UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES – LOS BANOS College of Economics and Management Graduate School Management 213 Activity-Based-Costing Prepared by: Mr. Sergs F. Sancon JAVA SOURCE INC.‚ (JSI) Java Source Inc. (JSI)‚ is a processor and distributor of a variety of blends of coffee. The company buys coffee beans from around the world and roasts‚ blends‚ and packages them for resale. JSI offers a large variety of different coffees that
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Topic: The impact of activity-based costing on banking industry performance Activity-based costing (ABC) gives a true cost for the bank compared to traditional costing‚ which allocates most of the expenses. Banking has become very competitive‚ and it has become imperative that banks like any other businesses allocate their resources to the most profitable areas. For banking industry‚ in particular‚ the potential benefits of activity-based costing (ABC) implementation can be numerous. These include
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Relevance lost: the rise and fall of activity-based costing by: Nitza Geri & Boaz Ronen A Critique After having been exposed on how activity-based costing works‚ I am wondering why it is not adopted by all of the companies. While it is true that the debate between the traditional cost system and the activity-based cost system seem to be endless‚ here is paper written by Nitza Geri and Boaz Ronen that introduces another concept and that is global decision-making methodology or GDM. Through
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Ryan Ricker 12 PEPSI CO Product and Distribution Strategy PepsiCo is a multinational food and beverage company. Operating in over 200 countries‚ it is the second largest company of its kind in the world. It can be systemized into four divisions‚ PepsiCo Americas Foods‚ PepsiCo Americas Beverages‚ PepsiCo Europe and PepsiCo Asia‚ Middle East and Africa. Furthermore PepsiCo is organized into six reportable segments‚ which are‚ Frito-Lay North America‚ Quaker Foods North America‚ Latin America
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Printed in U.S.A. The Association Between Activity-Based Costing and Manufacturing Performance C H R I S T O P H E R D . I T T N E R ‚∗ W I L L I A M N . L A N E N ‚† A N D D A V I D F . L A R C K E R∗ Received 20 May 1999; accepted 23 October 2001 ABSTRACT This study examines the association between activity-based costing and manufacturing performance. Results using a cross-sectional sample of manufacturing plants indicates that extensive ABC use is associated with higher quality levels
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Chapter 3 - Activity-Based Costing -Rather than use a plantwide overhead rate (POHR)‚ many companies use departmental overhead rates with a different predetermined overhead rate in each production department. The nature of the work performed in a department will determine the department’s allocation base -Ex. Overhead costs in a machining department may be allocated on the basis of machine-hours. In contrast‚ the overhead costs in an assembly department may be allocated on the basis of direct
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THE INNOVATION OF TIME-DRIVEN ACTIVITY-BASED COSTING Robert S Kaplan; Steven R Anderson Cost Management; Mar/Apr 2007; 21‚ 2; ABI/INFORM Global pg. 5 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Reproduced with permission
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case 2 C. Greetings Inc. : Activity-Based Costing Developed by Thomas L. Zeller Loyola University Chicago‚ and Paul D. Kimmel‚ Univ ers ity of Wis consin-Milw aukee THE BUSINESS SITUATION Mr. Burns‚ president of Greetings Inc.‚ created the Wall Décor unit of Greetings three years ago to increase the company’s revenue and profits. Unfortunately‚ even though Wall Décor’s revenues have grown quickly‚ Greetings appears to be losing money on Wall Décor. Mr. Burns has hired you to provide consuìting
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interested to introduce an activity-based costing (ABC) system to allocate (or distribute) indirect costs to products. Indirect costs‚ as distinct from direct costs‚ cannot be unambiguously linked to specific products. The controller would like to calculate product costs based on ABC for planning and control‚ not inventory valuation. Under an ABC system‚ the allocation of costs to products is achieved through at least four analytical steps. Firstly‚ costs are grouped into activity levels. Secondly‚ cost
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Generally‚ they are unsure of the strategic benefits a senior management accountant would bring and particularly they have concerns with which costs are most relevant to decision making and of any methods by which they can accurately cost their activities. You are required to produce a report to the directors which addresses the following three questions: Question 1: What are the key roles which a strategic management accountant would undertake in an organisation such as Jessup? Question
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