Cost of Production Fixed costs are those that do not vary with output and typically include rents‚ insurance‚ depreciation‚ set-up costs‚ and normal profit. They are also called overheads. Variable costs are costs that do vary with output‚ and they are also called direct costs. Examples of typical variable costs include fuel‚ raw materials‚ and some labour costs. An example Production costs Consider the following hypothetical example of a boat building firm. The total fixed costs‚ TFC‚ include
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on exploiting opportunities. c. help managers anticipate potential problems. d. enable managers to control through a set of specific activities with defined corrective actions. 2. [AICPA Adapted] Dewitt Co. budgeted its activity for October 2004 from the following information: * Sales are budgeted at $750‚000. All sales are credit sales and a provision for doubtful accounts is made monthly at the rate of 2% of sales. * Merchandise inventory was $120‚000 at September
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life-changing decision of whether or not to incur the (expensive) cost of higher education. A striking statistic that jumps out however is that postsecondary enrolment has been increasing over the past few decades despite the increase in tuition and other related costs associated with attending a college or a university. To put this in perspective‚ total enrolment has increased at a rate of 2.78% between 1973 and 2005 even though the costs of attending a postsecondary education increased by a real annual
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summary of the contents of the document.] compaq [Type the company name] [Pick the date] Contents Concept of Cost Accounting……………………………………………………………………03 Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………..03 Traditional costing v/s activity based costing…………………………………………………..04 Need for an Activity Based Costing……………………………………………………………06 Stages in Activity Based Costing……………………………………………………………....08 Cost Drivers…………………………………………………………………………………….09 Classification of activities………………………………………………………………...……10 Steps
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ZARA Income Statement Period Ending: 2012 31/12 2011 31/12 2010 31/12 2009 31/12 Total Revenue 82.98 78.19 89.69 76.7 Revenue 82.98 78.19 89.69 76.7 Other Revenue‚ Total - - - - Cost of Revenue‚ Total 60.29 56.72 59.02 52 Gross Profit 22.69 21.47 30.67 24.7 Total Operating Expenses 77.61 73.35 74.12 63.51 Selling/General/Admin. Expenses‚ Total 3.69 3.24 3.96 3.56 Research & Development - - - - Depreciation / Amortization 13.63 13.38 11.14 7
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resistance from finance people who claim that ABC is too complex to implement. 1. Given some of the apparent problems with Sippican’s cost system‚ should executives abandon overhead assignment to products entirely and adopt a contribution margin approach in which manufacturing overhead is treated as a period expense? Why or why not? 2. Calculate the practical capacity and the capacity cost rates for each of Sippican’s resources: production and setup employees‚ machines‚ receiving and production
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COST CONTROL INTRODUCTION In our business every decision taken will be reflected in final results. That is why‚ as every area in a restaurant is related‚ we must pay special attention on implementing a structure according to the organization’s features to make sure it is profitable. Running a restaurant requires a set of procedures to optimize resources in order to obtain an economic benefit while satisfying our customers’ needs. We have to develop this administrative procedures through
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Define cost object and give three examples Cost object is defined as “Anything for which a separate measurement of cost is desired”. The term cost object and cost objective is synonymous. Cost object may refer to a process‚ a cost centre‚ and cost units. Cost unit is a quantitative unit of product or service in relation to which cost are ascertained. Cost centre is a location‚ function or item of equipment in respect of which cost are ascertained. 2. Define cost accumulation
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Chapter 4. Costs and Cost Minimization Problem Set 1. Suppose the production of airframes is characterized by a CES production function: Q = (L½ + K½)2. The marginal products for this production function are MPL = (L½ + K½)L−½ and MPK = (L½+ K½)K−½. Suppose that the price of labor is $10 per unit and the price of capital is $1 per unit. Find the cost-minimizing combination of labor and capital for an airframe manufacturer that wants to produce 121‚000 airframes. The tangency condition
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Minimizing the Inventory Cost in the Production Management: Just in Time (JIT) Manufacturing System is a Mile Stone Shirajul Islam M. Phil Researcher‚ Jahangirnagar University‚ Savar‚ Dhaka Abstract This article explains how a firm manages her inventory to gain minimum production cost and earn business success by using JIT (Just in Time) Manufacturing System. It provides a mathematical framework to understand the performance of a farm‚ and argues that inventory cost minimization method is an
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