but customers are price conscious as well. For the coming year‚ CBI’s budget includes estimated manufacturing overhead cost of $3‚000‚000. CBI assigns manufacturing overhead to products based on direct labor-hours. The expected direct labor cost totals $600‚000‚ which represents 50‚000 hours of direct labor time. Based on the sales budget and expected raw materials costs‚ the company will purchase and use $6‚000‚000 of raw materials (mostly coffee beans) during the year. The expected costs for direct
Premium Cost accounting Cost Costs
Specifically in Inventories management. Cost allocation‚ pricing and budgeting process. From the report‚ improvements of each firms could be discussed as well as suggestions of merging or not.Basically‚ using bugeting process‚ JIT methods‚ activity-based costing‚ absorption costing analysis to provide disadvantages and advantages in separate companies. Main Body CoolSchool is a manufacturer responsible for delivering fixed number of school uniforms for settled schools‚ they prefer
Premium Costs Cost Variable cost
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
Premium Costs Activity-based costing Management accounting
1. If Wilkerson were to cut prices‚ based on contribution margin‚ to just cover short-term variable costs‚ what consequences could it experience? (5 marks) Several break-even-point assumptions are made in calculation: 1) Total fixed costs do not change with volume‚ and will exist regardless if the products are sold or not. 2) Sales mix will be constant. The contribution-margin percentage is 66.1%‚ which means 66.1 percent of each sales dollar is available for covering fixed costs and making
Premium Costs Variable cost Cost accounting
following managerial accounting approaches attempts to allocate manufacturing overhead in a more meaningful fashion? a. Theory of constraints b. Just-in-time inventory c. Activity-based costing d. Total quality management Week Two: Cost Allocation Objective: Assess the advantages and disadvantages of an activity-based costing system. 4. As compared to a high-volume product‚ a low-volume product a. usually requires less special handling b. is usually responsible for more overhead costs per
Premium Costs Management accounting Variable cost
days‚ whereas B takes up 90 days or more. Dakota can achieve sufficient liquidity‚ if it tightens its credit policy. | | | | | 2) Develop an activity based cost system for Dakota office products based on year 2000 data. Calculate the activity cost driver rate for each DOP activity in 2000. Activities & Costs | Activities | Drivers | Costs | Ship Cartons | No. of cartons | Freight( commercial& Own) | Process Cartons | No. of cartons | Warehouse Costs(Rent‚ Personnel
Premium Accounts receivable Cost driver Profit
6. Why are the salaries of production workers accumulated in an inventory account instead of being expensed on the income statement? 7. How do product costs affect the financial statements? How does the classification of product cost (as an asset vs. an expense) affect net income? ATC 1-1 | Business Applications Case | Financial versus managerial accounting | The following information was taken from the 2008 and 2009 Form 10-Ks for Dell‚ Inc.Required a. Explain whether each line of information
Premium Costs Management accounting Cost
Plum Electronics‚ a division of Berry Corporation‚ manufactures two large-screen television models: the Mammoth‚ which has been produced since 2009 and sells for $990‚ and the Maximum‚ a newer model introduced in early 2011 that sells for $1‚254. Based on the following income statement for the year ended November 30‚ 2013‚ senior management at Berry have decided to concentrate Plum’s marketing resources on the Maximum model and to begin to phase out the Mammoth model because Maximum generates a much
Premium Cost accounting Costs Variable cost
because the pricing was based on traditional allocation of overheads. The result of which were that the actual costs incurred for fulfilling the orders of customers were not ascertained. There were two effects of this method. First‚ the overall prices of all the products increased. Second‚ those products that were more costly to produce were priced lower than their actual cost price. 2. Provide a brief analysis of the attached (page 2 of this document) activity-based costing system. Do you agree
Premium Costs Price Accounts receivable
techniques (e.g.‚ enterprise resource planning‚ total quality management‚ activity-based costing‚ the balanced scorecard). to distinguish between financial and non-financial performance benchmarks/critical success factors that might be used in the context of the management accounting. to describe the essence‚ advantages‚ and potential threats of two strategic positioning approaches introduced by Mark Porter: Cost leadership vs. Differentiation. to recognize the pursued strategic positioning approach
Premium Strategic management Management Management accounting