carrying cost & “obsolescence.” (d) Service dept.: The service dept. Occupied over half the building space & was most labour intensive. (e) Body Shop: They consisted of a manager, three technicians & a clerk. Questions to be answered: (1) Using the data in the transaction, compute the profitability of this one transaction to the new, used, parts, and service dept. Assume a sales commission of $250 for the trade-in on a selling price of $5000. (Note: use the following allocations, new: $835;
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Cost Allocation at Water Purification Group Mary May pushed the door to her office thinking about her plan to enrol her daughter for a medical degree at a private university. The private university is the only institution of higher learning that her daughter can apply for, considering her high school results. Mary sat down at her table and a smile came to her lips. Her financial situation will definitely improve after the company, Bio-Organics, announce this year’s bonuses. Project ORG7 she was
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modifications which exceed budget limitations initially included in the estimations. One of the methods we are going to avoid cost overruns will be to provide passes to the students. The passes will have affixed lanyards and they should be put on all the time. This will prevent rivals from showing to the occasion, getting information for our training, and offering a cost overrun. EVALUATION OF THE PROJECT QUALITY: For being the project administrator, I will be deciding the best methods to follow
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Business Studies (Unit 3) | Corporate Objectives It is important that these goals are communicated across all levels of the organisation so that everyone is aware of what the business is trying to achieve. Common Corporate Objectives include… * Maximise Profit * Survival * Growth Once Corporate Objectives have been set, each functional area of a business will then set their own targets which reflect the overall Corporate Objectives of the business. Functional Objectives These
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units Labor Hours Required = 200 000 hours Activity (Cost Driver) | Budgeted Costs for 2010 | Cost Driver Used as Allocation Based | Cost Allocation Rate | Material Handling | $ 325 000 | Number of parts used | $ 0.25 per part | Cutting & Lathe Work | $ 2 340 000 | Number of parts used | $ 1.80 per part | Assembly & Inspection | $ 5 000 000 | Direct labor hours | $ 25.00 per hour | Units Produced | Direct Materials Costs | Number of Parts Used | Direct Labor Hours | 3 800 |
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Marginal costing and Absorption costing: the concept of marginal and absorption costing and its practical applications on business decisions. Cost Volume Profit Analysis: Relationship, impact on pricing, practical decision making strategies through CVP analysis Standard Costing and Variance analysis: concept and objectives of standard costing, advantages and limitations, variance analysis (Material, labour, overheads and sales variance), practical applications Budgeting and budgetary control mechanism
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MEMORANDUM To: Shuzworld From: Robert Hixon Director of Operations When we face challenges in life that are far beyond our own power, it's an opportunity to build on our faith, inner strength, and courage. I've learned that how we face challenges plays a big role in the outcome. Stay ambitious & determined and you can Never fail. Re: Operations Recommendations Date: November, 06, 2012 A) Work Flow The current workflow needs to address how to best organize the assembly
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Big-Three automobile manufacturers, major competitors were the local&foreign suppliers and intracompany plants. Production processes of six major products (as fuel tanks, manifolds, etc.) were diverse from each other. ACF was using the relatively old cost system of ‘one plant-wide overhead pool’, in which the overhead was allocated on Direct Labor base. PROBLEMS AND ISSUES: Due to the competition (e.g. foreign competition) in all lines grows fiercely, the competitive environment was getting tough
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Executive Summary De Havilland (Havilland) is Canadian aircraft manufacturer that was recently acquired by Boeing. The parent company has requested Havilland take on several initiatives including seeking 25% price reductions from suppliers, reducing the total number of suppliers and seeking more long-term fixed pricing agreements. Havilland recently received submissions for an RFQ for the supply of supply flap shrouds and equipment bay doors. The pricing received raises some concerns however,
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The 1980s is known as the deregulation period for the banking industry and subsequently the increased competition of the 1980s and continuing in the 1990s. The themes of the 1980s and 1990s include total quality management, customer satisfaction, cost, quality and time, technology, market globalization, availability of capital and markets, and finally activity based costing. The purpose of this study is to summarize and analyze the implementation of ABC in the banking industry. Total quality management
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