Stretch-reduction: Vast majority of 4 inch tubes are stretched & reduced in SRM machine into smaller dia. (0.5-2.5 inch). There is a production loss of 10 days when 4 inches are being cut. Production rates are minimum for smaller dials. iv. Finishing operations: Cost of storage of semi-finished tube is $400/ton. Various operations performed in finishing include zinc plating, threading tube ends, and adding caps before shipping to the customer. Problem Statement i. The inventory turnover is very low in spite
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optimum method of cost accounting is vital to a company’s success and sustainability. Two types of costing methods are available: the traditional cost accounting method or the activity based cost system. Each delivers pros and cons; therefore each company may choose one or the other. The traditional method matches the indirect costs to the volume based products, the hours of direct labor, or the hours of machine production hours (Accounting Coach, 2012). Activity based accounting products eat up
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Harvard Business School Publishing Case Map for Horngren, Foster & Datar: Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis, 10th Edition (Prentice Hall) This map was prepared by an experienced editor at HBS Publishing, not by a teaching professor. Faculty at Harvard Business School were not involved in analyzing the textbook or selecting the cases and articles. Every case map provides only a partial list of relevant items from HBS Publishing. To explore alternatives, or for more information on the cases
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A collection of techniques and tools can identify with how management’s decisions can affect costs through a cost management system (CMS). The CMS computes the organizations activities in performance and by the costs of resources, in order to access the change in costs in the business activities. This system can provide to your business an aggregate measure of inventory value and the manufactured cost of goods on the external reports that are submitted to the investors, creditors, plus other external
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available | Insufficiency means additional time and raw material cost | Time | M | H | Quantity of the raw material required should be duly checked before and also at regular intervals so that at least delay can be avoided. | Project Manager | 3. | Shortage of labourers | This might increase the cost in two ways:-Introduce machinery-training cost of remaining working laborers | Cost | H | H | Try retaining labourers back by a
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When making budget cuts or cutting cost in business it can be a very emotional and difficult task because in most cases it means informing employees that their position in the business is being closed. Cutting salaries and associated cost can cut out a major portion of the organization’s operating cost. Here is a case where Dr. Stephanie White, the Chief Administrator of the Uptown Clinic, is working on reducing the company budget for next year. Dr. Stephanie White needs make at least $94,000 in
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ACCOUNTING H525: MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING AND CONTROL Winter Quarter 2004 INSTRUCTOR: Professor D. L. Jensen 428 Fisher Hall jensen.7@osu.edu (I check my e-mail several times daily and will respond ASAP) 292-2529 at office (Please leave recorded message; if I'm not in, I'll return your call.) 488-8177 at home (Please leave recorded message; if I'm not in, I'll return your call.) Office Hours: By appointment or chance COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANT: Ms. Rama Ramamurthy 640 Fisher Hall
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Raymond C. Branham Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Managerial Accounting for Decision Making (MBAA 517) Dr. Mark Bellnap December 1, 2011 TABLE OF CONTENTS Abstract 3 Raytheon: An International Firm 4 Section I 4 Goods and Services, Market Share, Geographic Locations, and Major Competitors 4 Section II 5 Activity Based Costing at Raytheon 5 Section III 8 Standard Costs at Raytheon 8 Section IV 14 Relevant Costs at Raytheon 14 Section V 16 Summary, Conclusion, and Recommendations
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Indian Accounting Standard (Ind AS) 2 Inventories Contents OBJECTIVE Paragraphs 1 SCOPE 2-5 DEFINITIONS 6-8 MEASUREMENT OF INVENTORIES Cost of inventories Costs of purchase 9-33 10-22 11 Costs of conversion 12-14 Other costs 15-18 Cost of inventories of a service provider 19 Cost of agricultural produce harvested from biological assets 20 Techniques for the measurement of cost 21-22 Cost formulas 23-27 Net realisable value 28-33
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According to Fundamentals of Cost Accounting, “Activity-based costing (ABC) is a two-stage product costing method that assigns costs first to activities and then to the products based on each product’s use of activities”(Lanen, Anderson, Maher. 2011. P 319). While Traditional costing, is "often allocate costs based on single-volume measures such as direct-labor hours, direct- labor costs, or machine hours. While using a single volume measure as an overall cost driver seldom meets the cause-and-effect
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