products shows how profitable the products are after deducting all cost. However‚ it is important to find the appropriate method of overhead cost allocation. In Sippican’s case the traditional accounting method is used‚ which does not reflect the real resource usage of the different product lines. The correct method in this case would be to apply the time-driven ABC approach for cost allocation. Such method apart from showing the actual profitability after all cost deductions also depicts the differences
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The Sippican Corporation Cost System Analysis We were tasked with analyzing Sippican’s costing structure to determine if activity based costing can give a clearer picture of the company’s true costs. Currently‚ Sippican assigns overhead costs at a flat rate across all three products. (4-54c) Our analysis of cost and profitability reveals a dramatic difference between the cost to produce each product as reported using Sippican’s traditional costing structure and the detailed analysis
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Sippican Corporation According to the activity based costing‚ the manufacturing overhead should be apportioned in the following method The Direct Material cost per unit and the direct labour cost per unit for the valves‚ pumps and the flow controller is given below. Direct Material Direct Labour Total Units Cost/unit cost/unit Valves 7500 16 12.35 Pumps 12500 20 16.25 Flow Controller 4000 22 13 The total manufacturing overhead of $654600 should be apportioned based on the activity required for
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1 SIPPICAN CORPORATION CASE ANALYSYS 20229 Cost Management System 2 Executive Summary Company Overview Accounting method Production process Activities performed Q1. Should Sippican use a contribution margin approach? Explanation Q2. Capacity cost rates for resources Q3. a. Revised costs and profits b. Product costs and profitability analysis with the new allocation method. Cause of the shifts in values. Q4. What actions should the management take to improve
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the number of units produced per production run- it is 375 for valves and 18 for flow controllers per production run. This shows the reason for high overheads cost too. Hence it calls for checking the cost allocation system of the company. Since Sippican produces three different products which comprise of different components‚ processes for all three need to be customised and refined to bring in any kind of standards. Variations in batch size owing to the machining constraints etc. are brought in
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Sippican Corporation Sippican Corporation Questions: 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? Answer: Consider Sippican is a manufacturer company with multiple products‚ using simple cost accounting system that directly allocate factory overhead to unit of product entirely through
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Case Study: The Corporation 1. In the mid 1800s the corporation emerged as a "legal person" by way of maneuvering in the legal system. For the next 100 years we saw the rise to dominance of the corporation. The corporation created unprecedented wealth but at what cost? The externalities of corporate operations are responsible for countless cases of illness‚ death‚ poverty‚ pollution‚ exploitation and lies. Voice your opinion on this. Who Is Responsible for regulating these Corporations?‚ The Government
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Running Head: SIA Corp Case Study- SIA Corp. The situation in this case study demonstrates the need to consolidate employee knowledge into one system in an effort to improve overall company performance. SIA had acquired 30 separate businesses but they were still functioning like 30 separate companies. They each still had their own set of management and well-defined procedures and policies. As a result‚ most of the employees had developed their own areas of expertise. In the highly competitive
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Mouse Trap: Woodstream Corporation The company that has been chosen for this case study is Woodstream Corporation. This company was founded in 1832 and was formerly known as Animal Trap Company of America. It manufactures and markets a variety of pest control products including rodent control‚ caring control for pets and different types of mouse traps. It has been around for more than 150 years and marketed over 2500 unique products. Woodstream works to bring innovation to consumers by combining
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business‚ but he is debating whether to start a S corporation or a C corporation due to potential environmental factors associated with his business. He wants to maintain a limited liability and wants to avoid double taxation by paying himself a salary equal to his companies before tax earnings. He also would like to issue preferred stock to his son in the future to keep his interests in the business. He was advised by his friend to choose a C Corporation to maintain maximum flexibility in the business
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