Accounting Final Exam 1.) Five forces included in industry analysis Competitors. Potential entrants into the market. Equivalent products. Bargaining power of customers. Bargaining power of input suppliers. 2.) The balanced scorecard translates an organization’s mission and strategy into a set of performance measures that provides the framework for implementing its strategy. The balanced scorecard does not focus solely on achieving short-run financial objectives. It also highlights the
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B313F Management and Cost Accounting Assignment 1 Date due: 29 October 2008 Weighting: 15% of the total marks of the course Question 1 (25 marks) Mini Case – Seto’s Storage Warehouse Paul Seto owns and manages a commercial storage warehouse. He stores a vast variety of perishable goods for his customers. Under the existing pricing policy‚ he has charged customers using a flat rate of $2.40 per kilogram per month for goods stored. His storage warehouse has 10‚000 cubic metres of
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Contract costing is a system of job costing that is applied to relatively large cost units‚ which normally take a considerable length of time to complete. Building and construc¬tion work‚ civil engineering and shipbuilding are some examples of industries where large contract work is undertaken‚ and where contract costing is appropriate. Contract Costing deals with the books of the Contractor only‚ i.e. the cost of the work and measuring the profit or loss on the contract. Contract costing is
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Was the existing system adequate in the past? Why or why not? Why is it no longer adequate? The existing system was adequate in the past due to heavy reliance on direct labor hours. The ETO served as a central cost center‚ and transferred the costs to other divisions at direct costs plus allocated burden. Being in the late 1970s and early 1980s‚ technology testing of components required fewer cycles‚ and less complicated structures. Hence‚ such testing on products could be carried out by direct
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Unit 6 Statement of Cash Flows and Financial Statement Analysis & The Metrics of a Company Unit Assignment Kaplan University January 18‚ 2013 AC505: Advanced Managerial/Cost Accounting |Transaction |Operating |Investing |Financing | |A. Paid bills to insurers and utility providers
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Dear SEC Commissioners‚ As a professional accountant for many years now‚ I have seen how accounting principles have changed‚ and is currently changing through time. I understand the challenges that are involved‚ as well as the issues that may arise when making changes. The changes that are made should always be in the best interest of following the US GAAP Conceptual Framework. That is why I always like to get involved and do my share of getting my opinion out there in hopes of making the best
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Puyricard Fine Chocolate. Puyricard is a premium chocolate-maker. It produces and sells fine handmade chocolates‚ calissons and confectionary through its own retail network (14 stores in France: 12 in Provence‚ 2 in Paris)‚ wholesales and website. It is the French leader for craft chocolate‚ with an annual production of 120 tons of chocolate and a turnover of 6‚9 million euros. The company is family-owned and run by the sons of the founders. It was created 40 years ago and the CEO‚ Tanguy Roelandts
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Hstorical Cost Accounting Advantages and disadvantages of historical cost accounting‚ alternatives to historical cost accounting 2.1 Introduction Accounting concepts and conventions as used in accountancy are the rules and guidelines by which the accountant lives. The historical cost accounting convention is an accounting technique that values an asset for balance sheet purposes at the price paid for the asset at the time of its acquisition. The historical cost accounting is the situation
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Which of the following involves significant financial investments in projects to develop new products‚ expand production capacity‚ or remodel current production facilities? A) capital budgeting B) working capital C) master budgeting D) project-cost budgeting Answer: A Diff: 1 Terms: capital budgeting Objective: 1 AACSB: Reflective thinking 2) The two factors capital budgeting emphasizes are: A) qualitative and nonfinancial B) quantitative and nonfinancial C) quantitative
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this formula Direct labor cost = 40000 = 6250 Hours Per D.Labor hours rate 6.40 1) Prime Cost (2) Conversion Cost Material opening 24000 Direct labor 40000 + purchase 56000 FOH Applied Material available for use 80000 6250 Hours@ 8 50000 - Material ending (20000) Conversion cost 90000 Material used 60000 + Direct labor 40000 Prime Cost 100000 (3) Cost of goods manufactured (4) Cost of goods sold Prime cost 100000 Cost of goods manufactured
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