Operations Research Assignment 1: Merton Truck Company Submitted to Professor Sumit Kumar By Sneh Chandel PGPX 2015-16 Roll No – 1503010 On 27/01/2015 Problem 1 1. (a) The best product mix can be found out by plotting out the corner points of graph obtained to maximize function p = 3000x + 5000y – 8600000 The above function was derived by subtracting cost price of ‘Truck model 101’ & ‘Truck Model 102’ from sales price of ‘Truck model 101’ & ‘Truck Model 102’. Sales
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5 Cost Allocation and Activity-Based Costing Systems L E A R N I N G O B J E C T I V E S After studying this chapter, you will be able to 1. Explain the major purposes for allocating costs. 2. Explain the relationship between activities, resources, costs, and cost drivers. 3. Use recommended guidelines to charge the variable and fixed costs of service departments to other organizational units. 4. Identify methods for allocating the central costs of an organization. 5. Use the direct, step-down
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Towards a conceptual framework for strategic cost management - The concept, objectives, and instruments - Von der Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften der Technischen Universität Chemnitz genehmigte Dissertation zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades Doctor rerum politicarum (Dr. rer. pol.) vorgelegt von Ibrahim Abd El Mageed Ali El Kelety geboren am 11.01.1965 in El Menoufia - Ägypten eingereicht am: 14. Juni 2006 Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Uwe Götze Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Jürgen Bloech Prof. Dr. Peter
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Dictionary of Economics A & C Black London First published in Great Britain in 2003 Reprinted 2006 A & C Black Publishers Ltd 38 Soho Square, London W1D 3HB © P. H. Collin 2003 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the permission of the publishers A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library eISBN-13: 978-1-4081-0221-3 Text Production and Proofreading Heather Bateman, Katy McAdam A & C Black
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Management Accounting Research, 2000, 11, 349–362 doi: 10.1006/mare.2000.0135 Available online at http://www.idealibrary.com on Activity-based costing in the U.K.’s largest companies: a comparison of 1994 and 1999 survey results John Innes*, Falconer Mitchell† and Donald Sinclair* This paper reviews the results of two U.K. surveys of activity-based costing (ABC) in the U.K.’s largest companies. These provide an opportunity to assess the changes that have occurred in the ABC adoption status of companies
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(1) Problem of limiting factor or limiting factor approach ( for common process applicable for more than 1 product). 1) Differential cost & incremental Revenue analysis where the production & sales will continue till Marginal Revenue > Marginal costs. (3) Indifference cost approach 4) Relevant cost approach i.e. considered only those cost & revenues which are related to the purpose or decision. Generally we considered the following 3 items for this purpose
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accounting periods. Is an organization that follows this approach likely to encounter any problems? Explain. Guided Response: Review your peers’ posts and respond to at least two of your classmates. Describe how job order costing, process costing, or activity based costing could resolve or exacerbate the issues your classmates discussed in their initial posts. Home Work Hour aims to provide quality study notes and tutorials to the students of ACC 206 Week 4 DQ1 Issues in order to ace their studies
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ch03.qxd 9/27/04 4:06 PM Page 86 CHAPTER Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis In Brief Managers need to estimate future revenues, costs, and profits to help them plan and monitor operations. They use cost-volume-profit (CVP) analysis to identify the levels of operating activity needed to avoid losses, achieve targeted profits, plan future operations, and monitor organizational performance. Managers also analyze operational risk as they choose an appropriate cost structure. This Chapter
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payment. Upon the costs incurred by the consulting firm, it analyses the best option. Cost to the consulting firm: Time required for the work: 1000 * 24= 24000 Total cost: 140 * 24000 = 33,60000 Revenue for the year: 175000*24= 42,00,000 Marginal savings: 42,00,000 - 33,60000= 840000 |Client’s 1st proposal |Monthly |Annual | | |Fixed payment: 155000
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Marginal Cost Based Pricing in Transport Key Implementation Issues from the Economic Perspective Erik Verhoef, Free University Amsterdam Paper prepared for IMPRINT 1. Introduction Marginal cost pricing in transport is a ‘hot’ topic, in at least two senses. First, as is well known, over the last decade(s), sophisticated pricing policies in transport have evolved from a primarily academic, theoretical construct, to a realistic and seriously considered option for many areas – urban and non-urban
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