Managerial Analysis: BYP6-2 ACC/349 Managerial Analysis: BYP6-2 (a) Compute and interpret the contribution margin ratio under each approach. Current approach: 800‚000 / 2‚000‚000 = 0.4 Automated approach: 1‚600‚000 / 2‚000‚000 = 0.8 (b) Compute the break-even point in sales dollars under each approach. Discuss the implications of your findings. Breakeven Point – Fixed Expenses / Contribution Margin Ratio Current Approach: 200‚000 / .4 = $500‚000 Automated
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Chapter 02 - Economists’ View Of Behavior CHAPTER 2 ECONOMISTS’ VIEW OF BEHAVIOR CHAPTER SUMMARY This chapter uses the cheating scandal at Merrill Lynch to illustrate how a manager’s view of behavior can affect decision making. It summarizes the economic view of behavior and contrasts it with other views. The chapter presents a graphical analysis of utility maximization and decision making under uncertainty. The concepts in this chapter are an important foundation for subsequent material in
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The Manager and Management Accounting BUSI 0028 Sem 2‚ 2012/13 Dr. Olivia Leung © 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved. Accounting Discipline Overview Managerial accounting—measures‚ analyzes‚ and reports financial and nonfinancial information to help managers make decisions to fulfill organizational goals. Managerial accounting need not be GAAP compliant. Financial accounting—focus on reporting to external users including investors‚ creditors‚ and governmental
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Managerial Accounting‚ 3e (Braun/Tietz) Chapter 2 Building Blocks of Managerial Accounting 1) Service companies must carry a large amount of inventory to meet consumer demand. Answer: FALSE Diff: 1 LO: 2-1 EOC: E2-1 AACSB: Reflective Thinking Learning Outcome: Define and use cost-volume-profit analysis to analyze the effects of changes in costs and volume on a company’s profits 2) Manufacturing companies usually have three types of inventory. Answer: TRUE Diff: 1 LO: 2-1
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THE FIRM’S BASIC PROFIT MAXIMIZATION PROBLEM Chapter 2 slide 1 What Quantity of Output should the Firm Produce and Sell and at What Price? The Answer depends on Revenue and Cost Predictions. The Solution is Found using Marginal Analysis. Expand an Activity if and only if the Extra Benefit exceeds the Extra Cost. MAXIMIZING PROFIT FROM MICROCHIPS 2.2 A1. Focus on a single Product‚ A2. whose Revenues and Costs can be predicted with Certainty. Revenue can be predicted using the Demand
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Managerial Analysis 17-2 Alberto Nicholas. University of Phoenix ACC561/PD14MBA08 June 18‚ 2015 Dr. Norris Dorsey Managerial Analysis 17-2 A) Compute the activity-based overhead rate for each activity pool. Activity Cost pools Cost Driver Annual Cost Total estimated Drivers Activity-based overhead rate Market Analysis Hours of Analysis $1‚050‚000 15‚000 hours $70.00 Product Design Number of Designs $2‚350‚000 2‚500 designs $940 Product Development Number of Products $3‚600‚000 90 products
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Unassailable logic will not always suffice. And most people with perhaps a little thought accept this but only as theory. Either way‚ a do-nothing approach as we saw it in The Managerial Imperative is persuasive. The waste in business and government is staggering. Plenty of analysis but often no meaningful plan. We have modeled the world to death on many irrelevant issues. What is the point? It is two-fold: one‚ planning fascinates many employees over and over again; and two
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Exercise 3-13. Costing Units Completed and Ending Work in Process [LO 2‚3‚4] At the start of November‚ Penco Refinery had Work in Process inventory consisting of 4‚000 units that were 90 percent complete with respect to materials and 50 percent complete with respect to conversion costs. The cost of the units was $38‚000 ($25‚000 of material cost and $13‚000 of labor and overhead). During November‚ the company started 44‚000 units and incurred $421‚970 of material cost and $394‚880 of labor and
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Chapter 1 1 Introduction Economics and managerial decision making 2 Economics: The study of the behavior of human beings in producing‚ distributing and consuming material goods and services in a world of scarce resources Management: The science of organizing and allocating a firm’s scarce resources to achieve its desired objectives Managerial economics: The use of economic analysis to make business decisions involving the best use (allocation) of an organization’s scarce
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from other functions carried out in the daily operations of the organization are as follows: 1. An established objective. 2. A defined life span with a beginning and an end. 3. Usually‚ the involvement of serveral departments and professionals. 4. Typically‚ doing something that has never been done before. 5. Specific time‚ cost‚ and performance requirements. 2. Some of the key environmental forces that have changed the way projects are managed are as follows: (a) Shortening of the product
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