CHAPTER 5: ACTIVITY-BASED COSTING AND CUSTOMER PROFITABILITY ANALYSIS QUESTIONS 5-1Undercosting a product may appear to have increased the reported profit the product earned (assuming the firm did not lower its selling price because of the reported lower product cost). However‚ the increased profit is‚ at best‚ a twist in truth. Costs of the product not charged to the product itself are borne by other products of the firm. Worse‚ undercosting a product may result in managers erroneously believing
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Productivity in Research A production system involves constant and numerous decisions that greatly impact its performance. The company must need to develop certain methods to help engineers to make the best choices when designing or using production systems. Such systems range from simple machine on a production line to a complete logistic platform with many interacting industrial partners. It entails that optimization is playing a key role for specific elements of these systems. A company must
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Time Driven ABC costing is more superior to the traditional method in many different ways. Overall there are many negatives to the traditional system including its higher cost‚ low accuracy and is an extremely complicated system. The time driven ABC costing has many benefits including its lower cost‚ ease of implementation‚ higher accuracy and the larger scope of its models. Traditional ABC costing has been used for a very long time but with the introduction of modern computers it allows for Time
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For a long‐term investor‚ we would use the T‐bond rate‚ and the geometric mean: The expected return = 0.064 + 0.95(0.0484) = 0.11 or 11%‚ where 4.84% is used as the estimate of the market risk premium‚ since that is the geometric average of the market premium using the long‐term T‐bond rate as the riskfree rate. c. The cost of equity for the company is more appropriately the long‐term required rate of return‚ since most projects for the company
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of the semester‚ you are authorized to choose an interesting issue and construct a formal report on that. The issue should be the “Analysis of Basel Agreement and It’s influence on Bank’s of Bangladesh”. The report should include some key steps such as Executive summary‚ introduction‚ conclusion‚ sources of information and the analysis. The title should be a statement which will describe the report precisely. I will appreciate if you prepare the report according to the instruction given. Thanks
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Segment 1: Segment one’s company is Uncharted Supply company introducing the product SEVENTY2. SEVENTY2 is a backpack that has the essential tools and things needed when being involved with an emergency situation such as an earthquake. The backpack consisted of 35 tools to help survive the most crucial hours after an emergency which they mentioned was the first 72 hours. The bag has how to use each item when to use it and it is color coordinated. They pitched that it would help people in difficult
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marketing tools MM need are more sophisticated ones‚ which can help them conduct more detailed level analysis of customers. To acquire this type of customer‚ it costs $5‚000. But if HubSpot acquire MM successfully‚ it has lower churn rates‚ 3.2%‚ compared with Owner Ollies’ 4.3%. MM accounts for 31% of HubSpot’s customer portfolio in 2009. Should HubSpot (HS) target Marketer Mary segment? 3Cs analysis: Company: -MM Accounts for only 31% of HS’s customer portfolio -Costs HB $5‚000 to acquire MM
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Policy: Due to the health concerns arising from exposure to environmental tobacco smoke‚ ABC Company Inc. has instituted this policy to provide a smoke-free environment for all employees and visitors. Definitions: This policy covers the smoking of any tobacco product and the use of smokeless (or spit) tobacco. Employers in the new age of technology should embrace being more flexible in offering better working conditions to their employees‚ their relaxing of the standard working environment could
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Germany Autos Report Q1 2012 Motorcycles Table: German Motorcycles Segment – Historical Data And Forecasts 2010e Production: units Production: units‚ % chg y-o-y 104‚482 2.3 2011f 105‚617 1.1 2012f 107‚219 1.5 2013f 108‚819 1.5 2014f 110‚444 1.5 2015f 112‚092 1.5 2016f 113‚778 1.5 Sales: units Sales: units‚ % chg y-o-y 190‚309 -10.93 186‚122 -2.20 190‚134 2.16 196‚394 3.29 205‚070 4.42 212‚746 3.74 219‚523 3.19 e/f = estimate/forecast; * estimate
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