999 Search Results for Cost Accounting
Themido, I., A. Arantes, C. Fernandes & A.P. Guedes. (2000). Logistic costs case study: An
ABC approach. The Journal of the Operational Research Society, 51 (10): 1148-1157
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/253927
The use of Activity-Ba Continue Reading...
An incorrect entry or inherent errors in the accounting procedures (for instance mistakes in contract cost allotment) can endanger the system. Organizations need to make sure that their employees are well versed with the latest cost accounting polic Continue Reading...
Managerial Accounting for Sleepease Ltd.
"Identify, discuss and critically evaluate the advantages and problems of using the following costing methods for internal reporting purposes":
absorption costing; marginal costing.
"Refer to Continue Reading...
Accounting Responsibility
Responsibility of managers in managing projects and creating budgets
Managerial ethics is essential in managing projects and creating budgets. Ethical accounting ensures all financial information is reported to business ow Continue Reading...
competing cost accounting approaches and explores best practices implemented in different countries. The essay examines traditional cost accounting (CA), activity-based costing (ABC), Grenzplankostenrechnung (GPK), throughput accounting (TA) and res Continue Reading...
ABC can identify high overhead costs per unit and find ways to reduce the costs, avoid decreases in head counts due to inaccurate allocation of costs, and measure profitability with higher accuracy than traditional costing that uses direct-labor hou Continue Reading...
General & Administrative-costs cannot reasonably be associated with any particular product or service produced (overhead). These costs would remain the same no matter what output the activity produced. An example would be salaries of personnel i Continue Reading...
The consultant allocates fixed costs based on the ratio of departmental square footage to total dealer square footage, adjusted by a weighting factor. The weighting factor takes into account various machinery, equipment, furniture, and fixtures loc Continue Reading...
Accounting
What is Accounting
Accounting is a term which is usually referred to when there is a formalized manner to hold an individual, firm or other organization to account. The process of accounting will usually involves the collection of data t Continue Reading...
However, they have also changed the face of the accounting profession in a way that will affect the education and conduct of accountants in the future. In the future, the accountant will have to do more than to balance the books. In order to underst Continue Reading...
Accounting Costs - SunAir Boat Case
The following table shows details of SunAir Boat Builder's molding department's direct cost and overhead variances:
SunAir Boat Builders, Inc.
Detailed Cost Comparison (per boat hull)
Unit Cost per Unit Cost Ac Continue Reading...
Yet, financial statements and managerial accounting reports can be highly effective nonetheless. Sometimes they will merely confirm what the proprietor already knows, but there are inevitably going to be times when they will reveal that the propriet Continue Reading...
Premier Products
The contribution margin is the revenue less the variable costs. We know the price for each product, and we know the variable material costs. Labor costs are also know ($5/hr). Thus, the remaining issue is the allocation of overhead, Continue Reading...
Wood was used more for recording, ink and seals were used to write accounts on top of a piece of wood. It was used mostly by everyone as it was inexpensive plus it was very easy to write on top of it. Marked stick also played many roles, also known Continue Reading...
Accounting Theory
Why accounting research has had so little impact on preventing such failures in accounting practice?
The modern economic society has seen many scientific researches that have been directed at establishing the nature of performance Continue Reading...
An unaware analyst may think the second company to be better but in reality its low encouraging level is due to the fact that it is unable to secure additional funding. The companies may possess different capital structures and to attempt comparison Continue Reading...
Accounting
Differential Cost
Differential Cost strategy when used by an educational entity such as UOS means that the institution determines what it would cost to offer alternative forms of education based on the number of students interested in ch Continue Reading...
Dibsa should turn towards the market-based pricing strategy, which sees the implementation of competitive prices for the 3-in-1 Lawnmower. The selection of this combination of strategies would generate several impacts upon the company, but most of t Continue Reading...
Another example of pure job costing is web development, where the processes themselves vary hugely from project to project, meaning the cost and time involved also varies.
Response
Dosch & Wilson (2010) do seem to do a good job of defining job Continue Reading...
