sacrifice or forgoing of a scarce resource to achieve a specific objective. An organization sacrifices scarce resources‚ i.e. the purchase cost‚ in order to obtain other resources. A cost is usually measured in terms of money paid to acquire goods or services. One can observe that the term cost is rarely used without an adjective in front of it. The term ‘Cost’ has multiple meanings and different types of costs are used in different situations. Therefore a preceding term must be added to clarify the assumptions
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last couple of years has also contributed to this decline. Finally‚ the extremely competitive environment of express mail has an effect on USPS ’ volume. As standard mail becomes obsolete and the electronic revolution takes over‚ the United States Postal Service needs to develop a new strategic action plan in order to adapt and sustain profitability in this dynamic environment. There are a number or short and long term problems that need to be addressed. Short-term problems include rigid business
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Globusz® Publishing | | | Chapter 4 Standard Cost Learning Objectives * To understand the meaning of standard costing‚ its meaning and definition * To learn its advantages and limitations * To learn how to set of standards and determinations * To learn how to revise standards Introduction You know that management accounting is managing a business through accounting information. In this process‚ management accounting is facilitating managerial control.
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REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE BATCH COSTING INTRODUCTION Historically‚ because of the industrial background of cost accounting‚ specific order costing has tended to centre around the manufacturing environment. Given the developments both in cost accounting and performance evaluation over the last 20 years or so‚ cost accounting is now being applied in manufacturing‚ non manufacturing ‚ service and even in non profit making organizations. Cost Accounting is usually considered only as it applies to
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TERM PAPER STANDARD COSTING MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING & CONTROL SYSTEM Srinidhi Rangarajan 1PB11MBA34 3rd SEM M.B.A PESIT ABSTRACT In recent years‚ numerous tools such as activity-based costing‚ the balanced score card and target costing have gained prominence in the business community. Nonetheless‚ traditional management accounting continues to be prevalent in practice. One example is standard costing‚ which has been used on a wide front during
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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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Historical Development of Marginal Costing Marginal cost is the change in the total cost that arises when the quantity produced has an increment by unit. That is‚ it is the cost of producing one more unit of a good. In general terms‚ marginal cost at each level of production includes any additional costs required to produce the next unit. The concept of marginal utility grew out of attempts by economists to explain the determination of price. The term “marginal utility”‚ credited to the Austrian
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Process Costing Characteristics of Process Manufacturing • Since each product within a product line passing through the processes would receive similar ‘‘doses’’ of materials‚ labor‚ and overhead‚ costs are accumulated by process. • Process costing works well whenever relatively homogeneous products pass through a series of processes and receive similar amounts of manufacturing costs Units are homogeneous and subjected to the same operations for a given process and each unit produced in a
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Marginal Costing Versus Absorption Costing The MAIN DIFFERENCE is the treatment of FIXED COSTS. This treatment can produce different profit figures.The two methods of costing produce different profit levels dependent upon the net change in the level of stock during the period.This is due to the VALUATION of the net change in stock during the period. In [...] Over/(Under) Absorption Of Overheads In earlier articles‚ we discussed about absorption costing‚ its advantages and disadvantages and
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Reproducible Activities for Customer Service Excellence Peter R. Garber HRD Press‚ Inc. • Amherst • Massachusetts Copyright © 2005‚ HRD Press‚ Inc. The materials that appear in this book‚ other than those quoted from prior sources‚ may be reproduced for educational/training activities. There is no requirement to obtain special permission for such uses. We do‚ however‚ ask that the following statement appear on all reproductions: Reproduced from 25 Reproducible Activities for Customer Service Excellence
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