scaled down, but its level of fixed costs has been assumed to be unchanged Question 2: On the basis of French’s revised information, what does next year look like? a. What is the break-even point? Calculation of the break even points using the new estimates: Breakeven points have been calculated using the formulae: Breakeven number of units = Fixed costs / Contribution margin per unit Where Contribution margin per unit = Selling price – Variable cost per unit Aggregate "A" "B" "C" Sales
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traditional costing method typically believe that the volume metric is the factor that drives the manufacturing overhead costs. The traditional costing system does not accurately represent the manufacturing costs that are affiliated with the production of an item. It is designed more so for departmental focus, not process focus and focuses on cost incurred not cause of costs. On the contrary, activity based costing is designed to assign costs to activities. ABC is becoming more widely used since
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TO: Pam Berg, Manager of the ALLTEL Pavilion FROM: Valentina Golman, Cost Accountant DATE: October 29, 2011 SUBJECT: ALLTEL’s Strategy and CVP Analysis As requested, CVP analysis of the ALLTEL Pavilion has been investigated. The focus of the investigation was on firm’s competitive strategy, operating results, negotiating contract fees with artists, earning budgeted profit goals. Findings: 1. In response to the competitive strategy of the ALLTEL Pavilion * it is noted to be differentiation
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BRIDGESTONE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER: COST-VOLUME-PROFIT ANALYSIS FOR PLANNING AND CONTROL I. INTRODUCTION Bridgestone Behavioral Health Center, a medical center for comprehensive outpatient substance abuse treatment center positioned at the Midwest United States and has been operating since 1985. Some of the services offered by Bridgestone grouped generally are counselling, crisis intervention, detoxification and methadone maintenance. Under these services they offer patient assessment
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time, selecting a design that boosts product volumes & profitability while ensuring low demand variability. Analysis – The game is divided into four playoffs. Each playoff is independent in terms of previous year’s performance and demand realization. Key issues to achieving objective are: 1. Unavailability of historical demand trends 2. Conflicting view of forecasters 3. Long lead times for cost effective oversea supplier and high costs for domestic suppliers 4. Effects of design
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Management Cost & Auditing ESC RENNES PGE 3 & Msc International Accounting, Management Cost & Auditing Gaël Delano – Vincent Magré – Arnaud Orhan – Arnaud Salvisberg – Annabelle Wephre Gaël Delano – Vincent Magré – Arnaud Orhan – Arnaud Salvisberg – Annabelle Wephre STUDY CASE : WILKERSON COMPANY STUDY CASE : WILKERSON COMPANY Table des matières What is the competitive situation faced by Wilkerson ? 3 Given some of the apparent problems with Wilkerson’s cost system
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training future managers. The costs include (1) an emphasis on local versus global goals, (2) requires coordination of decisions, and (3) can lead to improper decisions because of a divergence between individual and organizational goals. 3. (1) Cost centers, (2) Profit centers, and (3) Investment centers. 4. Minimize the cost of producing a specified level of output or service. 5. Both minimize costs and maximize revenues. That is, maximize profit. 6. Maximize the returns
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value of the cost pool; The Housekeeping Service department of Ruger Clinic scenario; cost-volume-profit (CVP) analysis; capitation rates: fee-for-service approach; cost approach, and demographic approach, and conventional versus zero-based budgeting. Key words: cost pool value, cost-volume-profit (CVP) analysis; capitation rates: fee-for-service; cost, and demographic approaches, and conventional versus zero-based budgeting. Ruger Clinic 1. What is the value of the cost pool?
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Walters decision to keep product 103? 3 Analysis of Profit and loss statement 4 Sensitivity analysis 6 Strategic scenarios 8 Q2) Should superior lower as of January 1, 2006 its prices of product 101? To what price? 10 Q3) why did Supreme improve profitability during the period of January 1 to June 30, 2005? 13 Analysis 14 Q4) why is it important that Superior has an effective cost system? 17 What is your overall appraisal of the company’s cost system and its use in report to management 18 List
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contribute to low cost or price. * Broad product line Sunnyvale Foods has a product line of 65 items. If this is made use of appropriately, it can contribute to economy of scope. Weakness * Sales orientation The former president said, “as long as new products look like they will increase the company’s sales volume, they are introduced… little, if any, attention paid to margins…profits will come through good products produced in large volume.” Sunnyvale management does not put profit in the first
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