Keeping activities on track‚ are they being met‚ how to get back on track Types of Costs Product- all costs to purchase or manufacture Merchandiser: all costs for getting goods ready to sell Manufacturer: same as above + direct materials‚ direct labor‚ mnf. Overhead Period costs- arise from the passage of time‚ expensed as incurred ex. Salaries outside of product manufacturing. Manufacturing costs Direct or raw materials‚ indirect materials: denim vs. thread in making jeans Direct
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Direct and Indirect Costs -Cost – a payment of cash or a commitment to pay cash in the future for the purpose of generating revenues. A. Cost object – costs that are often classified by their relationship to a segment of operations. Ex. Product‚ sales territory‚ a department‚ or an activity‚ such as research and development 1. Direct Cost = identified with and can be traced to a cost object Ex. The wood for a guitar is a direct cost of the guitar 2. Indirect Costs = cannot be identified
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2 AN INTRODUCTION TO COST TERMS AND PURPOSES 2-1 A cost object is anything for which a separate measurement of costs is desired. Examples include a product‚ a service‚ a project‚ a customer‚ a brand category‚ an activity‚ and a department. 2-2 Direct costs of a cost object are related to the particular cost object and can be traced to that cost object in an economically feasible (cost-effective) way. Indirect costs of a cost object are related to the particular cost object but cannot be traced
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in profits and very high costs at its plants in Germany and Japan. Landgraf‚ the company ’s president for worldwide operations‚ knew that demand for the company ’s products was stable across the globe. As a result‚ the surplus capacity in his global production network looked like a luxury he could no longer afford. Any improvement in financial performance was dependent on having the most efficient network in place‚ because revenues were unlikely to grow.. Cutting costs was thus a top priority for
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calculations within Excel cells is acceptable). Save the document‚ and submit it in the appropriate week using the Assignment Submission button. Chapter 4 Exercise 3 3. Cost flows and overhead application Cleveland Metals uses a job cost system and applies factory overhead to production at a predetermined rate of 180% of direct labor cost. Data pertaining to recent operations follow. Job no. 636 was the only job in process on January 1 of the current year. The Work in Process account contained a $24
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This work ACC 561 Assignment Wiley Plus Week 4 includes answers to these exercises: BE18-1 Monthly production costs in Pesavento Company for two levels of production are as follows. BE18-7 Bruno Manufacturing Inc. has sales of $2‚200‚000 for the first quarter of 2010. In making the sales‚ the company incurred the following costs and expenses BE18-11 For Dousmann Company actual sales are $1‚200‚000 and break-even sales are $840‚000. Compute the following (a) the margin
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PRINCIPLES CONTENT: Cost and Management Accounting‚ Manufacturing Enterprises‚ Elements of Cost 1. INTRODUCTION TO COST AND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING i. Discussing the importance and role of Cost Accounting and Management Accounting ii. Differentiating between Cost and Management Accounting and Financial Accounting iii. Discussing the role of Cost and Management Accounting and service industries 2. ACCOUNTING FOR MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES i. Flow of costs i. Cost of goods manufactured ii. Cost of goods sold
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Unit as following: Item Direct Materials Cost per Unit‚ $ Patterned glasses 0.29 Paperweights 0.52 Wrapped tumblers 0.29 Vases 0.35 I also measured an amount of time you spend on blowing and finishing of the goods. In order to calculate Direct Labor cost per unit‚ I used hourly rate of $25.00 Direct labor costs are represented below: Item Production Time‚ Hr. Total Direct Labor per Unit Time‚ Hr. Total Direct Labor per Unit Cost‚ $. Hot Time‚ Hr. Cold Time‚ Hr.
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textbook is $75. Projected costs for 6‚000 textbooks are as follows: Direct Materials $94‚500 Direct Labour $45‚000 Variable Manufacturing Overhead $48‚000 Fixed Manufacturing Overhead $96‚000 * Fixed Selling and Administrative $42‚500 Variable Selling and Administrative $25‚000 * Total Fixed Manufacturing Overhead increases to $128‚000 for production levels over 7500 textbooks Required: 1) Determine total variable manufacturing costs to produce one textbook.
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ACC2131 Cost Information for Decision Making Week 3 (Chapter 2) Tutorial Solutions Semester 1‚ 2015 Note to students: Beware! These solutions are not necessarily model answers. In exams‚ you will not have demonstrated your understanding of the answers to these exercises if you seek only to memorise them. You are encouraged to use tutorial time to discuss issues that will test and clarify your understanding of these exercises‚ as well as expanding your analytical and critical-thinking skills. 2.5
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