Cornerstones of Cost Management
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ISBN: 9780357155905
Author: Don R. Hansen; Maryanne M. Mowen
Publisher: Cengage Limited
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Chapter 14, Problem 3CE
Ross Company implemented a quality improvement program and tracked the following for the five years:
By cost category as a percentage of sales for the same period of time:
Required:
- 1. Prepare a bar graph that reveals the trend in quality cost as a percentage of sales (time on the horizontal axis and percentages on the vertical). Comment on the message of the graph.
- 2. Prepare a bar graph for each cost category as a percentage of sales. What does this graph tell you?
- 3. What if management would like to have the trend in relative distribution of quality costs? Express this as a bar graph and comment on its significance.
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