Chapter 19 BALANCED SCORECARD: quality‚ time‚ and the theory of constraints 19-1 Quality costs (including the opportunity cost of lost sales because of poor quality) can be as much as 10% to 20% of sales revenues of many organizations. Quality-improvement programs can result in substantial cost savings and higher revenues and market share from increased customer satisfaction. 19-2 Quality of design refers to how closely the characteristics of a product or service meet the needs and wants of
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Chapter 5 |Activity-Based Cost Systems |[pic] | QUESTIONS 5-1 Traditional volume-based cost allocation systems that use only drivers that vary directly with the volume of products produced—such as direct labor dollars‚ direct labor hours‚ or machine hours—are likely to systematically distort product costs because they break the link between the cause for the costs and the basis for assignment
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Chapter 5 Notes Three general reasons for holding onto cash: 1. managing transaction needs 2. preparing for cash emergencies 3. making a temporary investment -very conservative advice suggest you should have enough liquid assets to cover 5 to 8 months of regular expenses -others suggest 2 months is more than enough Four rules to help better cash management outcomes: 1. keep track of your cash by balancing your checkbook every month 2. develop a system to ensure that
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EF4313 - Individual Case Questions: “Massey-Ferguson‚ Ltd. (1980)” You are responsible for handing in written answers to the following questions drawn from the Massey-Ferguson case. You can work with others on this assignment‚ but each individual must hand in their own set of answers. 1. Net sales for Massey-Ferguson actually increased between 1979 and 1980. Despite this‚ net income and income from continuing operations both dropped sharply in 1980. Which item on the income statement
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Final Exam Practice Problems 1. Firm ABC’s only outstanding debt is $100‚000 worth of coupon bond (market value). Its yield to maturity is 8%. Given that its tax rate is 40%‚ what is its effective cost of debt? Effective cost of debt = cost of debt * (1-tax rate) =8%*(1-40%)=4.8% 2. Firm ABC has a stock currently traded at $20. The next year’s dividend will be $0.20. The dividend growth rate is forecasted to be 6% forever. Risk-free rate is 3%‚ and market risk premium is 4%. Assume that Constant
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Sou SOLUTIONS TO EXERCISES EXERCISE 18-1 (15-20 minutes) (a) Huish could recognize revenue at the point of sale based upon the time of shipment because the books are sold f.o.b. shipping point. Because of the return policy one might argue in favor of the cash collection basis. Because the returns can be estimated‚ one could argue for shipping point less estimated returns. (b) Based on the available information and lack of any information indicating that any of the criteria in FASB Statement
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CHAPTER 2 AN INTRODUCTION TO COST TERMS AND PURPOSES 2-20 (15–20 min.) Classification of costs‚ manufacturing sector. Cost object: Type of car assembled (Corolla or Geo Prism) Cost variability: With respect to changes in the number of cars assembled There may be some debate over classifications of individual items‚ especially with regard to cost variability. |Cost Item |D or I |V or F | |A
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value.7‚ 847‚ 83.Purchase commitments.95‚ 69‚ 10964.Gross profit method.10‚ 11‚ 12‚ 13711‚ 12‚ 13‚ 14‚ 15‚ 16‚ 174‚ 55.Retail inventory method.14‚ 15‚ 16818‚ 19‚ 20‚ 22‚ 23‚ 266‚ 7‚ 8‚ 10‚ 114‚ 56.Presentation and analysis.17‚ 1892197.LIFO retail.191022‚ 2312‚ 13‚ 148.Dollar-value LIFO retail.1124‚ 25‚ 26‚ 2711‚ 139.Special LIFO problems.2813‚ 14 This material is discussed in an Appendix to the chapter. ASSIGNMENT CLASSIFICATION TABLE (BY LEARNING OBJECTIVE) Learning ObjectivesQuestionsBrief ExercisesExercisesProblemsConcepts
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Case Solutions Fundamentals of Corporate Finance Ross‚ Westerfield‚ and Jordan 9th edition CHAPTER 1 THE McGEE CAKE COMPANY 1. The advantages to a LLC are: 1) Reduction of personal liability. A sole proprietor has unlimited liability‚ which can include the potential loss of all personal assets. 2) Taxes. Forming an LLC may mean that more expenses can be considered business expenses and be deducted from the company’s income. 3) Improved credibility. The business may have
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Solutions and Activities to CHAPTER 13 SOCIAL SECURITY Questions and Problems 1. The government of Westlovakia has just reformed its social security system. This reform changed two aspects of the system: (1) It abolished its actuarial reduction for early retirement‚ and (2) it reduced the payroll tax by half for workers who continued to work beyond the early retirement age. Would the average retirement age for Weslovakian workers increase or decrease in response to these two changes
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