Executive Summary This report analyses the costs associated with two of Coffee Beans Inc. products‚ Moana Loa and Malaysian blends based on two different costing methodologies‚ namely the traditional job costing system that the company uses so far and the Activity Based Costing (ABC). ABC provides us with a more detailed and accurate estimation of the real cost of the products and it can serve as the basis for suitable strategic decisions‚ concerning products mix‚ pricing‚ suppliers and market
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an effective cost accounting system. Standard Costs are predetermined costs that are usually expressed on a per-unit basis; they are target costs‚ costs that should be attained. One can think of a standard as a budget for a single unit. Standard costs are the building blocks of a flexible budgeting and feedback system (the comparison of actual performance with planned performance). Since the company’s main objective is to maximise profit‚ a planning and control system is essential. Firstly‚ a strategy
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MARGINAL COSTING AS A COSTING SYSTEM Marginal Costing is a type of flexible standard costing that separates fixed costs from proportional costs in relation to the output quantity of the objects. In particular‚ Marginal Costing is a comprehensive and sophisticated method of planning and monitoring costs based on resource drivers. Selecting the resource drivers and separating the costs into fixed and proportional components ensures that cost fluctuations caused by changes in operating levels‚ as
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Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 6 TARGET COSTING 7 TATA NANO – THE INTRODUCTION 9 A BREAK THROUGH CAR 11 COST CUTTING FEATURES 12 TARGET PRICING THE NANO 13 Product Features 13 Dimension 13 Engine specifications for Tata Nano 14 Safety features for Tata Nano – The 1 Lakh car 14 How green is Tata Nano? 14 IDEA GENERATION OF NANO 14 THE COST – THE TARGET 16 THE COST REDUCTION PARADIGM 17 Value Engineering Alternatives: 17 Now the question was‚ “how much to produce” 17 PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT 18 The Final verdict:
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01/14/2011 ACC 560 Case 1: Greetings Inc.: Job Order Costing 1. Define and explain the meaning of a predetermined manufacturing overhead rate that is applied in a job-order costing system? A predetermined overhead rate is the rate used to apply manufacturing overhead to work-in-process inventory. The predetermined overhead rate is calculated before the period begins. The first step is to estimate the amount of the activity base that will be required to support operations in the upcoming
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Costing Methods Paper In 1983 a former Pittsburg Steelers’ Player Franco Harris formed a company called Super Bakery Inc. the company’s management had a very rough start because they monitored and followed practices in the industry too closely. Tracking and following the company’s practices hurt the growth of the industry and customers were not satisfied with performance Franco Harris and his staff needed to create strategies that will help the company improve customer’s satisfaction at the same
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Content 1. Introduction 4 2. Part Ⅰ--Standard Costing System and Variance Analysis 5 2.1. Definition 5 2.2. Scenarios of Standard Costing System and Variance Analysis 5 2.2.1 Scenario Ⅰ Manufacturing Companies—Auto-making Firms 6 2.2.2 Scenario Ⅱ Service Industries—Banks 7 2.2.3 Scenario Ⅲ Other Industries That Have not Repetitve Processes—AdvertisingFirms 8 2.3. Standard Costing System on Different SIzes 9 2.4. Variance Analysis 9 2.4.1 Total Production Cost Variance 9 2.4.2
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Effect of Value-Added Activity Based Costing and Economic Value Measure and their impact on Process Improvement & Business Profitability Business’ profitability and processes can be greatly improved by implementing a value-added activity based costing (ABC) and economic value measure system. The effects can save a company exponentially with the additional detail ABC information provides. ABC information provides much more accurate information about the costs of existing products and the cost
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Super Bakery‚ Incorporated Costing Methods Super Bakery Incorporated (SBI) is a successful virtual corporation focused on supplying donuts and other baked goods to the institutional food market. SBI was founded in 1983 by former Pittsburgh Steelers’ running back Franco Harris. The management has used an outsourcing strategy‚ whereby‚ selling‚ manufacturing‚ warehousing‚ and shipping functions have been outsourced to strategic partners. The goal is to extract the maximum value-added from these
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Chapter 2 Job Order Costing Learning Objectives After studying this chapter‚ you should be able to: [1] Explain the characteristics and purposes of cost accounting. [2] Describe the flow of costs in a job order cost system. [3] Explain the nature and importance of a job cost sheet. [4] Indicate how the predetermined overhead rate is determined and used. [5] Prepare entries for jobs completed and sold. [6] Distinguish between under- and overapplied manufacturing overhead. 2-1 Preview of Chapter
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