Choose ONE of the costing systems studied in this unit from the list below, and answer the questions that follow: • Job Costing• Process Costing• Operation Costing (Hybrid Costing) • Activity-based Costing (ABC) Questions: 1. Briefly discuss the features of your chosen costing system. 2. Identify 2 specific Australian companies that your chosen costing system is suitable for, and explain why. 3. Discuss two potential uses of the cost information for decision-making, to the managers in each of the 2 organisations selected in Q2 above.
Process Costing
Process costing is a sort of operation costing which is employed to determine the value of a product at each process or stage of producing process, applicable where goods produced from a series of continuous operations or procedure.
Job Costing
Job costing is adhesive costs of each and every job involved in the production processes. It is an accounting measure. It is a method which determines the cost of specific jobs, which are performed according to the consumer’s specifications. Job costing is possible only in businesses where the production is done as per the customer’s requirement. For example, some customers order to manufacture furniture as per their needs.
ABC Costing
Cost Accounting is a form of managerial accounting that helps the company in assessing the total variable cost so as to compute the cost of production. Cost accounting is generally used by the management so as to ensure better decision-making. In comparison to financial accounting, cost accounting has to follow a set standard ad can be used flexibly by the management as per their needs. The types of Cost Accounting include – Lean Accounting, Standard Costing, Marginal Costing and Activity Based Costing.
Choose ONE of the costing systems studied in this unit from the list below, and answer the questions that follow:
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• Operation Costing (Hybrid Costing) • Activity-based Costing (ABC)
Questions:
1. Briefly discuss the features of your chosen costing system.
2. Identify 2 specific Australian companies that your chosen costing system is suitable for, and explain why.
3. Discuss two potential uses of the cost information for decision-making, to the managers in each of the 2 organisations selected in Q2 above.
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