weren’t upset about it they just said to themselves it’s a learning experience. Many people
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This fixed asset will give insight for Longhaul Carriers‚ owned by Jimmy Mavela. Longhaul Carriers is a transport company that transport goods between Durban and Johannesburg. The company has three heavy-duty trucks and employs three drivers who either work day or night shifts. This report will cover fair remuneration for drivers‚ working hours‚ maximise earnings‚ profitability and effective control for the future of Longhaul Carriers. Fair remuneration for drivers Calculations:Drivers remuneration
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units during the period. The manufacturing costs and selling and administrative expenses were as follows: Total cost Rs. Beginning inventory: Direct materials Direct labour Variable factory overhead Fixed factory overhead Total Current period costs: Direct materials Direct labour Variable factory overhead Fixed factory overhead Total Selling and administrative expenses: Variable Fixed Total Instructions: 1. 2. 3. Prepare an income statement based on the variable costing concept. Prepare an income statement
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