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Management accounting aims…

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…to provide info to management in order to help them make decisions that will result in max shareholder value.

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FR vs Management accounting

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External / internal users
Framework (IFRS, none)
Reporting period (past, past & future)
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Cost behavior is…

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…the relationship between cost and activity. Helps us understand costs and what drives them up.

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Variance is…

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…the diff between our set budget and what we actually did

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Fixed costs

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behavior stays the same

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Variable costs

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change depending on activity level

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Cost behavior helps us to…

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(variable / fixed)

  • plan & budget costs
  • control costs
  • make decisions
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Cost traceability helps us to…

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(direct or indirect)

estimate the cost of goods and services

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Cost controllability helps us to…

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(controllable / uncontrollable)

measure the performance of departments and managers

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Value chain helps us to…

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(upstream / downstream)

analyze cost structure and identify strategies to control and manage costs and how they are incurred

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Manufacturing costs examples

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direct material
direct labor
manufacturing overheads

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Timing of expenses examples

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period costs

product costs

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Managers objectives

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  • develop & pursue a strategy for managing the bus

- maximize shareholder wealth

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What do managers need to know so they pursue their objectives?

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  • they need to understand the bus environment

- need to know which economic cycle they’re in

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Managerial decision-making process

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  1. identify objectives
  2. search for alternative courses of action
  3. select appropriate courses of actions
  4. implement decisions
  5. compare planned & actual outcomes
  6. respond to divergencies from the plan
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Cost estimation is…

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the process of determining cost behavior, often focuses on historical data

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Cost prediction is…

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using knowledge of cost behavior to forecast the cost level of a particular activity level

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Cost objective is…

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any activity for which a separate measurement of cost is required

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Direct costs are…

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directly / physically traced to your p&s

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How are indirect costs allocated?

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Using an allocation base

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Prime cost =

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DL + DM + Direct exp

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Production cost =

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Prime cost + manufacturing overheads

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Total cost =

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Production cost + other overheads

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If a cost is controllable…

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management can influence the cost (quantity and price paid)

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If a cost is uncontrollable...
management can't influence the cost
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Three levels to assess performance
- Cost level - Price - Activity level
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Product costs are...
costs identified with the goods purchased for resale or produced for sale
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Non-manufacturing costs are...
necessary to keep the business activities going but aren't involved in the physical manu process (period costs)
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What converts raw mat to FG?
labor and manu overheads
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Period costs are...
costs incurred during a period of time that are not calculated into the cost of goods sold
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Inv costs should include...
- conversion costs - purchase costs - costs incurred to bring it to present location
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Inv costs should NOT include...
- abnormal waste - storage costs - selling costs - admin costs not related to production
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Value chain definition
A set of integrated value-creating activities. By examining value chain, the bus can change their activities and reduce supplier cost.
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Value chain examples
- research & development - design - production - marketing - distribution
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Support services examples
IT, HHR, telecommunications
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Differential costs are...
the diff between the costs of each alternative action under consideration (incremental costs)
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Irrelevant costs are...
future costs and revenues that will not be affected by a decision
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Opportunity costs are...
costs that measure the opportunity sacrificed when the choice of one course of action requires that an alternative is given up
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Sunk costs are...
costs that have been incurred by a decision made in the past and that cannot be changed by any future decision
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Unavoidable costs are...
costs that cannot be saved, whether or not an alternative is adopted
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Direct material / labor costs are...
costs that specifically & exclusively identify with a particular cost object
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Indirect costs are...
costs that cannot be specifically & exclusively identify with a particular cost object
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Mixed costs are...
contain both a fixed & variable components
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Semi/Step-fixed costs are...
remain fixed within specific activity levels for a specific amt of time but eventually inc/dec by a constant amt of critical activity levels
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Nature of costs
non-manu / manu | direct / indirect
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Behavior of costs
variable / fixed
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Cost drivers...
drive costs up and down
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What is a cost?
A resource sacrificed in order to achieve a certain obj.
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Primary material?
the basic raw material converted to FG (direct cost)
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Secondary material?
used in manufacturing process which contributes to the conversion process (indirect costs)
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What affects productivity?
- Employee attitude towards work / the employer - Capacity at which employees work - Employee skills - Work env
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Different employment records?
- personnel: employee history, contract - job cards: time spent on task - clock cards: supplies indisputable evidence of employee attendance - production reports: total hours worked
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Curvilinear cost?
an expense that increases at an inconsistent rate as production volume increases
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Step-variable cost?
a cost that generally varies with activity level but tends to be incurred at certain discrete points and to involve large changes in amount when these points are reached

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