Project #2 – Cost Accounting Classifications The first business I observed was Little Caesars. Little Caesars is a pizza chain, similar to Pizza Hut and Dominos. I met up with the store manager, Norma, so that she could show me around the store. We started at the back of the store where she introduced me to Omar and Miguel who have the very important job of making the dough every morning. We walked towards the front of the store where Paula was prepping toppings for the pizza and getting ready
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SUBJECT: Cost Accounting Systems Managerial accounting concerns utilizing information available that assists managers to plan, control, and execute the company’s performance. It emphasizes on the relationships of internal costs and internal control tools in a systematic way. In a manufacturing organization, a typical cost accounting system aims to identify and allocate costs reasonably so that the organization can estimate the profitability of its products. With the input of numerical information
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a graph of the total monthly cost of the three plans for different levels of texting. b. Which plan should you choose if you expect to make: i. 240 texts per month? Plan B ii. 780 texts per month? Plan C iii. 1,250 texts per month? Plan C 2. In 3 – 4 sentences, define the following terms and give two examples of each: c. Direct Materials Cost - According to our text book, direct materials cost is “Acquisition costs of all materials that eventually
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allocation and poor coordination of activities across different parts of the company. When the difference between budget amounts and actual results are used to evaluate performances, management may underestimate budget revenues, or overestimate budget costs to make budget targets more easily achievable. This behavior results in budgetary slack. Another incentive management has to misrepresent the estimates is related to bonus. Some plant managers understate the productivity potential of their plant to
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" Journal of Accountancy . (2013): n. page. Web. 22 Jan. 2013. The long-term effect of doing more with less: doing less It is no secret that companies and small businesses have been forced to lay-off or terminate employees in order to cut costs due to the recent financial crisis. Experts are now researching the long-term effects of these practices. When you lay-off or fire employees you are essentially distributing extra work among you remaining employees . These employees are forced to
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representatives) Dave Marley, Cost Accounting Manager (supervises cost accountants) Kevin Carson, Production Supervisor (supervises all manufacturing employees) Sally Renner, Engineer (supervises all new-product design teams) REQUIRED a) What are the primary information needed by each manager? Give examples. (5 Marks) b) Which, if any, financial accounting report(s) is likely to be used by each manager? Explain. (3 Marks) c) Name one special purpose management accounting report that could be designed
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COST CLASSIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR. Cost: Reflects a monetary measure of the resources sacrificed or forgone to achieve a benefit such as acquiring a good or service. The term has multiple meanings: Different types of costs are used in different situations. Costs are developed and used for some specific purposes. The way a cost is used is to be used will define the way it should be computed. Cost Object: Any activity for which a separate measurement of cost is required. Something for which we want
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PRINCIPLES OF COST ACCOUNTING This page intentionally left blank PRINCIPLES OF COST ACCOUNTING 15E E D W A R D J. V A N D E R B E C K Professor Emeritus Department of Accountancy Xavier University Principles of Cost Accounting, 15th Edition Edward J. VanDerbeck ª 2010, 2008 South-Western, Cengage Learning ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this work covered by the copyright herein may be reproduced, transmitted, stored or used in any form or by any means graphic, electronic
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Cost accounting is an accounting process that measures and analyses the costs associated with products, production and projects so that correct amounts are reported on financial statements. Cost accounting aids in decision-making processes by allowing a company to evaluate its costs. Some types of costs in cost accounting are direct, indirect, fixed, variable and operating costs. Absorption costing is a costing system which treats all costs of production as product costs, regardless whether they
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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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