CHAPTER 5 ACTIVITY-BASED COSTING AND ACTIVITY-BASED MANAGEMENT TRUE/FALSE 1. Companies that undercost products will most likely lose market share. 2. When refining a costing system, a company should classify as many costs as possible as indirect costs. 3. Indirect labor and distribution costs would most likely be in the same activity-cost pool. 4. Activity-based costing helps identify various activities that explain why costs are incurred. 5. Traditional systems are likely to undercost
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Maximize total contribution margins given the constraints 3 Item b: Sensitivity analysis of solution given 10,000 yards additional acetate. 6 Item c: Income statement 7 Item d: Unit profit using the volume-based costing method. 10 Item e: Unit profit using the activity based costing method. 11 Item f: Financial/economic explanation for the difference between the unit profits 14 Appendix – Case Study #1 A-1 Summary of Case Study: This case study concerns determination of an optimum
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ACTIVITY BASED COSTING ➢ Cost attribution to cost units on the basis of benefits received from indirect activities e.g. ordering, setting up, and assuring quality. ➢ Most overhead cost can be analyzed between the following: ➢ A) Short term variable cost, that varies with the volume of production. ➢ B) Long term variable cost that do not vary with the volume of production, but do vary with a different measure of activity. ➢ Kaplan and cooper have suggested that long term
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Many of the local and national headlines are calling attention to how universities will be handling large budget cuts and tumbling balances in endowment funds. The market downturn and struggling economy are mainly to blame for these budget cuts. As a student, my main concern is will I still be able to take the courses I need and want. Our textbook offered a look at break-even analysis, and the article I selected shows how break-even analysis can be used by universities to determine the profitability
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15,625 $40,625 (b) Per box of chemicals $40,625/1,000 = $40.63 (5) These two product costing systems result in such widely differing costs because of the inaccuracy of the traditional single volume based overhead rate. The use of machine hours in the pre-determined rate does not reflect the usage of other activities during production. I would recommend the activity based costing system because of the accuracy of costs for each product, and it results in much better control over
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directed activity-based costing analysis was undertaken in one of the company plants. After the study, a breakeven analysis was completed along with target profit projections. It will be in Company’s best interest to change from a traditional costing system to an activity-based costing system. In this summary report you will find evidence as to why this transformation it’s relevant and important since it will emphasize the differences between traditional costing and activity based costing systems
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Costing Methods ACC 561 July 15, 2014 Costing Methods Absorption and variable costing are two methods an organization such as Polk Company can employ when accounting for costs and generating income statements. The differences between the two methods are focused on the types of costs absorbed or assigned to the product, specifically fixed and variable overhead expenses as well as when fixed overhead manufacturing costs are allocated. In absorption costing all costs are charged to the product
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JET TASK 4 A1: Costing Method Report to the Vice President recommending whether the company should change its cost method - to activity based costing. Activity based costing is a method used in identifying activities companies perform thereby assigning indirect costs to products. Activity based costing (ABC) system recognizes the relationship between costs, activities and products, assigning indirect costs to products. (Investopedia, 2014) Competition Bikes, Inc. report to the Vice President
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Activity-Based Costing is also known as ‘ABC’ costing has a simple concept. In contrast to traditional costing system, Activity-Based Costing system first accumulates overheads costs for each organizational activity, and then assigns the costs of the activities to the products, services, or customers. Let’s take a look back in time, during the 1970’s and 1980’s, the boundaries of absorption costing system were felt with firmness which meant they were not as complex. Companies needed something different
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main problems facing Strategic Marketing Unit Two (SMU2) were: 1) the product costing system allocated cost unfairly; 2) operating profit did not reflect true performance of the unit. It was obvious that Fine Foods needs to change the cost allocating system. They could either improve the current cost system or change to a new cost allocating system. My recommendations for Find Foods are to: 1) change to activity-based system; 2) use contribution margin 1 to evaluate performance. INTRODUCTION
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