have a sound knowledge of cost behaviour ie fixed costs‚ variable costs‚ semi-variable costs and sunk costs. Answer: Understanding cost behaviour helps manager in anticipation of changes in cost when there is a change in their activities like production‚ sales‚ inventory pile up etc. It provides good assistance in planning‚ cost management and decision making. A number of behaviour patterns exist ranging from fixed to variable and from linear to curvilinear. Many cost predictions techniques are
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Running head: BUSINESS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BIG DRIVE AUTO Business Recommendations for Big Drive Auto Assignment #4 Learning Team B ECO/561 October 4‚ 2010 Business Recommendations for Big Drive Auto Economic influences play a major role in the success of a company especially when consumers are hesitant on spending or investing their disposable income or have many choices of who they will purchase from. Demand shifts influence profitability‚ which has a direct effect on the company’s ability
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Automotive Industry Analysis The development of the automobile came from many different people from different countries. The development stated in 1769 in France‚ with the invention of a three-wheeler that was powered by steam (Gale‚ 2003). Then in 1800’s the first internal combustion engine was created in Belgian and the first gasoline powered vehicle was constructed in 1885 in Germany (Gale‚ 2003). Henry Ford built the first car in 1896 (Gale‚ 2003). He then revolutionized the industry with the
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Mathematics is found everywhere in life and work and auto racing is no exception. There are many applications of math in racing. The purpose of racing is to win and in order to do that there must be a lot of math involved. If you don’t use math and use it correctly then you will not win. Mathematics is involved in racing in two ways‚ the car setup and scoring an measurements. The car setup involves tire pressure‚ down force‚ wedge‚ aerodynamic Drag‚ camber‚ track bar and valance
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Producing Lowest Cost Two-Wheelers: Bajaj Auto Vs Hero Honda By Ved Singh‚ Abhimanyu Prabhavalakar‚ Baskaran Balasubramanian‚ Srikanth Gopalakrisnan Table of Content 1. Indian Economy and Two-wheeler Industry 2. Bajaj Auto Ltd. 3. Hero Honda 4. Cost Management Analysis 1. Indian Economy and Two/Three wheeler Industry As we write this report‚ there are few factors which we would like to state ‚ just to set the context for this report‚ for for Indian Economy in general and then
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following data have been recorded for recently completed Job 501 on its job cost sheet. Direct materials cost was $3‚067. A total of 30 direct labor-hours and 104 machine-hours were worked on the job. The direct labor wage rate is $12 per labor-hour. The company applies manufacturing overhead on the basis of machinehours. The predetermined overhead rate is $11 per machine-hour. The total cost for the job on its job cost sheet would be: A. $4‚571 B. $3‚757 C. $3‚090 D. $3‚427 Applied manufacturing
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Chapter Six Businesses and Their Costs Study Questions: 1. Explain the difference between a plant‚ a firm‚ and an industry. Plant – establishments such as a factory‚ farm‚ mine or store. Firm – an organization that employs resources to produce goods/services for profit. Industry – group of firms that produce the same or similar products. 2. State the advantages and disadvantages of the corporate form of business. Advantages – most effective form of
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Cost Management or Cost Control In broad sense‚ both the terms have the same meaning. Yet cost management seems to connote broader perspective. Cost control to an un-initiated may mean cutting down the incurrence of cost or expenditure every time or in every situation. In reality it is not always so. In many specific situations‚ many times‚ one has to spend or incur cost in order to gain or make more money. It is in fact like an investment. Cost management sounds better then. Profits Making
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a particular industry or company’s market. We have to consider two things while situation analysis 1. Company’s external or macro-environment • Industry and competitive conditions 1. Company’s internal or micro-environment • Competencies‚ capabilities‚ resource strengths and weaknesses‚ and competitiveness. Industry and competitive analysis uses a tool kit of concepts and techniques to get a clear fix on key industry traits‚ the strength
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The Engstrom Auto Mirror plant employs over 200 people at its Indiana location. In May 2007‚ the Engstrom Auto Mirrors plant‚ a relatively small supplier based in Indiana‚ faces a crisis. The business was in the second year of a downturn. Sales had started declining since 2005; a year later‚ plant manager Ron Bent had been forced to lay off more than 20 percent of the work force. Plant productivity was dropping‚ employee morale was low‚ and product-quality issues had begun to surface. Relationships
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