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2014-2016
MANAGERIALACCOUNTING
TERMPAPER
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LoukikHuilgolkar(140201070)Dr.AnupamMehta
MayankSitlani(140201077)
OmkarPatne(140201089)
RahulTrehan(140201104)
RidhimaJain(140201112)
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ABSTRACT
It is generally perceived all through the world that clients are the lords of the
today's business sector.Their feelings are extremely basic at the time of planning of
theitems,peculiarities of the items furthermore at the time of settling the cost of the
items. This is more applicable on account of luxurious items. In target costing
clients suppositions are first taken to know the amount value they are ready to pay
for an item and focused around this value,costs are focused and last choice are
taken for the items. Client's perspectives assume exceptionally fundamental part in
choice making process in target costing. At present the supply of items are more
than the real needs of the buyers in the business world and hence steadily producer
are going under the control of clients. Target costing is the best approach to win this
situation.
KEYWORDS
TARGET COSTING,PRICING,MANAGERIAL IMPLICATION,TARGET COSTING IN
TOYOTA,TARGET COSTING IN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT,TARGET COSTING IN
NHS.
INTRODUCTION
Target costing was concocted by Toyota in 1965 (Tanaka, 1993). In Japan,
management accountants have endeavoured to connect their item costing
frameworks to their organizations' techniques for product development. Japanese
organizations appear to utilize these accounting frameworks to spur workers to act
as per their long haul techniques as opposed to as a tool for giving senior
supervisors exact and detailed information on profit, standard expenses and
differences. Japanese accounting frameworks underline doing what it takes to attain
a desired execution level under economic situations. Management accountants help
motivate market-driven behaviour by using amarket-based allowable cost that has
to be realized if the company is to beprofitable in a competitive market (Hiromoto,
1991).Under these conditions, business sector costs basically impact an
organization's or a division's execution. Both the assembling and the marketing
capacities are swayed to react to market interest and focused patterns as opposed
to simply concentrate on interior execution markers. Under this approach, the
marketing department has the capacity to settle on item choices without tolerating
costs as a given, which builds pressure on the sales force to work inside the
parameters of the current marketing environment.
Target costing speaks to a standout amongst the most critical territories where
marketingand accounting overlap.With target costing, advertising and designing
capacities recognize an item's coveted peculiarities and its feasible selling
price.Under the target cost framework, activities are controlled by utilizing a target,
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The target costing methodology starts by creating a selling price, in view of market
research, for the new item. From this target selling price, the desired (target) profit
is subtracted to find the target cost. Most likely, this target is below the
organization's present manufacturing cost.Groups from numerous divisions then
perform useful functional cost analysis in an endeavour to achieve the target cost.
On the off chance that the current expense appraisal is at the target, the firm must
choose whether or not to produce the new item. On the off chance that the current
expense assessment is over the target, functional cost analysis is utilized to roll out
improvements and plan an alternate cost estimate.
The target costing process is summarized inflowchart 1, exhibit 1
sSTEP I: Establish a target profit for the product
The profit margin is determined in reference to companys long term strategy. But
the starting point for target costing is to estimate the selling price of the product
according to the market analysis. Sales volume is also estimated. Then from the
sales revenue profit margin is subtracted to get the desired target cost.
STEP II: DETERMINE THE TARGET COST
The target cost is obtained by subtracting the profit margin from the target price.
Management sets the target cost by deriving it from technical assessment of the
resources or market-research perspective or combination of both.
The best target costing teams have following characteristics. First, the employees
working on the project should have an understanding of their work. For example,
production mangers rely on direct performance indicators which include time taken
to produce that product and the material that goes into manufacturing. Second, the
team members should not be narrowly trained. They should be rotated through
various departments before being a member of the target costing team.
STEP III: PERFORM FUNCTIONAL COST ANALYSIS
Functional analysis and Value Engineering (VE) are closely related to each other.
Functional analysis focusses on various functions which provide the basis for the
costing system. Value Engineering involves producing the product from different
angles at lower cost by reviewing the functions.
STEP IV: DETERMINE THE COST ESTIMATE
Management accountants estimate the cost according to the proposed functional
modifications. They prepare a detailed list of cost tables using different alternatives
of material and technology in order to estimate the lowest possible cost.
STEP V: DECISION- IS THE COST ESTIMATE ON TARGET?
After the team has performed value engineering and functional analysis to estimate
the cost, the cost is then compared to the target cost. If the cost estimate is equal
to the target cost, the team proceeds to the final decision but if the estimate cost
exceeds the target cost, again functional analysis has to be performed to reduce the
cost of the product to the target cost.
