financial accounting: In financial accounting‚ product costs are needed to determine the value of inventory on the balance sheet and to compute the cost-of-goods-sold expense on the income statement. b) Use in managerial accounting: In managerial accounting‚ product costs are needed for planning‚ for cost control‚ and for decision making. c) Use in cost management: In order to manage‚ control‚ or reduce the costs of manufacturing products or providing services‚ management needs a clear
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Cases for Management Decision Making CA-1  suggested uses of cases Case CASE 1 Greetings Inc.: Job Order Costing CASE 2 Greetings Inc.: Activity-Based Costing CASE 3 Greetings Inc.: Transfer Pricing Issues CASE 4 Greetings Inc.: Capital Budgeting CASE 5 Auburn Circular Club Pro Rodeo Roundup CASE 6 Sweats Galore CASE 7 Armstrong Helmet Company Overview This case is the first in a series of four cases that presents a business situation in which a traditional retailer decides
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2.1 Strategic Cost Management and the Value Chain Introduction This article by John K. Shank and Vijay Govindarajan discuss in depth on the Strategic Cost Management (SCG) and the Value Chain concept applied in real world situation from the airline industry. The Value Chain concept is divided into two (2) main strategies which are the Low-Cost Strategy and Differentiation Strategy. From the article also‚ Shank and Govindasamy stated that the primary focus of a low cost strategy is to achieve the
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Graduate Studies Individual Assignment #1 “Describe the management accountant’s responsibility for Ethical behaviour in the conduct of his/her duties” Presented in partial fulfillment for the requirements of the course: (ACT611) Managerial Accounting: Information for Decision Making To Mr. Donald Smalling By Dalton Richardson 20031288 January 13th 2013 Overview of Code of Ethics for Accounting Professionals Accountants come face-to-face with several
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1.0 Introduction Activity based management (ABM) is a method of identifying and evaluating activities that a business performs using activity based costing (ABC) to carry out a value chain analysis or a re-engineering initiative to improve strategic and operational decisions in an organization. ABM can be divided into operational and strategic. Operational ABM is about “doing thing right”‚ using ABC information to improve efficiency. Those activities which add value to remain in business can
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their specific choice of the employed PMS‚ top management communicates the areas of assignment‚ preferred courses and methods of action to its employees. From the employees’ perspective the stipulated PMS express top management’s expectations and instructions regarding what areas they should focus their efforts on and how to reach the predefined targets. The responsibility for the appropriate ness of the chosen PMS therefore rests on top management while the divisions’ managers are responsible
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David Shim Case Study #2 A) What is the break-even point in passengers and revenues per month? Unit CM = $160 – $70= $90 Unit of Sales = 3‚150‚000 / $90= 35‚000 passengers Unit of Sales = 35‚000 x $160= $5‚600‚000 revenue B) What is the break-even point in number of passenger train cars per month? Unit of Sales = 35‚000/63= 555.5= 556 passenger cars C) If Springfield Express raises its average passenger fare
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Question 1 Product costs are costs that are associated with manufactured goods until the time period during which products are sold. It involved all costs in acquiring or making a product. These costs consist of direct materials‚ direct labour and manufacturing overhead. Product costs are initially assigned to an inventory account on the balance sheet. When the goods are sold‚ the costs are released from inventory as expenses and matched against sales revenue. Since product costs are initially
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Specialty Glass‚ Inc.: Cost Accounting and Hazardous Wastes A Business Case presented to Ms. Nancy Chua Accountancy Department In partial fulfilment of the course requirements In MODCOS1 Imperial‚ Glenn Paolo S. Reyes‚ Joselle Marie R. K31 July 8‚ 2011 Producing about 30 percent of the world’s colored sheet glass‚ it is evident that Specialty Glass Inc. has a competitive advantage over other manufacturers of sheet glass. First‚ their capital investment provides an advantage
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Textbook case: Managerial Accounting for Managers‚ 2nd edition Noreen‚ Brewer and Garrison (McGraw-Hill/Irwin‚ 2008). Case 4-33 Cost Structure; Target profit and Break-Even Analysis Contribution Income Statement for all three scenarios: 15% commission 20% commission Own sales force Sales $16‚000‚000 $16‚000‚000 $16‚000‚000 Variable manuf. cost $7‚200‚000 $7‚200‚000 $7‚200‚000 Commissions $2‚400‚000 $3‚200‚000 $1‚200‚000 -Tot. variable cost ($9‚600‚000)
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