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Managerial AccountingSecond EditionWeygandt / Kieso / Kimmel
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Activity-Based Costing
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Costing Products...
Direct materials and direct labor costs are easy to trace
Overhead cannot be traced easily and must be assigned with estimates
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Traditional Costing Methods...
Spreads overhead cost over entire customer base
Each order “appears” to cost the same
Orders with high profit margins subsidize orders with low profit margins
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Traditional Costing Methods...
A single or plantwide rate called a predetermined overhead rate is used:Job Order = Direct Labor CostsProcess Cost = Machine Hours
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Need for a New SystemAmount of direct labor used in many industries has decreased
Total overhead from depreciation on equipment, utilities, repairs, maintenance has increased
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Activity-Based Costing (ABC)
An overhead cost allocation system that allocates overhead to multiple activity cost pools and assigns the activity cost pools to products or services by means of cost drivers that represent the activities used.
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Activity
Any event, action, transaction, or work sequence that causes a cost to be incurred in producing a product or providing a service.
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Activity Cost Pool
The overhead cost allocated to a distinct type of activity or related activities.
Activities and Related Cost DriversIllustration 4-2
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Reasoning for ABC
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Cost Driver
Any factor or activity that has a direct cause-effect relationship with the resources consumed.
In ABC cost drivers are used to assign activity cost pools to products or services.
Illustration 4-3
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Activity-Based Costing (ABC)
Calculate unit cost
• Identify activities
• Identify cost driver
• Compute overhead rate
• Assign overhead costs
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Benefits of Activity-Based Costing
More accurate product costing which necessitates:
More cost pools used to assign overhead
Enhanced control over overhead
Better management decisions
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Limitations of Activity-Based Costing
Can be expensive to use.
Some arbitrary allocations continue.
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Switch to ABC when...Products differ greatly in volume and
manufacturing complexityProducts lines are
numerousdiverserequire differing degrees of support
servicesOverhead costs constitute a significant
portion of total costsThe manufacturing process or number
of products has changed significantlyProduction or marketing managers are
ignoring data provided existing system
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Activity-Based Management
An extension of ABC from a product costing system to a management function that focuses on reducing costs and improving processes and decision making.
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Value-Added Activities
An activity that increases the worth of a product or service such as...
engineering designmachine set-upsmachiningassemblingpaintingpackaging
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Nonvalue-Added Activity
An activity that adds cost to, or increases the time spent on, a product/service without increasing its market value such as:
Repair of machinesStorage of inventoryMoving of materialsBuilding maintenanceInspectionsInventory Control
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Just-In-Time Processing (JIT)
A processing system dedicated to having the right amount of materials, products, or parts arrive as they are needed, thereby reducing the amount of inventory.
Just-In-Time Processing (JIT)Illustration 4-18
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Just-In-Time Processing (JIT)
• Requires
–Dependable suppliers
–A multiskilled work force
–A total quality control system
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Just-In-Time Processing (JIT)
• Reduced inventory
• Enhanced product quality
• Reduced rework and storage costs
• Savings from improved flow of goods
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Unit-Level Activities
Activities performed for each unit of production.
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Batch-Level Activities
Activities performed for each batch of products.
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Product-Level Activities
Activities performed for and identifiable with an entire product line.
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Facility-Level Activities
Activities required to support or sustain an entire production process and not dependent on number of products, batches, or units produced.
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