Chapter 8 Cost Estimation and Budgeting 8.1 True/False 1) Direct costs are those clearly assigned to the aspect of the project that generated the cost. Answer TRUE 2) Material is an example of a cost that is recurring‚ variable and direct. Answer TRUE 3) An expedited cost is one that does not vary with respect to their usage. Answer FALSE 4) An order of magnitude estimate is usually more accurate than a ballpark estimate. Answer FALSE 5) Comparative estimates are more accurate than definitive
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Chapter 7 Budgeting and Cost Estimation Copyright 2009 John Wiley & Sons‚ Inc. Low Bids If you are bidding on a project‚ do you want your bid to be as low as possible and still make a profit? Accept Low Bid If you are accepting bids on a project‚ do you want to accept the lowest bid? Budgeting A plan for allocating scarce resources to the various endeavors of an organization A budget implies constraints Thus‚ it implies that managers will not get everything they
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statement: “Budgeting is a key component in management short and long term planning.” Introduction In a company‚ budgeting and operational activities link together‚ and budgeting plays an important role in a company’s running. At the end of the year‚ senior director will start to plan the budget for the next year. A successful business must be having a detailed budget. In this article‚ we are going to talk about what is budgeting and how is it important. What is budgeting Budget is an
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Production Cost Analysis and Estimation Applied Problems It is important to understand the economics involved in production costs. This includes understanding marginal product and marginal costs. The following problems analyze these factors for a pizza shop and a shoe company. A table and calculations are provided for better visual understanding. Problem 1: William’s Pizza Shop William owns a small pizza shop. He is attempting to lower production cost by increasing the number of pizzas produced
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Part 2: Descriptors of Claytonville Provide the following descriptors: • Population: 8‚000 o Types of people: Middle class farmers‚ migrant workers o Distribution: Small population in central city‚ mostly in surrounding farmland and suburbs o Density: 2‚000 people per square mile • Types of government services o Transportation: roads and bus system o Hospital and ambulance o Sheriff department‚ county jail‚ fire department‚ court system o Public library and school system o City managed parks and
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7 Globalizing the Cost of Capital Budgeting at AES Chia yun ‚Tsai(Debbie) 2013/3/22 The reason why Rob Venerus used the cost of capital concept to improve upon what AES had used in the past for a discount rate is because the old model always used the same discount rate for the model. However‚ with electricity generating businesses around the world‚ the old model started to cause some problems. In the past‚ AES used the same cost of capital for all of its capital budgeting‚ but the company’s
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Budgeting and beyond budgeting Introduction With the economic rapid develop recently‚ more and more companies pay attention to the cost budgeting‚ some people think that this is a good and efficient way to operate the company‚ it will take more benefit for them. However‚ some people believe that it is a inefficient method‚ it will waste long time and capital to do‚ and bring the little profit. This essay wills analysis this issue from the different parts. The first part‚ it will talk about the
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GLOBALIZING THE COST OF CAPITAL AND CAPITAL BUDGETING AT AES 1. How would you evaluate the capital budgeting method used historically by AES? 2. If you implemented the methodology suggested by Venerus‚ what would be the range of discount rates one would use around the world? 3. Does this make sense as a way to do capital budgeting? 4. How big a value difference does this new approach make to the Pakistan project? 5. How do these cost of capital modifications translate into changed probabilities
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9-204-109 REV: OCTOBER 23‚ 2006 MIHIR DESAI Globalizing the Cost of Capital and Capital Budgeting at AES In June 2003‚ Rob Venerus‚ director of the newly created Corporate Analysis & Planning group at The AES Corporation‚ thumbed through the five-inch stack of financial results from subsidiaries and considered the breadth and scale of AES. In the 12 years since it had gone public‚ AES had become a leading independent supplier of electricity in the world with more than $33 billion in assets
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Topic Gateway Series Budgeting Budgeting Topic Gateway Series No. 27 1 Prepared by Louise Ross and Technical Information Service Revised March 2008 Topic Gateway Series Budgeting About Topic Gateways Topic Gateways are intended as a refresher or introduction to topics of interest to CIMA members. They include a basic definition‚ a brief overview and a fuller explanation of practical application. Finally they signpost some further resources for detailed understanding and
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