CHAPTER 12 ACTIVITY-BASED COSTING LEARNING OBJECTIVES AFTER STUDYING THIS CHAPTER‚ YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO: 1. Discuss the limitations of using only unit-based drivers to assign costs. 2. Provide a detailed description of activity-based product costing. 3. Describe how homogeneous cost pools can be used to reduce the number of activity rates. 4. Describe activity-based system concepts including an ABC relational database and ABC software. chapter summary THIS CHAPTER EXPLAINS HOW
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CHAPTER 7: ACTIVITY-BASED COSTING AND ACTIVITY-BASED MANAGEMENT Preston Piston manufactures two types of electric sleeping bags- Luxury and Exclusive- and applies manufacturing overhead to all units at the rate of $80 per machine hour. Production information follows: Luxury Exclusive Direct material $35 $60 Direct Labour $20 $20 Budgeted volume (units) 8‚000 15‚000 The management accountant has determined that the firm’s overhead can be identified with three activities: manufacturing
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University International Professor: Dr. Ralph Ezelle May 18‚ 2015 Actvity Based Costing Analysis for Towels & More In this case assignment‚ I will calculate the customer support and distribution costs associated with the three types of customers using a simple strategy first and allocate the costs based on revenues. Recalculate allocations using activity based costing (ABC)‚ determine contribution margin less customer support and distribution costs for both approaches
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In this file you will find overview of the work ACC 349 Week 2 Discussion Questions Discuss Question 1 What is activity-based costing? What are some of the key elements of activity-based costing? How does this method differ from a more traditional costing method? Discuss Question 2 What are value-added processes? How do you determine if a process adds value? How does identification of value-added processes help a company run more efficiently and effectively? Business
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Grading Summary These are the automatically computed results of your exam. Grades for essay questions‚ and comments from your instructor‚ are in the "Details" section below. Date Taken: 2/1/2015 Time Spent: 1 h ‚ 22 min ‚ 27 secs Points Received: 190 / 190 (100%) Question Type: # Of Questions: # Correct: Multiple Choice 10 10 Short 4 4 Grade Details - All Questions Page: 1 of 2 Question 1. Question : (TCO 1) Which of the following is NOT a difference between Financial Accounting and Managerial
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products. This can be done by first; adopting activity based costing (ABC) method as suggested by Hampton instead of the existing simple costing method in the company. ABC recognizes the relationship between activities‚ cost and products which helps to allocate cost per unit to products more accurately. The main activities that run the business must be identified and analyzed to determine cost driver for each activity. We agree to the four major activities suggested by Hampton however‚ disagree on her
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$500‚000 $520‚000 Direct Labor Hours 300‚000 hrs. 290‚000 hrs. The factory uses a predetermined overhead rate per direct labor hour to apply factory overhead. During the year jobs which cost $1‚200‚000 were completed‚ and finished goods costing $1‚000‚000 were sold. No inventories were on hand at the beginning of the year. Determine the ending balance of Work-In-Process: a. $400‚000 b. $425‚000 c. $480‚000 d. $580‚000 2. At the beginning of 2013‚ Sparky Company had direct
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Prepare a cost of goods manufactured schedule (Assume all raw materials used were direct material) 1) Prepare an income statement through gross profit. 2) Prepare the current assets section of the balance sheet at June 30‚ 2014. CHAPTER 2 (Job Order Costing) P2-4A Agassi Company uses a job order cost system in each of its three manufacturing departments. Manufacturing overhead is applied to jobs on the basis of direct labor cost in Department D‚ direct labor hours in Department E‚ and machine hours
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1. Activity Based Costing benefits businesses that are more complex in nature. In this case‚ Greetings. INC has added a new product line‚ Wall Decor‚ which permits them to grow without expanding their physical stores; however‚ they have significantly raised their overhead costs by multiplying their cost drivers. Not to mention the fact that they have incorporated a largely automated system into their product line‚ which we know calls for an ABC system. The main reason to move to ABC though‚ would
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Activity-Based Costing: Is It Still Relevant? BY WILLIAM O. STRATTON‚ PH.D.‚ CMA; DENIS DESROCHES; RAEF A. L AW S O N ‚ P H . D . ‚ C M A ‚ C PA ‚ C FA ; A N D T O B Y H AT C H THE POPULARITY OF ACTIVITY BASED COSTING - (ABC) GREW RAPIDLY DURING THE 1990S‚ AND‚ ABOUT IN THE FOLLOWING DECADE‚ MANY SURVEYS REPORTED USAGE RATES OF PAST 50%. OVER THE 10 YEARS‚ HOWEVER‚ THERE HAS BEEN DEBATE ABOUT THE OVERALL RELEVANCE OF THIS COSTING METHOD. TO INVESTIGATE THE CURRENT
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