Cost Management: A Strategic Emphasis
Cost Management: A Strategic Emphasis
7th Edition
ISBN: 9780077733773
Author: Edward Blocher, David Stout, Paul Juras, Gary Cokins
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 5, Problem 1Q
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Explain whether the given statement is correct.

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Under-costing a product increase the profit earned from the product. Cost of product not charged to itself and it is borne by the other products in the firm.

Under-costing a product is worse because it make the manager to believe the product makes more profit than the other products and limited resource in firm are shifted into production, promote and sale the product even the other product make more profit. Cost distortion makes firms not to discontinue the unprofitable product because the cost date shows these products are making profits.

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