use of historical hindsight page 12 RSM 322 Required Reading for Topics A. Review of the syllabus, responsibility centers and an introduction to case analysis Chapter 5 Part A :Responsibility Accounting E book reading: Sample case – BW Manufacturing company Case Writing Package 2015/16 ( See course web page) B. Introduction to Case Analysis, the importance of cash flow and income, and the relationship between strategy and cost
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Seminar – 7 Chapter 7 Financial Responsibility Centers Financial Result Control System Financial Result Control System results are defined in monetary terms, most commonly in terms of accounting measures such as revenues, costs, profits, and returns. Advantages of Financial Result Control System Financial objectives are paramount in for-profit firms. Financial measures provide a “summary” measure of performance by aggregating the effects of a broad range of operating initiatives across
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information is needed to provide a fair and effective basis for identifying inefficient operations and to reward and motivate the most effective managers. 4. Preparation of Financial Statements. Cost management information is needed to provide accurate accounting for inventory and other assets, in compliance with reporting requirements, for the preparation of financial reports and for use in the three other management functions. 3. Explain the difference between cost of goods sold and cost of goods manufactured
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Question 1 $2.70 per machine hour ($338,580 ÷ 125,400). Units completed and transferred out + equivalent units of ending work in process materials = Equivalent unit of production Materials Units Completed and Transferred out conversion costs + Equivalent Units of work in process conversion costs = Equivalent units of production conversion costs Compute the direct materials used for the period, which is equal to the beginning inventory plus material purchases minus ending inventory. Read
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PART B Questions (Q1and Q2 one full page in total, double spaced) 1. Improving costing accuracy: Firstly, the costing system used right now was established at past when only one type of sneakers was produced. However, the company is producing three types of sneakers now. The overhead and the total cost are significant larger than the past. Therefore, the existing costing system is not fit the current production. Secondly, the manufacturing space has been reset but the direct labour standards was
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Pasadena City College Syllabus - MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING - ACCT 001B Fall 2015 – 70008 (Revised) Date: Time: Location: September 1 – December 15, 2015 Tuesdays/Thursdays; 7:00am – 9:30am R 307, Building R Instructor: E-mail: Phone: Chee-Sum Tan, MBA, CPA, CFA, ABV, CGMA ctan8@pasadena.edu 626-524-1674 Required Material: Textbook: Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making (5th Edition); Kimmel, Weygandt, Kieso, Wiley Publishing (WITH “WILEYPLUS”). WILEYPLUS IS REQUIRED
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manufacturing costs are not allotted to products but are considered as period costs and thus charged directly to Profit and Loss Account of that year. Fixed costs also do not enter in stock valuation. Marginal Costing: Definition CIMA London as ‘The accounting system in which variable costs are charged to cost units and fixed costs of the period are written off in full, against the aggregate contribution. Its special value is in decision making’. Segregation of costs into fixed and variable elements
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INTRODUCTION The budget is the financial expression of the project and should accurately reflect the costs of the proposed research/education/service program. The budget justification provides the sponsor agency and reviewers of the application with information such as why costs are programmatically necessary and how they are calculatced. Reviewers will analyze the financial data to determine if the proposed costs are allocable to the program, allowable under federal cost principles or non-federal
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Reta Sharfina Tahar 1111002006 Case 4-4 Whiz Calculator Company Questions: 1. From the information given in Exhibits 1 and 3, determine insofar as you can whether each item of expense is (a) variable with sales volume, (b) partly variable with sales volume, (c) variable with some other factors, or (d) not related to output volume at all. 2. What bearing do your conclusions in question 1 have on the type of budgeting system that is most appropriate? 3. Should the proposed sales expense budgeting
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cost pools, identification of cost drivers, calculation of cost application rates. D. Calculation of cost application rates, identification of cost drivers, identification of cost pools, assignment of cost to products. 3. During a recent accounting period, Marty's shipping department processed 26 orders. Each order typically takes four hours to complete; however, the average time increased to five hours because of various departmental inefficiencies. If
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