Variance Analysis 1. Define standard costs and describe how managers use standard costs in the management cycle. 2. Explain how standard costs are developed and compute a standard unit cost. 3. Prepare a flexible budget and describe how variance analysis is used to control costs. 4. Compute and analyze direct materials variances. 5. Compute and analyze direct labor variances. 6. Compute and analyze manufacturing overhead variances. 7. Explain how variances are used to evaluate managers’ performance
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- Business Analysis - Summer 2013 Sample Test (Test 2‚ July 10th‚ 2013) Name: _______________________________ ID number: _____________________ Multiple Choice: Select the one correct (or best) answer. For questions with calculations‚ select the closest answer‚ as there may be differences due to rounding. No part credit. No penalty for guessing (so answer all questions!). 3 points for each. Transfer answers carefully to the Scantron. *Cell phone is required to be off during the test. A basic calculator
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is faced with the dilemma of an expiring drug patent and is seeking an additional indication from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its cholesterol drug Niaspan. In order to receive an indication from the FDA‚ a drug company must present two successful studies with the intended outcome. Niaspan has the FDA indication to raise HDL-C‚ reduce secondary non-fatal myocardial infarction‚ and regression of atherosclerosis in combination with a bile acid resin. In a recent study (cite) patients
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dealing with profitability‚ every company has to make a good decision. It is quite critical for manager to use the variance analysis tools properly. By using variance‚ managers can make adjustment on their company performance in order to achieve the highest profit. Variance is actually a difference between actual and what planned. What we plan is also called budgeted. Variances analysis is so important when there are a planning and controlling management. They help managers in sketching their strategies
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Complete the problem sets and show all steps in your work: • Ch. 17: Problem B1 • Ch. 18: Problems A10 & B2 • Ch. 20: Problem A2 • Ch. 21: Problem C2 Chapter 17 (p. 500) B1: A. The goal is for Bixton to remain comfortably in the “A” range. For this to work properly‚ the firm must avoid ratings on the low end of the scale. Fixed Charge Coverage = 3.40 – 4.30 Total Debt = 55 – 65 Long-Term Debt = 25 – 30 B. Other considerable factors before settling on the target range includes:
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Instructor Assignment # 1. 1. Alex Miller‚ Inc.‚ sells car batteries to service stations for an average of $30 each. The variable cost of each battery is $20 and monthly fixed manufacturing costs total $10‚000. Other monthly fixed costs of the company total $8‚000. Required: a. What is the breakeven point in batteries? b. What is the margin of safety‚ assuming sales total $60‚000?
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Week 4 Individual Assignment August 26‚ 2013 Week 4 Individual Assignment I am intimately aware of two organizations personally‚ the first is a little company that I started‚ and the company where I work now. By selecting two companies that I have worked with and for‚ I am able to better understand in detail the structure‚ organizational functions‚ and structural design. I started working out of high school on a little ranch in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California. Soon
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the statistic estimated from a sample and the true population statistic. While we would expect the sampling error to not be zero‚ it is not impossible. For example if you were evaluating the ethnicities of a population and everyone in the population was Caucasian then taking any sample would give you the true proportion of 100% Caucasian. In other words‚ if the sampling error is zero then the population is uniform or you were taking a perfectly representative sample 22. List the reasons for sampling
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ECE 302 Problem Set 9 Fall 2013 The following problems have been selected from the course text. 4.78 In a large collection of wires‚ the length of a wire is X‚ an exponential random variable with mean 5π cm. Each wire is cut to make rings of diameter 1 cm. Find the probability mass function for the number of complete rings produced by each length of wire. 4.85 The exam grades in a certain class have a Gaussian pdf with mean m and standard deviation σ. Find the constants a and b so that
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In this file ACC 561 Week 1 Individual Assignment Financial Statement Differentiation Paper there is a review of the following parts: 1. Balance Sheet 2. Income Statement 3. Statement of Retained Earnings 4. Statement of Cash Flows 5. Which statement or statements would be of most interest to investors? Business - Accounting Write a paper of no more than 700 words discussing the four different types of financial statements. Explain the information provided
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