Intermediate Managerial Accounting

While we are performing our analysis on different aspects of the company, we look at the three main types of cost. When we remain devoted to improving our costs, and the faults related, we show our same devotion to our consumers. This is portrayed by the quality of products we put on the shelves. Prevention costs, appraisal costs and Failure costs are areas

1. This is a closed book exam. You may only have pens, pencils and a calculator at

(F) at the end of the semester, if the requirements (i.e., submitting the assignment) are not satisfied.

1. This is a closed book exam. You may only have pens, pencils , a calculator and one cheat sheet double sided on 8 ½ by 11 paper at your desk.

Whenever there is a question about what assignments are due, please remember this syllabus is considered the ruling document.

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1. There is no make-up or early exams. Check your schedule to make sure you will be able to attend the midterm and final exam.

Actual costing is rarely used because managers can’t wait until the end of the year to obtain product costs. Information about product costs is needed as the year goes for planning, control, and decision making.

Whenever there is a question about what assignments are due, please remember this syllabus is considered the ruling document.

While reading, or after reading, the teacher will note the answers found next to the questions on the chart paper..

with a number of strategic issues facing a capital-intensive, mature industry. Their product costing system was

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To compare the results of the two costing systems, we found that orders require manual entering, or need desktop deliveries are less profitable than customers who demand less in terms of customized services. The existing cost system does not provide management accurate costs. Above tables in question two reveal that Midwest¡¦s existing cost system distorted cost by assigning too much cost to the order 1, 3 & 5 and not enough cost to the order 2 & 4. In other words, order 2 & 4 exhibit lower costs under the existing system than under the ABC system. This could explain the loss Midwest Office Products faced for the year 2003. On the other hand, order 1, 3 & 5 have lower costs under the ABC system than the existing system. This means Midwest Office Products¡¦ competitors could sell their comparable products at a lower price because they realize it costs less than Midwest¡¦s existing system has indicated.

5. What percentage of students passed in the various subjects at the licensure exams in the college?

INTRODUCTION Target costing originated in Japan in the 1960s, though it remained a secret for years. Since the 1980s, however, when target costing was widely recognized as a major factor for the superior competitive position of Japanese companies, extensive efforts have been made to convey target costing to Western companies. Many large companies in North America and Europe have tried to adopt target costing to enhance their cost management and, thus, increase their competitiveness. Consequently, many variations of target costing have been developed and are being used in different countries. Since target costing, like many other management