Name: University: Course: Tutor: Date: Are the company’s prices and costs competitive? The pricing system as well as cost deployed by an organization contributes to a large part in its competitive edge. Notably‚ in the current competitive world meticulous consideration is crucial in both pricing and costing on either products or services. Considering pricing as well as costs in Xerox‚ an organization dealing in consumer printer‚ aggressive approach is noticeable in the techniques utilized to
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Textbook Costs The cost of textbooks at all colleges has gotten worse throughout the years. Most used books costs the same as rental books. I am majoring in a science degree and the textbook prices are atrocious. For example‚ tuition for summer for me is $1580 and the cost of books was around $428.43. I had to pay this all out of pocket since there is no financial aid for summer sessions. Most textbooks you can’t buy used or rent because it comes with a lab book that is brand new. I tried
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you recommend that G.G. Toys change its existing cost system in the Chicago plant? In the Springfield plant? Why or why not? G.G. Toys should change its existing cost accounting system from traditional costing to activity-based costing (ABC) in the Chicago plant as it is allocating its entire manufacturing overhead on the basis of just one cost driver: production run direct labor cost. Since overhead at the Chicago plant is high‚ accurate cost accounting system is required. Different types of
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Health Care Costs Analysis Healthcare is expensive and Americans want the best possible healthcare they can get. Consumers are demanding more tests‚ better drugs and insurance coverage. Americans desire a high quality of life and insurers/employers are trying to provide the means‚ but cost effectively and without raising costs. In order to do this‚ "consumers will have to make more decisions‚ pay more and perhaps demand greater value" (Barr‚ Paul). "The common forces driving utilization and
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per person in 1980 ($255 billion overall) to $6‚280 per person in 2004 ($1.9 trillion overall). During this period‚ health care costs grew faster than the economy as a whole" (2006). With the aging population and the fast growing pace of new medical ideas‚ this trend is probably going to continue. The facilities under attack to develop strategies to reduce or contain costs consider whether the efforts should be targeted mostly across the entire health care system or more narrowly at specific areas
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Cost allocation is a method to determine the cost of services provided to users of that service. It does not determine the price of the service‚ but rather determines what the service costs to provide. It is important to determine the cost allocation of the services‚ in order to determine a justifiable fee/charge/tax for those services. Included in cost allocation are direct‚ indirect‚ and incremental costs. Direct costs‚ or separable costs‚ are costs that are related to a single type of service
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Cost Accounting Manual 2013 STUDY NOTES FOR COST ACCOUNTING BY ATAUSH SHAFI Last Updated on: Tuesday‚ January 01 01‚ 2013 1 © For Suggestions & Feedbacks‚ contact: ATAUSH SHAFI (ataushshafi@gmail.com) Cost Accounting Manual 2013 Table of Contents CIMA OFFICIAL TERMINOLOGY .................................................................................... 3 COST OF GOODS SOLD FORMULE................................................................................ 13 COST CLASSIFICATION ...
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the costs for the year. The restaurant wanted to see what some of their fixed and variable costs were for the year. They also wanted to make sure they remain in their relevant range. The costs focused on were the cost of hamburgers (raw materials) and the cost of building rent. It was determined that the raw materials were the variable costs because the cost will vary based on production of hamburgers. A variable cost is a cost that will change in direct proportion to changes in the cost-driver
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1/ Variable Costs: The variable cost will be 40% higher [ an increase of 21‚000 - 15‚000=6‚000 units] Direct Material used 1‚060‚000 Variable Costs: Direct Labor 1‚904‚000 Direct material used [ 1‚060‚000 *1.4] 1‚484‚000 Unit costs [ 6‚335‚600 / 21‚000] =$ 301.7 Indirect Materials and supplies 247‚000 Direct Labor [ 1‚904‚000 * 1.4] 2‚665‚600 Variable Cost/ Unit = 228.27 at both 15k & 21k units Power to run plant eqip 213‚000 Indirect Materials
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distinguished company created in 1990. The company has is a supplier of mineral‚ vitamin‚ and protein enriched doughnuts. The strategy applied by the company is job order cost method. Job costing is a product costing system when costs are accumulated by specific job orders and assigned to batches of products. In other words‚ manufacturing costs are assigned to specific job‚ specific customers‚ specific orders‚ specific projects‚ and specific contracts. Job costing is preferable to small and medium-sized companies
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