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    Variances Variances can be either: * Positive/favourable (better than expected) or * Adverse/unfavourable ( worse than expected) A favourable variance might mean that: * Costs were lower than expected in the budget‚ or * Revenue/profits were higher than expected By contrast‚ an adverse variance might arise because: * Costs were higher than expected * Revenue/profits were lower than expected What causes budget variance? There are four key reasons and it is important that

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    Production Cost Variance Analyses The preceding three chapters focused on the nature‚ collection‚ and measurement of management accounting information. This is the first of five chapters that deal with the use of that information by management in controlling the organization. This chapter and Chapter 2l describe the calculation and use ofvariances. Chapters 22 to 25 deal with the use of responsibility accounting information in the management control process. Variances A variance is the difference

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    1. The direct materials quantity standard should      A) exclude unavoidable waste.      B) exclude quality considerations.      C) allow for normal spoilage.      D) always be expressed as an ideal standard. Use the following to answer questions 2-4: Stiner Company has a materials price standard of $2.00 per pound. Five thousand pounds of materials were purchased at $2.20 a pound. The actual quantity of materials used was 5‚000 pounds‚ although the standard quantity allowed for the output

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    is to determine whether or not inventories in the Nigeria Bottling Company‚ Ilorin Plant can be evaluated and understood using the various existing tools of optimization in inventory management. The study methods employed include the variance analysis‚ Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) Model and the Chi-square method. The answer to the fundamental question of how best an organization which handles inventory can be efficiently run is provided for in the analysis and findings of the study. Consequently

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    review Materials ch24 Student: 1. Standard costs can serve as a basis for evaluating actual performance. True False 2. Standard material‚ labor‚ and overhead costs can be obtained from standard cost tables published by the Institute of Management Accountants. True False 3. Standard costs provide a basis for assessing the reasonableness of actual costs incurred for producing a product or service. True False 4. When standard costs are used‚ factory overhead is assigned to

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    Chapters 9 & 10 Standard Costing‚ Variance Analysis and Flexible Budgets This is a copyright presentation of Darlene B. Serrato and is presented exclusively for the use and benefit of students enrolled in Accounting 2303. Any other use is prohibited. All rights reserved. This presentation may not be copied‚ reproduced or transferred in or by any media without the express written permission of the author. STANDARD – is the budgeted cost for one unit of product. The beginning point

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    increasingly forced by environmental variance. Moreover‚ studies have shown that it is no longer possible to ignore the effects of variation from biologic models examining the effects of climate change (Lawson et al. 2015; Walther et al. 2015). The role of environmental variance is challenging traditional theoretical approaches supplanting the notion of absolute climate changes. In a world with fluctuating climates‚ two main questions have emerged with urgency: first‚ how do ecologic assemblages respond

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    Rivermore College This is a mean-variance optimization case. Software needs: Spreadsheet optimizer (Excel Solver) or use a commercial package. Concepts: performance evaluation with historical data‚ forecasting asset returns‚ portfolio choice with input uncertainty. Computer skills: development and/or use of a mean-variance optimizer Case Roberta Tyler consultants to several university investment offices around the country. She specializes in asset allocation studies. She has accumulated

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    417‚100‚ which is $170‚850 greater than the net income budgeted for the 2012 fiscal year despite that the company operations goes through some turmoil. A more detail variance shows that the external factor largely responsible for the growth of leather markets that rapidly increase than anticipated making NLJ to catch with the increase in market demand. Variance Analysis Contribution Margin Based on the figure in Exhibit 1‚ the total amount of contribution margin for the Nylon jackets is $4

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    Case Study: Contribution Margin and Variance Analysis By: Sachin Malhotra Student ID:xxxxxxxxx Presented To: Prof. G. Dunning Course: 04-70-256 Section 2 Date: November 28‚ 2008 Explanation of Profit Decline The decline in profits was due to a combination of various market‚ as well as‚ production factors. Firstly‚ the decreased market share was a major cause of the decline in the profits. This was quite surprising for a company that is operating in a growing market. The total market for

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