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Cost Accounting: Information For Decision Making: Mcgraw-Hill/Irwin
Cost Accounting: Information For Decision Making: Mcgraw-Hill/Irwin
Cost Accounting:
Information for Decision Making
McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Value Chain
L.O. 1 Describe the way managers use accounting
information to create value in organizations.
1-2
LO
1
Production
1-3
Accounting Systems
L.O. 2 Distinguish between the uses and users of cost
accounting and financial accounting information.
Financial
accounting
Reports
Financial
position and
income
Cost
accounting
Reports
Information
about costs
1-4
Managerial Decisions
L.O. 3 Explain how cost accounting information is used
for decision making and performance evaluation
in organizations.
LO
3
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LO
3
Driver
Rent
Insurance
Labor
Number of cookies
Ingredients
1-7
LO
3
(2) Alternative
Wholesale & Retail
Distribution
(3) Difference
Sales revenue
Costs:
Food
Labor
Utilities
Rent
Other
Total costs
$6,300
$8,505a
$2,205
1,800
1,000
400
1,250
1,000
$5,450
2,700b
1,500b
600b
1,250
1,200c
$7,250
900
500
200
-0200
$1,800
Operating profits
$ 850
$1,255
$ 405
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3
Responsibility Centers,
Revenues, and Costs
Carmen Diaz
President
Ray Adams
Vice-President
Retail Operations
Cathy Peterson
Vice-President
Wholesale Operations
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LO
3
Total
$28,400
$23,600
$52,000
13,500
4,500
1,800
5,000
$24,800
$ 3,600
9,800
3,200
2,100
2,500
$17,600
$ 6,000
23,300
7,700
3,900
7,500
$42,400
$ 9,600
5,000
3,200
$ 8,200
$ 1,400
LO
3
Actual
Budget
Difference
$ 2,100
5,200
2,000
2,000
2,200
$13,500
$ 2,200
4,700
1,900
1,900
2,200
$12,900
$ (100)
500
100
100
-0$ 600
3,000
1,500
$ 4,500
1,800
5,000
$24,800
32,000
3,000
1,500
$ 4,500
1,800
5,000
$24,200
32,000
LO
4
Production
Technology
Human
Resources
Finance
Marketing
1 - 13
1 - 14
LO
5
Address problem
of corporate
governance
Who is
impacted?
Accounting firms
and
corporations
How are
corporations
impacted?
Corporate
responsibility
1 - 15
Appendix 1
Institute of Management Accountants (IMA)
Code of Ethics: Standards
1. Competence
2. Confidentiality
3. Integrity
4. Credibility
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End of Chapter 1
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