...Management Accounting IEX Prof. Dr. Michael Lederer . Dr © Copyright : Prof. Dr. Michael Lederer Hochschule Furtwangen – Furtwangen University © Copyright : Prof. Dr. Michael Lederer Page 1 Contents overview management accounting A. Introduction and basic concepts A.1 Cost terms A.2. Costing systems and cost allocation A.3 Cost-volume-profit analysis A.4 Operations accounting 5 11 26 63 78 B. The budgeting process B.1 Budgeting B.2 Variance analysis © Copyright : Prof. Dr. Michael Lederer 87 88 114 C. Relevant cost and decision making 136 D. Marketing and pricing decisions 157 © Copyright : Prof. Dr. Michael Lederer Page 2 Recommended literature • • • • • • • • • • Horngren/Datar/Rajan: Cost Accounting. A Managerial Emphasis, Pearson Global Edition Collier: Accounting for Managers, Wiley Horngren/Bhimani/Datar/Foster: Management and Cost Accounting. FT Prentice Hall Atrill & McLaney: Management Accounting for Decision Makers, Pearson Davis/Davis: Managerial Accounting. Wiley Cooke: The McGraw-Hill 36-Hour course in Finance for Non-Financial Managers. McGraw-Hill Bragg: Controller’s Guide to Planning and Controlling Operations. Wiley Roehl-Anderson, Bragg: Controllership - The Work of the Management Accountant. Wiley Blocher/Chen/Lin: Cost Management - A strategic emphasis, McGraw-Hill Professional Dictionary, Accounting; Tax; Banking; German-English/English-German, Schäffer© Copyright : Prof. Dr. Michael Lederer Poeschel ...
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...prices. It is a cost management tool. TATA tries to manufacture a car at Rs. 1 ,00,000. – is a typical example for target costing. 42. Stages of target costing 1. Determine the target price which customers will be prepared to pay for the product 2.Deduct a target profit margin fro the target price to determine the target cost 3. Estimate the actual cost of the product 4.If estimated actual cost exceeds the target cost , investigate ways of driving down the actual cost to the target cost 43. Target costing-Continues Customer oriented approach Used by Japanese copanies and recently adopted by Europe and the USA. Recently call canters are trying to adopt this as Indian currency strengthened. 44. Procedures: 1.Market research to find the customer’s perceived value-tear down analysis-examining the competitors’ products-dismantling of the competitor's product.use value engineering 2.How customers differentiate the product from the competitors 3.Target profit margin depends on planned return on investment and fix % of profits on sales 4.Decomposed into a target profit for each product. 5.Deduct the target profit from target price 6.Compare with the predicted actual cost. 7. If predicted cost>target cost then efforts are made to close the gap. 45. What is required? Team approach Team members include: 1.designers 2. engineers 3. Purchasing 4. manufacturing 5. marketing 6. management accounting personnel The discipline of a team approach ensures that no particular group...
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...Financial Accounting for Decision Makers Visit the Financial Accounting for Decision Makers, sixth edition Companion Website at www.pearsoned.co.uk/atrillmclaney to find valuable student learning material including: G G G G G Self assessment questions to test your learning A study guide to aid self-learning Revision questions and exercises to help you check your understanding Extensive links to valuable resources on the web Comments on case studies to aid interpretative and analytical skills We work with leading authors to develop the strongest educational materials in accounting, bringing cutting-edge thinking and best learning practice to a global market. Under a range of well-known imprints, including Financial Times Prentice Hall, we craft high-quality print and electronic publications which help readers to understand and apply their content, whether studying or at work. To find out more about the complete range of our publishing, please visit us on the World Wide Web at: www.pearsoned.co.uk 6th Edition Financial Accounting for Decision Makers Peter Atrill and Eddie McLaney Pearson Education Limited Edinburgh Gate Harlow Essex CM20 2JE England and Associated Companies throughout the world Visit us on the World Wide Web at: www.pearsoned.co.uk Second edition published 1999 by Prentice Hall Europe Third edition published 2002 by Pearson Education Limited Fourth edition 2005 Fifth edition 2008 Sixth edition 2011 © Prentice Hall Europe...
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...MBA UK Course Handbook the Strathclyde 2014/15 The Strathclyde MBA 1 The University of Strathclyde's mission dates from our founder, Professor John Anderson, leaving instructions in his will for 'a place of useful learning' to be established in the city. By this he meant an institution open to everyone, regardless of gender, status or income. “ The Place of Useful Learning John Anderson 1796 ” We continue to be committed to 'useful learning' through our provision of relevant, high quality, educational opportunities, the global application of our research and our focus on knowledge exchange, all of which aim to benefit the wider economy and society. Our commitment to 'useful learning' is about: • • Offering a wide range of education opportunities in a flexible, innovative learning environment. Developing students who have the aptitudes and capacities to make significant contributions to their communities after graduation as employees, employers and citizens. Connecting research through knowledge exchange to make an impact on modern society. • 2 Contents Welcome ................................................................................................................. 5 The University of Strathclyde .................................................................................. 6 Strathclyde Business School ................................................................................... 6 About the Handbook and MyPlace ........
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