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    Costing System Assignment

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    BUS 503 Homework Fang Geng P5-47 The information supplied by the ABC project team is in columns A‚ B‚ C‚ D‚ F‚ G‚ I. Activity Activity Cost Pool Cost Driver Cost Divers Quantity Pool Rate Product Line Cost Driver Quantity for Product Line Activity Cost for Product Line Product Line Production Volume Activity Cost per Unit of Production Material 52‚500 Production 100 525.00 REG 40 21‚000 5‚000 4.20 Handing Runs ADV 40 21‚000 4‚000 5.25 GMT 20 10‚500 1‚‚000 10.50

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    Introduction to Standard Costing Standard costing is an important subtopic of cost accounting. Standard costs are usually associated with a manufacturing company’s costs of direct material‚ direct labor‚ and manufacturing overhead. Rather than assigning the actual costs of direct material‚ direct labor‚ and manufacturing overhead to a product‚ many manufacturers assign the expected or standard cost. This means that a manufacturer’s inventories and cost of goods sold will begin with amounts reflecting

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    Product costing systems in modern manufacturing organisations Product costing refers to the process of assigning shared direct and indirect costs to individual products‚ customers‚ branches or other cost items. (USAID‚ 2007) Product costing is also referred to as assigning costs to inventory and production based on the expenses that go into producing or buying inventory. It is an important process for manufacturers that helps improves management information on products and helps managers and the

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    between activity-based costing and the theory of constraints‚ as well as situations in which one approach might be preferable to the other. 5-48 Cycle time efficiency and JIT     Walker Brothers Company is considering installing a JIT manufacturing system in the hope that it will improve its overall processing cycle efficiency. Data from the traditional system and estimates for the JIT system are presented here for their Nosun Product: TIME CATEGORY     TRADITIONAL SYSTEM     JIT SYSTEM Storage     4

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    Introduction: Process costing is a form of operations costing which is used where standardized homogeneous goods are produced. This costing method is used in industries like chemicals‚ textiles‚ steel‚ rubber‚ sugar‚ shoes‚ petrol etc. Process costing is also used in the assembly type of industries also. It is assumed in process costing that the average cost presents the cost per unit. Cost of production during a particular period

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    statement. a. Specific identification b. Average cost c. First-in‚ first-out (FIFO) d. Last-in‚ first-out (LIFO) ____A___ 1. Is the most realistic ending inventory ____D___ 2. Results in cost of goods sold being closest to current product costs ____C___ 3. Results in highest income during periods of inflation ____C___ 4. Results in highest ending inventory during periods of inflation ____B___ 5. Smooths out costs during periods of inflation ____A___ 6. Is not practical for most businesses ____B___ 7.

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    Topic: The impact of activity-based costing on banking industry performance Activity-based costing (ABC) gives a true cost for the bank compared to traditional costing‚ which allocates most of the expenses. Banking has become very competitive‚ and it has become imperative that banks like any other businesses allocate their resources to the most profitable areas.  For banking industry‚ in particular‚ the potential benefits of activity-based costing (ABC) implementation can be numerous. These include

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    Relevance lost: the rise and fall of activity-based costing by: Nitza Geri & Boaz Ronen A Critique After having been exposed on how activity-based costing works‚ I am wondering why it is not adopted by all of the companies. While it is true that the debate between the traditional cost system and the activity-based cost system seem to be endless‚ here is paper written by Nitza Geri and Boaz Ronen that introduces another concept and that is global decision-making methodology or GDM. Through

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    Journal of Accounting Research Vol. 40 No. 3 June 2002 Printed in U.S.A. The Association Between Activity-Based Costing and Manufacturing Performance C H R I S T O P H E R D . I T T N E R ‚∗ W I L L I A M N . L A N E N ‚† A N D D A V I D F . L A R C K E R∗ Received 20 May 1999; accepted 23 October 2001 ABSTRACT This study examines the association between activity-based costing and manufacturing performance. Results using a cross-sectional sample of manufacturing plants indicates that extensive

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    case 2 C. Greetings Inc. : Activity-Based Costing Developed by Thomas L. Zeller Loyola University Chicago‚ and Paul D. Kimmel‚ Univ ers ity of Wis consin-Milw aukee THE BUSINESS SITUATION Mr. Burns‚ president of Greetings Inc.‚ created the Wall Décor unit of Greetings three years ago to increase the company’s revenue and profits. Unfortunately‚ even though Wall Décor’s revenues have grown quickly‚ Greetings appears to be losing money on Wall Décor. Mr. Burns has hired you to provide consuìting

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