Accounting for Decision Making
Shelter Partnership's Case Study
Purposes of Cost Information
The intended purpose of cost information is to provide a basis for determining the expenses and revenues associated with a particular activity (or cost ob Continue Reading...
However, when a shock happens that changes that pattern, the information is no longer relevant. In periods of turmoil, only the most up-to-date information is relevant. The usefulness of the information wanes quickly as the behavior of the company b Continue Reading...
It is known that the membership fee is $26. Using this, the variable cost per member can be calculated, as shown in table 2.
Revenue per member (a)
$26
Fixed costs per member (b)
$20
Variable cost (a-b)
$6
If the membership fee is $26 per me Continue Reading...
d.). The methods by which this information is gathered will differ based on the type of production that is being undertaken. Cost flow assumptions relates to how costs flow through inventory accounts. This can include FIFO, LIFO, weighted average and Continue Reading...
accounting important success firm? What methods cost accounting ? The paper (a) identify main issues chosen area, (b) reference learning occurred, (c) build class activities incidents facilitated learning understanding, (d) present specific current Continue Reading...
Systems of income and financial position would superimpose standards of normalization upon everyone within the firm. Accounting, thereby, had achieved Foucault's definition of knowledge as power over people per excellence. By the 1950s, however, per Continue Reading...
Accounting Concepts
Revenue Recognition: Its Relevance and Significance
In the words of Kimmel, Weygandt and Kieso (2008), "the revenue recognition principle requires that companies recognize revenue in the accounting period in which it is earned. Continue Reading...
When it comes to standard costing, what is referred to as a standard cost is assigned the costs (actual) of manufacturing overhead, direct labor as well as direct material. In this case, these costs are not assigned to a product. It therefore follow Continue Reading...
. Some important ideas to keep in mind are that historical cost can be more reliable than fair value accounting (Flegm, 2008). As Laux and Leuz (2010) note, some have argued that fair value accounting was partly responsible for the great financial cr Continue Reading...
Costing
Financial Accounting-Variable Costing
How is managerial accounting different from financial accounting?
Managerial Accounting refers to the processes in application by the company or business organization to identify, measure, analyze, in Continue Reading...
accounting systems, their tradeoffs, and discusses the differences between countries in their approaches.
Each of the cost accounting systems discussed in the articles accomplishes some management goals better than other systems, but there are trad Continue Reading...
Introduction
The delivery health care system takes into account the assimilation of physicians, healthcare facilities, together with other medical services with plan to facilitate the provision of the total continuum of medical care for its consumers Continue Reading...
Accounting Course Concepts
Olympus Corporation
Company Overview
With sales of $10.6 billion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011, Olympus Corporation (hereinafter alternatively "Olympus" or "the company"), is a leading manufacturer of endosco Continue Reading...
Accounting
This accounting report is intended to emphasize the importance of the role of a management accountant in business operational and financial decisions. The focus on two companies engaging in different lines of business with disparate conce Continue Reading...
Accounting
Qualitative Characteristics of Financial Statements
There are four principal qualitative characteristics that make the information provided in financial statements useful to users. These are understandability, relevance, reliability and Continue Reading...
Accounting Ethics
Ethics of Accounting
There have been breaches in the ethics of accounting in recent times. With that in mind, evaluate whether or not the current trend in the regulation of business establishments is favorable to ethical behavior. Continue Reading...
Accounting and the Public Interest:
The accounting profession is not only an integral aspect of the society but it also plays a critical role in the nation and the corporate sector. As a result, this profession is expected to serve or contribute tow Continue Reading...
Accounting
In just about any part of the world, accrual accounting is preferred by government over cash accounting, for several good reasons. To understand these reasons, the first step is to understand what the difference is between accrual account Continue Reading...
Accounting Systems
There are many ways in accounting to get the job done right but two basic approaches give accountants a foundation to work upon. The purpose of this essay is to examine the differences between manual and computerized accounting sy Continue Reading...
Accounting Approaches: Deductive vs. Inductive Approaches
Two major divisions exist regarding the classification of accounting approaches: the inductive and deductive method. "In the deductive or judgmental approach, relevant environmental factors a Continue Reading...