IMPLEMENTATION OF SCIENTIFIC COSTING IN BULK DRUG AND R&D DEPARTMENT OF A PHARMA INDUSTRY Submitted By KAUSTUBH NIJASURE Under the guidance of Prof. P.M. Nayak A PROJECT SUBMITTED IN PART COMPLETITION OF MMS TO THE Vidyalankar Institute Of Technology Wadala (East)‚ Mumbai 400 031 JULY 14th‚ 2008 Executive summary: Centaur Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd. has following divisions: 1. Bulk Drug 2. Formulations 3. Research and Development 4. Clinical Research
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Quality cost measurement under activity-based costing Wen-Hsien Tsai National Central University‚ Chung-Li‚ Taiwan‚ Republic of China Introduction Many companies in the world gradually promote quality as the central customer value and regard it as a key concept of company strategy in order to achieve the competitive edge (Ross and Wegman‚ 1990). Measuring and reporting the cost of quality (COQ) is the first step in a quality management program. Even in service industries‚ COQ systems receive considerable
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Process costing is used for homogenous products (continuous flow processes such as producing cans of soda). Job-order costing is used in situations where the organization offers many different products or services‚ such as in furniture manufacturing‚ hospitals‚ and legal firms. Process costing is used where units of product are homogeneous‚ such as in flour milling or cement production. The purpose of a job order cost accounting system is to assign and accumulate costs for each job‚ i.e
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ACTIVITY BASED COSTING CASE STUDIES (7-64 & 7-65) Submitted to: Dr. Felix D. Cena‚ CPA‚ MBA Management Account I Professor Submitted by: Neil Derrek M. Dullesco Dan Carlo D. Poblacion COMA4B CASE 7-64 1. Identify the flaws associated with the current method of assigning shipping and warehousing costs to Sharp’s products. Shipping and warehousing costs are currently assigned using tons of paper produced‚ a unit-based measure. Many of these costs
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for assistance in areas that could lead to added financial gain. This paper will discuss strategies of the management staff for a company named Super Bakery Inc. and why it was necessary to install an accounting system known as ABC (activity based costing) for its business. This paper will also conclude on whether a job order cost system or process order cost system is needed for the Super Bakery Inc. Company. The strategies that the management team of Super Bakery Inc. used were their success
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Activity-Based Costing in Banking Jessica Phinney ACC522: Budgeting and Cost Accounting Professor Guenther April 15‚ 2013 Activity-based costing (“ABC”) is considered one of the best and most popular tools for allocating costs by identifying individual activities as cost objects. Originally‚ activity-based costing was mainly used in manufacturing industries but‚ due to its preciseness‚ this system has recently grown popular in the service industries as well‚ including banking
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INTRODUCTION Life cycle costing is one of the various techniques in strategic management. It is a procurement as well as production costing technique that considers all life cycle costs. Besides‚ it is also a tool to determine the most cost-effective option among different competing alternatives to do a project‚ when each is equally appropriate to be implemented on technical grounds.This report will discuss life cycle costing in the view of production costing technique. In manufacturing‚ the
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Activity based costing (ABC) is a relative new way to allocate costs to specific processes and services. This system assures that the costs are accurately distributed to the products or services that generated them. ABC illustrates costs more accurately‚ giving management insight to the cost associated with certain business activities. ABC extends the decision-making skills of management by expanding on traditional costing (job order costing/process order costing) techniques. However‚ since ABC ’s
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standard costs in a departmentalized factory. Distinguish between actual and applied factory overhead. Standard Costing •The purpose of standard cost accounting is to control costs and promote efficiency. •It is not another accounting method for accumulating manufacturing costs‚ but is used in conjunction with such methods as job order‚ process‚ or backflush costing. •Standard costing is based on predetermination of what it should cost to manufacture a product‚ and the inventory accounts are debited
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0 BACKGROUND OF THE COMPANY This report is basically consists of the details of the company that we managed to visit‚ AJ Food Industries. It’s focusing on the product costing which is how the company compute its unit costs in determining the proper amount of overhead cost. We proposed the company to use Activity-Based Costing which is multiple bases in considering the overhead cost. Its an advantage for the company that involved with complex manufacturing process. In this study‚ we take mayonnaise
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