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surplus inventory. Supply chain is a coordinated network of firms that operate to provide a
product or a service to the end customer. Components of a supply chain are: producers, suppliers
and consumers. These components must interact in a coordinated manner in order to achieve the
objective of customer satisfaction. Products and services flow from sources of supply to sources
of demand, cash and payments flow in the reverse direction. For efficient functioning of all firms
in a supply chain, a managerial approach is required.
operations the accuracy of ABM is reduced. It does not encourage managers to search for new
techniques to create customer value or reconfigure processes to add greater customer
satisfaction. By adopting ABM, the short-run efficiency might increase but it will be detrimental
to the firm in the long-run profitability and survival.
Target Costing
The conventional cost management tools main focus is on the reduction of local costs, and not
on fulfilling customer requirements. In target costing the focus on cost reduction is less. The
main attention is the customer requirement and demand. In this method, cost is viewed only as an
economic umbrella. The customer requirement is more important and is the binding competitive
constraint. The supply chain and processes incur all costs that are necessary for the complete
satisfaction of consumer needs and demands for price, product functionality. Cost minimisation
is not the objective in target costing. The main focus is cost rationalisation.
Target costing ensures that the product launched with the specified functionality, quality and
price can be produced at the life-cycle cost that also generates satisfactory levels of profitability
for the firm. Target Costing is done at the design phase of the product. It is imbedded within the
firms product development and introduction process. Information is required with respect to the
firms competitive, product and supply chain strategies. In the beginning phase, target costing
uses market research information to determine the price customers are willing to pay for the
product. The profit margin is subtracted from this price to find the Allowable Product Cost. This
is the maximum cost any manufacturer should incur in manufacturing, distribution, service and
disposal of product. It is the Target Cost that the firm is aiming for.
Value Engineering is the process that is employed when there is a need to redesign the product,
its manufacturing process and the related service systems. Target Costing views meeting
customer requirements for quality, functionality, and price as a key to attaining and sustaining
product competitiveness. Target costing into only those supply chains whose trading partners are
ready to deploy target costing. As the supply chain is a network of relationships among trading
partners, the content of these relationships is crucial in the implementation of channel-wide
target costing.
Typically, there are three approaches to Target Costing
1. Price Based Approach
2. Value Based Approach
3. Activity Based Cost Management
The price-based target costing approach can be applied tothe business which is characterised by
stability and uniform customer demands. Thus the supply chain very rarely introduces new
products. It does not offer variants in its products. Target costing is primarily used to ascertain
market prices and profit margins, and to provide means for negotiating compensation among
partners for performance of supply chain activities. The most important step is target costing and
supply chain relationship building is gaining agreement among the supply chain trading partners
on the level and timing of compensation for their services. The compensation paid to all
members of the supply chain should not be more than the total allowable product cost, and
agreed-to prices are adequate to protect the long run profitability and survival of the firm.
Value Based Approach
The supply chains catering to customers whose demands are diverse and varying requires the
value based approach to target costing. In order to satisfy these customers, the supply chain must
provide a number of high-value products, most of which are short-lived. A supply chain
catering to such customers would benefit from value-based target costing, if relationships among
trading partners are based on open-market negotiations. The capacity of reconfiguration allows
the supply chain to sustain its competitiveness. Value based target costing is used to apportion
the allowable product cost among supply chain activities in proportion the value they create. The
members of supply chain must undertake joint reengineering activities to ensure each members
value contribution is properly aligned with the allowed product cost.
Activity Based Cost Management Approach
ABCM- Approach to target costing is used when the customer requirements are stable, uniform
and well known, and supply chain relationships are fixed through collaborative arrangements.
Supply chains operating in this environment must control and reduce their overall cost.
Knowledge about cause and the cost of non-value-added supply chain activities from these
models is used to design joint cost improvement projects. The ABCM approach acts a modern
day version of cost-plus pricing system.
Conclusion
Target costing is a method to determine the total supply chain cost that meets the customer
requirements. Target costing allows the firms to rationalise their total cost and does not merely
focus on the minimisation of cost. Customer satisfaction is the priority and supply chain
activities are made to incur costs that lead to fulfilling customer requirements. The criteria to
select appropriate target costing approach depends on customer requirements and the supply
chain relationships, which should lead to high customer satisfaction, leading to improved
competitiveness, profitability and long-term sustainability.
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CONCLUSION
The primary point in this article is to demonstrate how cost planning at Toyota is
centered around the configuration stage. Toyota does this by setting objectives for
cost reductions through configuration changes singularly, barring all different
variables. Toyota takes these objectives and afterward evaluates them to diverse
divisions, to roll out the important improvements. Toyota accepts that by changing
product design and production design to deliver lower valued and more productive
items, they will accomplish a larger amount of profitability.
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The introduction of completely new services, which will be influenced by the National Institute
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