Activity-based costing

reasons. The most predominant use of measurement is to help a business have control over a firm in a way that traditional accounting processes did not provide. Decision-making is a fundamental component of corporate realization. Decisions that are based on the basis of substantial knowledge may lead to a business’s improvement as well as increased long-term performance. The focus of this paper is to respond to prompts on measurement and decision-making. Task 1: Cost Behaviours and Cost Classifications

specialized transportation and logistics services in the world. An organization costing system is a system that helps the management with the strategy planning while the system plays an important role in providing accurate cost information about the products and customers (Curtin, 2006). UPS utilizes the Activity-Based Costing (ABC) system. ABC assumes that activities cause costs and that cost objects create the demand for activities (Marx,

accounting focuses on the needs of internal users (managers) and on data relevant for decision making.   Points Received: 7 of 7   Comments: Question 2. Question : (TCO 6) In an activity-based costing system, cost reduction is accomplished by identifying and eliminating:                 Non-Value-Adding Activities         All Cost Drivers   Student Answer:  No                                            No    Yes                                          Yes    Yes                                         

direct labour and material cost, but the indirect or overhead cost become significant high. Therefore, price decisions on each product become essential. ABC costing system is a form of splitting overhead costs into different overhead activities. The costs are then allocated to products or projects proportionally by their cost driver activity levels. In another words, this system result the manager to look at the more accurate overhead cost from each products which they producing, then find out the

Accounting Session 9 – Cost Allocations and Activity-Based Costing Dr. Othman Cole othman.cole@faculty.hult.edu 1 Absorption Costing In absorption costing, all manufacturing costs, both fixed and variable, are assigned to units of product. Units are said to fully absorb manufacturing costs. Most countries require some form of absorption costing for both external financial reports and for tax reports. Also, most companies across the world use absorption costing in their management reports. It is

Comparison between Traditional costing and ABC Traditional costing 148 131 94 141 Activity based costing 371.76 268.42 119.55 280.19 - -223.76 -137.43 -25.55 -139.19 Hence we can Estimated Indirect (overhead) cost per unit is quite different for each product, unlike the traditional costing where indirect costs per unit were the same for all four products. This approach recognizes that product W uses more activity pool resources than product X , product Y and product Z . (source

food and beverage industry is anticipating significant growth, with a majority of food and beverage executives expecting increases in revenues (84% of executives) (Thornton, 2013). For the purposes of this report, the focus will be on the product costing systems in place at Voodoo Ltd, concentrating on their applicability and effectiveness. Our aim is to identify the weaknesses in Voodoo Ltd’s current operations which may impede its growth in what is a dynamic and fast paced industry. Currently Voodoo

system treated most, sales, marketing, and administrative costs as fixed costs or as a percentage of sales revenue. This simplistic approach was used to allocate overhead costs. Indirect costs were manufacturing costs that were allocated to products based on direct labor, or they were selling & administrative costs that were treated as period expenses and were unanalyzed. In this system if a customer sales price exceeded the full manufacturing cost plus the allocation of SM&A (sales, marketing, and

cash flows, income statement and the balance sheet. A)Statement of cash flows: Shows how much cash comes in and out of the business,as it reports the cash generated and used during the time interval.specified in its heading. Cash from operating activities is compared to the company’s net income i.e. if it is consistently greater than the net income, then the company’s net income is said to be of high quality, whereas if it is lower than net income concerns

ACC512 Management Accounting for Costs & Control Assessment Item 1 Midhun Ramachandran Student ID: 11594000 Class: Wednesday 9am-12pm Lecture - Dhanushka Wijayakantha   Answer 1- Management accounting The three elements that drive or influence management accounting work are: Compliance- It refers to the need to fulfil both external regulations as well as reporting requirements. Accounting personnel’s need to furnish proper recognition of expenses and revenues, and estimate assets and liabilities