Q7 a.A manufacturer produces a car component. The cost sheet of the component is as follows: Direct Material 4.00 Direct Labour 2.00 Variable Overheads 1.50 Fixed Overheads 2.50 A foreign manufacturer who uses this car component offers to purchase 20,000 units at Rs. 13 per component against the usual price of Rs. 15 per unit. If this offer is accepted the fixed expenses will go up by Rs. 40,000 annually. Would you accept this offer? Are there any other considerations, which may affect your decision?
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.
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