different quality material from standard; Buying materials from a non‑usual source due to urgency; Utilising different labour from standard; Price changes due to economic conditions; scarcity of supplies; Choosing to incur additional discretionary fixed costs; More (or less) overtime hours used than budgeted. 2. Efficiency/usage/quantity variances: Standard is out of date‚ set without due care; Inefficient use of material/labour‚ deliberate or otherwise; Poor supervision/equipment/maintenance.Changes in
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COST ACCOUNTING M.ASAD ABBAS PAF KIET TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary ......................................................................................................3 Introduction .....................................................................................................................4 Costing Strategy of Vesta Apparel.............................................................................5 Full Cost of the Primary
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Alberta School of Business Department of Accounting OPERATIONS and Information systems Accounting 523 Section X50 winter 2013 Midterm Exam Last Name First Name I.D. Number INSTRUCTIONS 1. Read these instructions carefully. 2. You must hand in this exam booklet before leaving the exam. 3. To answer the multiple choice questions‚ circle the letter of your answer. To change your answer‚ stroke through the old answer and circle the new response. You may write
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Peanuts and Cost Accounting A problem faced by a Restaurateur (Joe) as revealed by his Accountant-Efficiency Expert (Eff. Ex.) EFF. EX. Joe‚ you said you put in these peanuts because some people ask for them‚ but do you realize what this rack of peanuts is costing you? JOE It ain ’t gonna cost. ’Sgonna be a profit. Sure‚ I hadda pay $25 for a fancy rack to holda bags‚ but the peanuts cost 6 cents and I sell ’em for 10 cents. Figger I sell 50 bags a week to start. It ’ll take 12 ½ weeks to
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1. Wilkerson company ‘s major productions are pumps‚ valves and flow controllers. Pumps: The competitors had been reducing prices on pumps. Since pumps were a commodity product‚ the company matches the reduced prices to maintain volume. However‚ it has dropped pre-tax margin to less than 3%. Valves: Although several competitors could match its quality‚ none had tried to gain market share by cutting price‚ the gross margin had been maintain at standard 35%. Flow controllers: There was much more
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Sunk Cost-cost that has already been incurred and cannot be avoided no matter what a manager decides to do. A business segment should only be dropped if a company can avoid more in fixed costs than it loses in: contribution margin Which of the following techniques describe how a bottleneck should be managed: Find ways to increase the capacity of the bottleneck‚ ensure there is minimal lost time at the bottleneck due to breakdowns and set-ups‚ focus business process improvement efforts on the bottleneck
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Individual Assignment Problems MBAO287-ADM-471P-A: Essentials of Accounting I have read and understand the plagiarism policy as outlined in the syllabus and the sections in the Student Bulletin relating to the IWU Honesty/Cheating Policy. By affixing this statement to the title page of my paper‚ I certify that I have not cheated or plagiarized in the process of completing this assignment. If it is found that cheating and/or plagiarism did take place in the writing of this paper‚ I understand
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Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis‚ 14th Edition Horngren‚ Datar and Rajan Check Figures for Exercises and Problems Chapter 2. An Introduction to Cost Terms and Purposes 2-16 1. S‚ $1.1856 D‚ $1.0213 R‚ $0.6400 2-17 1. yeast D/V‚ flour D/V‚ pkg D or I/V‚ dep ov I/F or V‚ dep mix I/F or V‚ rent I/F‚ ins I/F‚ fact util I/F and V‚ fin labor D/V or F‚ mix mgr I/F‚ matl hand I/F or V‚ cust I/F‚ guard I/F‚ mach I/F or V‚ mach maint I/F or V‚ maint sup I/V‚ clean sup I/F. 2. Dep. M&M‚ MDM‚ MH‚ Mac.
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of per Unit Total Costs. The estimated unit costs for Hoteling Industries‚ when operating at a production and sales level of 10‚000 units‚ are as follows: Cost Item Estimated Unit Cost Direct materials $15 Direct labor 10 Variable factory overhead 8 Fixed factory overhead 5 Variable marketing 4 Fixed marketing 3 Required: (1) Identify the estimated conversion cost per unit. (2) Identify the estimated prime cost per unit. (3) Determine the estimated total variable cost per unit. (4) Compute
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related to Wilkerson Company‚ which is a manufacturer of a few products supplied to manufacturers of water purification equipment. The three products they manufacture are: 1. Valves- high quality and highest tolerances in the industry; this product is what the company started from. 2. High-volume pumps- quickly became a major supplier of pumps; they manufacture and spend more machine hours on producing this product 3. Flow controllers- most unique and highest selling product. Wilkerson Company would like
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