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A Road of Discovery
Management Accounting:
A Road of Discovery
James T. Mackey
Michael F. Thomas
Presentations by:
Roderick S. Barclay
Texas A&M University - Commerce
James T. Mackey
California State University - Sacramento
© 2000 South-Western College Publishing
Chapter 5
Accumulating product
costs
Key Learning Objectives
1. Discuss how work traditionally 2. List the source documents
has been organized and how required for direct cost
cost accounting measures work assignment.
efficiently.
Move-wait-setup-run-quality inspection
Run is the production task
Move and wait are coordination activities
Setup activities adjust machines for different
products
Quality inspections occur as needed (or desired)
Management skill is needed to coordinate
activities
Fixed costs are need to support this system
‘Keeping busy’ reduces unit costs
Multree’s Sawing Department Production
Cycle — an Illustration
Scheduling:
Perfect operations [no slack] = 7.5 hours
Practical operations [slack] = 9 hours
More Considerations— Slack and Buffers
WIP inventory buffers allow piles of extra WIP stock
in front of each activity to assure components are
always available. Thus workers can keep busy
regardless of when components are delivered or their
quality.
Buffers and slack allow functional departments to
operate more-or-less independently. If this is true,
then maximizing the efficiency of each separate
department should maximize the efficiency of the
company as a whole.
The Management Problem:
Managing Uncertainties