Activity-Based Costing ABC Company produces two products: Product A and Product B. Recently appointed management decided to change from a unit-based‚ traditional costing system to an activity-based costing system. The following data have been gathered‚ to assess the effect of the change: Product type Quantity Prime Costs Machine Hours Material Moves Setups Product A 60‚000 €150‚000 3‚500 6‚800 800 Product B 15‚000 € 30‚000 2‚750 1‚200 450 Expenditures (€) €180‚000 €120‚000
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Positioning Toyota has a mixed strategy when it comes to position its product. It uses a mix of both‚ the differentiation as well as the low cost. This gives Toyota a competitive advantage in the automobile sector. Toyota basically has something for everyone‚ from low priced to hatchbacks to Lexus. They serve everyone. For people looking for an outdoor vehicle they have SUVs and four wheel drive trucks. For customers who want environment friendly vehicle they have PRIUS‚ the hybrid car. Toyota has been
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COMPETITIVENESS ANALYSIS OF HYUNDAI MOTORS & TOYOTA (THROUGH THE GENERALIZED DIAMOND MODEL) Group 2# Kim‚ Byung Kyun / Kim‚ Do Hyoung / Kim‚ Soon Mi / Lee Yong Joo / Lee‚ Joong Hyun / Son‚ Dong Jin / Song‚ Ha Bong / Yoo‚ Chung Sik (ABC sequence) PROJECT BACKGROUND “Our automotive business in the global market is stable‚ but the group needs businesses that can compensate for uncertainties of the industry‚” - Hyundai Motor Group official - Recent quarterly results of Toyota that shows that it earns
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MARGINAL COSTING Introduction Even a school-going student knows that profit is a balancing figure of sales over costs‚ i.e. Sales - Cost = Profit. This knowledge is not sufficient for management for discharging the functions of planning and control‚ etc. The cost is further divided according to its behavior‚ i.e.‚ fixed cost and variable cost. The age-old equation can be written as: Sales - Cost = Profit or Sales - (Fixed cost + Variable Cost) = Profit. The relevance of segregating costs
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Process costing Process costing is a system which mostly practices by a company whereby the manager of the company wants to know the cash flow from one department to another. Process costing give a clarify information to managers‚ therefore this activities is very important. Process costing is consisting of three ingredients which are direct materials‚ direct labor and manufacturing overhead. Direct material is the raw material which needs to produce a product‚ for example rubber for shoes‚
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in 1937 that there was a separation between the two businesses and consequently Toyota Motor Company was born. In order to get a deeper understanding over the industry‚ Kiichiro studied the production system of Ford‚ the leading car manufacturing company at that time‚ and later adopted and improved it. Ten years later‚ in 1947‚ Toyota started to produce large-scale passenger cars‚ competing with Ford and General Motors but suffered from Japan’s economy that was going through a rough patch after the
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Product costing systems in modern manufacturing organisations Product costing refers to the process of assigning shared direct and indirect costs to individual products‚ customers‚ branches or other cost items. (USAID‚ 2007) Product costing is also referred to as assigning costs to inventory and production based on the expenses that go into producing or buying inventory. It is an important process for manufacturers that helps improves management information on products and helps managers and the
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Toyota originally blamed floor mats for the recall even though the gas pedal was the actual cause‚ but the car owners need to know exactly what was causing the gas pedal to accelerate and stick‚ without releasing. In conclusion that Toyota has a problem producing defective gas pedals‚ the following are examples: October 25‚ 2009 LA Times reported‚ “A federal report finds a possible flaw in the gas pedal design of a runway Lexus that crashed in August‚ killing CHP officer Mark Saylor and three family
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In our research‚ we came up with four different marketing solutions to assist Toyota in improving its image and to help regain the market share it lost. The first one is to bring back the “Ideas for Good” campaign explained earlier. In order to submit an idea‚ the innovator must go to the Toyota website. By making more people go to the website‚ Toyota is increasing brand awareness. The consumer could easily start to research their cars. The “Ideas for Good” campaign also increases brand perception
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Normal costing is used to value manufactured products with the actual materials costs‚ the actual direct labor costs‚ and manufacturing overhead based on a predetermined manufacturing overhead rate. These three costs are referred to as product costs and are used for the cost of goods sold and for inventory valuation. Standard costing values its manufactured products with a predetermined materials cost‚ a predetermined direct labor cost‚ and a predetermined manufacturing overhead cost. These standard
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