at the costs for the year. The restaurant wanted to see what some of their fixed and variable costs were for the year. They also wanted to make sure they remain in their relevant range. The costs focused on were the cost of hamburgers (raw materials) and the cost of building rent. It was determined that the raw materials were the variable costs because the cost will vary based on production of hamburgers. A variable cost is a cost that will change in direct proportion to changes in the cost-driver
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with regard to inpatient days‚ number of emergency visits‚ number of unforeseen complications‚ number of additional unaccounted for testing procedures and so on. The many costs incurred by the healthcare organization can be classified as variable‚ fixed‚ or semi-fixed costs. Understanding the appropriate classification of these cost ’s behaviors serves management through providing specific process and product information necessary for a successful operation. The primary reason for defining an organization
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Being able to determine whether a cost is fixed or variable is vital to the understanding of overhead loading and cost behavior. A fixed cost is unchanged with a change to the cost driver. (Horngren‚ Sutton‚ and Stratton p.46) Which means that a fixed cost does not rise with the change is production of your product. A good example of a fixed cost is rent. No matter how many widgets you make (within a relevant range) your rent will not increase. A variable cost‚ on the other hand‚ does change with
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Agri-environment contract adoption under fixed and variable compliance costs. This report looks at the agri-environment contract adpted by farmers’ to be able to contribute and partake in the enrivonmental schemes through pressure groups and government. It provides disctinct description to the differences in fixed and variable costs. The purpose of explaining the differences were to illustrate how farmers partaking to the project would be different than how much land will be needed to chip in the
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consumption rates. These approaches may be limited in effectiveness because of the relatively low variable cost of medical care. Variable costs (for medication and supplies) are saved if a facility does not provide a service while fixed costs (for salaried labor‚ buildings‚ and equipment) are not saved over the short term when a health care facility reduces service. OBJECTIVE: To determine the relative variable and fixed costs of inpatient and outpatient care for a large urban public teaching hospital. DESIGN:
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| Total Marks: ______ / 100 marks = ________ % Grade: Question I: Identification: Fill in the blanks the correct answer. You are having a dress shop‚ indicate the proper classification of cost behavior whether it is VARIABLE or FIXED for each of the following items below: |Cost Element |Cost Behavior | |Material used to make shirts
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Fixed Costs‚ Variable costs‚ and Break Even Point Elizabeth Gaud HSM /260 August 21‚ 2011 Stephanie Koontz Fixed Costs‚ Variable costs‚ and Break Even Point Exercise 10.1 Recompute fixed costs‚ variable costs‚ and the BEP. What are the variable costs? What are the fixed costs? How many meals will the WHDM program need to provide during the fiscal year to reach the BEP? How much profit will the program earn if it completes its 45‚000-meal contract with the City of Westchester? Answer:
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concentrates and syrups in the world‚ and also marketed and distributed a variety of non carbonated-beverage product‚ which included minute maid orange juice‚ Fruitopia‚ Dasani bottled water‚ and Nestea‚ among others. Company Background Pepsico‚ Inc : In 2000‚ PepsiCo‚ Inc.‚ was a $20-billion company involved in the snack-food‚ soft-drink and noncarbonated-beverage business. The company sold and distributed salty and sweet snacks under the Frito-Lay trademark‚ and manufactured concentrate of pepsi
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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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businesses are transforming labor into a more flexible (and variable) cost. Among such companies are Hewlett-Packard‚ General Electric‚ DuPont‚ Sun Microsystems‚ and British Airways. Discuss whether direct labor is a fixed or a variable cost. What are the pros and cons of management treating direct labor as a variable cost? Are there ethical issues to be considered here? Direct labor can be classified as a fixed cost or a variable cost‚ depending on how flexible the employer needs to be/can
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