Available online at www.sciencedirect.com Accounting‚ Organizations and Society 33 (2008) 1–19 www.elsevier.com/locate/aos The role of manufacturing practices in mediating the impact of activity-based costing on plant performance Rajiv D. Banker a‚ Indranil R. Bardhan b b‚* ‚ Tai-Yuan Chen c a Fox School of Business‚ Temple University‚ 1810 N. 13th Street‚ Philadelphia‚ PA 19122‚ USA The University of Texas at Dallas‚ School of Management‚ SM 41‚ 2601 N. Floyd Road‚ Richardson
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Introduction: Firm profile and product selection The origins of Pepsi-cola started in the late 1890s through an invention by Caleb Bradham‚ a pharmacist‚ who like all pharmacist had soda fountains in their store. His most famous concoction was a soda that contained pepsin. This was initially called brads drink before he changed the name to Pepsi. Over the years subsequent mergers and acquisitions Pepsi-cola merged with Frito-Lays‚ and a new company‚ PepsiCo‚ was created. Currently‚ PepsiCo is divided
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Contract closing a method of costing large projects‚ where the contracted work will run over several accounting periods Every organisation will have its own costing system with characteristics which are unique to that particular system. However‚ although each system might be different‚ the basic costing method used by the organisation is likely to depend on the type of activity that the organisation is engaged in. The costing system would have the same basic characteristics as the systems
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Kaizen Costing A Report Kaizen Costing The ultimate objective of manufacturing industries today is to increase productivity through system simplification‚ organizational potential and incremental improvements by using modern techniques like Kaizen. Most of the manufacturing industries are currently encountering a necessity to respond to rapidly changing customer needs‚ desires and tastes. For industries‚ to remain competitive and retain market share in this global market‚ continuous improvement
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Absorption costing: * It is costing system which treats all manufacturing costs including both the fixed and variable costs as product costs * In absorption costing‚ all costs are absorbed into production and thus operating statements do not distinguish between fixed and variable costs. * Absorption costing is a process of tracing the variable costs of production and the fixed costs of production to the product. Absorption costing is used to cost products and to report financial
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ABC Farm (San Pablo City) Largely a Rambutan farm fenced-off by a concrete wall‚ the area sits on an upper edge of a shallow-deep configuration of a Maar complex at the foot of Mount Obabis hill (also known as Imok hill in this Wikimapia map systems)‚ wherein a relic of what looks like a small volcanic crater rim which is still visible around 110 meters from the south flank of the farm. The Maar depression can be distinguishable the moment the concrete San Marcos-to-Palakpakin Road descends to
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Marginal and absorption costing Topic list 1 Marginal cost and marginal costing 2 The principles of marginal costing 3 Marginal costing and absorption costing and the calculation of profit 4 Reconciling profits 5 Marginal costing versus absorption costing Syllabus reference D4 (a) D4 (a) D4 (b)‚ (c) D4 (d) D4 (e) Introduction This chapter defines marginal costing and compares it with absorption costing. Whereas absorption costing recognises fixed costs (usually fixed production costs) as
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ABC Corporation MEMO AGBM1208B MGT 308/ Managing Diversity Harlen Williams‚ Jr. July 13‚ 2010 ABC Corporation Memo ABC Corporation strives to implement a multicultural corporation. Our corporation requires a workforce appreciative and helpful to individuals with ability‚ dedication and commitment for the advancement of the corporation. Achievement requires obtaining and keeping the most skilled individuals in the workforce – the most skillful and the most dedicated‚
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MARGINAL COSTING [pic] SUBMITTED TO: SUBMITTED BY: Dr. Shashi Srivastav ABHISHEK KUMAR RAI
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ABC Company is a manufacturing firm that specializes in making cedar roofing and siding shingles. The company currently has annual sales of around $1.2 million‚ a 25% increase from the previous year. The company has an aggressive growth target of reaching $3 million annual sales within the next 3 years. The CEO has been trying to find additional products that can leverage the current ABC employee skill set as well as the manufacturing facilities. ABC Company’s current financial information (before/without
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