Advanced Management Accounting Chapter 1 A management accounting system is an information system that collects operational and financial data‚ processes it‚ stores it‚ and reports it to users (such as workers‚ engineers‚ managers‚ and executives). What the organization tries to deliver to customers is called its value proposition Planning includes activities such as product planning‚ production planning and strategy development. What are the four generic elements of an organization’s
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Introduction Grear Rafting Company‚ owned by Peggy Grear is a company that provides rafting services to rafters. Grear Rafting Company‚ henceforth referred to as Grear Rafting‚ has just gone through its first season in business on which it provided rafting services to 1‚048 rafters for seven (7) days. During these seven (7) days‚ Grear Rafting also provided meals to the rafters three times a day‚ it also provides the rafts used during the season. During its first season‚ however‚ Grear Rafting experienced
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’ Definitions : Opportunity cost : Sunk cost : has already been lost an cannot be changed. focus on what happened ‚ we cannot make a good decision. Make the mistake of taking the sunk cost to make a decision. Transfering a mistake on a new decision. Should forget about the sunk cost and find a solution to focus on a main objective like succeeding an exam. We shold not keep building on the mistake Incremental or differencial cost: When we make on a decision we need focus on what will be different
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costs Fixed costs High-low method Prepare a contribution format income statement Prepare a traditional format income statement Schedule of cost of goods sold Compute the company’s predetermined overhead rate. Unit product costs Prepare a Schedule of Cost of Goods Manufactured Prepare a Schedule of Cost of Goods Sold Weighted Average method Construct a cost reconciliation Compute the following items: a. Unit contribution margin. b. Contribution margin ratio. c. Break-even in dollar sales
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the signal with financial leverage or taxes. Computing operating leverage would be easy if the proportion of fixed and variable costs could be known with certainty. Consider a stylized example: Operating leverage is computed by dividing the contribution margin (revenues less variable costs) by the operating income. In this case‚ operating leverage is 1.50 (300/200). So‚ a 10% increase in revenues should yield a 15% increase in operating income (10% * 1.5). As seen above‚ a 20% increase in sales
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Total Sales | $8‚583 | $8‚102 | $10‚711 | Variable Costs | | | | Cost of Goods Sold | $4‚326 | $4‚132 | $5‚570 | Commissions | $429 | $405 | $536 | Total Variable Costs | $4‚755 | $4‚537 | $6‚106 | Contribution Margin | $3‚828 | $3‚565 | $4‚605 | | | | | Fixed Costs | | | | Salaries | $2‚021 | $2‚081 | $3‚215 | Advertising | $254 | $250 | $257 | Administrative Expenses | $418 | $425 | $435
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on higher margin products‚ companies are able to continue and increase profits and survive. The Cost Volume Profit Analysis is the paramount and most cost efficient way of doing so. By understanding the economic consequences of cost structure‚ contribution margin‚ and break-even sensitivity‚ a business can create a decision model to enhance the company’s profitability. A brief outline is necessary in understanding the Cost Volume Profit analysis (or CVP) and creating a decision model. In a very
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CHapter 16 THE BEHAVIOR OF COSTS Changes from the Twelfth Edition All changes to Chapter 16 were minor. Approach We have retained our approach of putting all C-V-P topics in a single chapter because many schools’ marketing and management accounting core courses start simultaneously‚ and marketing likes to have break-even analysis covered early in the management accounting course. Also‚ if there are students in the course with work experience or‚ in the case of MBA courses‚ with some
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2008). Case 4-33 Cost Structure; Target profit and Break-Even Analysis Contribution Income Statement for all three scenarios: 15% commission 20% commission Own sales force Sales $16‚000‚000 $16‚000‚000 $16‚000‚000 Variable manuf. cost $7‚200‚000 $7‚200‚000 $7‚200‚000 Commissions $2‚400‚000 $3‚200‚000 $1‚200‚000 -Tot. variable cost ($9‚600‚000) ($10‚400‚000) ($8‚400‚000) Contribution margin $6‚400‚000 $5‚600‚000 $7‚600‚000 Fixed overhead
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Abbington Youth Center Background 1. Abbington Youth Center is a not-for-profit organization‚ which provides three high-quality programs: Infants and Toddlers Program‚ Preschool Program‚ and After-School Program. Targets are children up to three-years old‚ three to five-years old‚ and five to seven-years old. 2. Mark Thomas‚ assistant director of the Abbington Youth Center‚ instructs the program directors with his breakeven analysis. He calculated the following results by using average method:
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