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CHAPTER 1

The Accountants Role in the


Organization

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Accounting Discipline Overview


Managerial Accounting measures, analyzes and
reports financial and nonfinancial information to
help managers make decisions to fulfill
organizational goals. Managerial accounting
need not be GAAP compliant.
Financial Accounting focus on reporting to
external users including investors, creditors, and
governmental agencies. Financial statements
must be based on GAAP.
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Major Differences Between


Financial & Managerial Accounting
Managerial Accounting

Financial Accounting

Decision making

Communicate financial
position to outsiders

Internal managers

External users

Future-oriented

Past-oriented

Do not have to follow GAAP;


cost vs. benefit

GAAP compliant;
CPA audited

Time Span

Ultra current to very long


time horizons

Historical monthly,
quarterly reports

Behavioral
Issues

Designed to influence
employee behavior

Indirect effects on
employee behavior

Purpose
Primary Users
Focus/Emphasis

Rules

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Strategy & Management Accounting


Strategy specifies how an organization
matches its own capabilities with the
opportunities in the marketplace to
accomplish its objectives
Strategic Cost Management focuses
specifically on the cost dimension within a
firms overall strategy
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Strategy & Management Accounting


Management accounting helps answer important
questions such as:
Who are our most important customers, and how do
we deliver value to them?
What substitute products exist in the marketplace,
and how do they differ from our own?
What is our critical capability?
Will we have enough cash to support our strategy or
will we need to seek additional sources?
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Management Accounting and Value


Creating value is an important part of planning
and implementing strategy
Value is the usefulness a customer gains from
a companys product or service

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Management Accounting and Value


Value Chain is the sequence of business functions in
which customer usefulness is added to products or
services
The Value-Chain consists of:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Research & Development


Design
Production
Marketing
Distribution
Customer Service

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The Value Chain Illustrated

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A Value Chain Implementation

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Key Success Factors


The dimensions of performance that
customers expect, and that are key to the
success of a company include:
Cost and efficiency
Quality
Time
Innovation

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Planning & Control Systems


Planning selects goals, predicts results,
decides how to attain goals, and
communicates this to the organization
Budget the most important planning tool

Control takes actions that implement the


planning decision, decides how to evaluate
performance, and provides feedback to the
organization
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A Five-Step Decision Making Process in


Planning & Control
1.
2.
3.
4.

Identify the problem and uncertainties


Obtain information
Make predictions about the future
Make decisions by choosing between
alternatives
5. Implement the decision, evaluate performance,
and learn
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Management Accounting Guidelines


Cost Benefit approach is commonly used:
benefits generally must exceed costs as a basic
decision rule
Behavioral & Technical Considerations people
are involved in decisions, not just dollars and
cents
Different definitions of cost may be used for
different applications
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A Typical Organizational Structure and


the Management Accountant

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Professional Ethics
The four standards of ethical conduct for
management accountants as advanced by the
Institute of Management Accountants:
Competence
Confidentiality
Integrity
Objectivity

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CHAPTER 2
An Introduction to Cost Terms and Purposes

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Basic Cost Terminology


Cost sacrificed resource to achieve a specific
objective
Actual cost a cost that has occurred
Budgeted cost a predicted cost
Cost object anything of interest for which a
cost is desired

Cost Object Examples at BMW


Cost Object

Illustration

Product

BMW X 5 sports activity vehicle

Service

Dealer-support telephone hotline

Project

R&D project on DVD system enhancement

Customer

Herb Chambers Motors, a dealer that purchases


a broad range of BMW vehicles

Activity

Setting up production machines

Department

Environmental, Health & Safety

Basic Cost Terminology


Cost accumulation a collection of cost data
in an organized manner
Cost assignment a general term that
includes gathering accumulated costs to a cost
object. This includes:
Tracing accumulated costs with a direct
relationship to the cost object and
Allocating accumulated costs with an indirect
relationship to a cost object

Direct & Indirect Costs


Direct costs can be conveniently and
economically traced (tracked) to a cost object
Indirect costs cannot be conveniently or
economically traced (tracked) to a cost object.
Instead of being traced, these costs are
allocated to a cost object in a rational and
systematic manner

BMW: Assigning Costs to a Cost


Object

Cost Examples
Direct Costs
Parts
Assembly line wages

Indirect Costs
Electricity
Rent
Property taxes

Factors Affecting Direct / Indirect


Cost Classification
Cost Materiality
Availability of information-gathering
technology
Operational Design

Cost Behavior
Variable costs changes in total in proportion
to changes in the related level of activity or
volume
Fixed costs remain unchanged in total
regardless of changes in the related level of
activity or volume
Costs are fixed or variable only with respect to
a specific activity or a given time period

Cost Behavior, continued


Variable costs are constant on a per-unit basis. If a
product takes 5 pounds of materials each, it stays the
same per unit regardless of one, ten or a thousand
units are produced
Fixed costs change inversely with the level of
production. As more units are produced, the same
fixed cost is spread over more and more units, reducing
the cost per unit

Cost Behavior Summarized

Variable Costs
Variable Costs

Total Dollars
Dollars
Total
Change in
in
Change
proportion with
with
proportion
output
output

Cost per
Per Unit
Unit
Unchanged in
relation to output

Moreoutput
output==More
Morecost
cost
More

Fixed Costs
Fixed Costs

Change
Change inversely
inversely with
Unchanged in
with output
Unchanged in
output
= lower cost
relation to output More output
More
output
=
lower cost
relation to output
per unit
per unit

Cost Behavior Visualized

Other Cost Concepts


Cost Driver a variable that causally affects
costs over a given time span
Relevant Range the band of normal activity
level (or volume) in which there is a specific
relationship between the level of activity (or
volume) and a given cost
For example, fixed costs are considered fixed only
within the relevant range.

Relevant Range Visualized

A Cost Caveat
Unit costs should be used cautiously. Since
unit costs change with a different level of
output or volume, it may be more prudent to
base decisions on a total dollar basis.
Unit costs that include fixed costs should always
reference a given level of output or activity
Unit Costs are also called Average Costs

Multiple Classification of Costs


Costs may be classified as:
Direct / Indirect, and
Variable / Fixed

These multiple classifications give rise to


important cost combinations:
Direct & Variable
Direct & Fixed
Indirect & Variable
Indirect & Fixed

Multiple Classification of Costs,


Visualized

Different Types of Firms


Manufacturing-sector companies create and
sell their own products
Merchandising-sector companies product
resellers
Service-sector companies provide services
(intangible products)

Types of Manufacturing Inventories


Direct Materials resources in-stock and
available for use
Work-in-Process (or progress) products
started but not yet completed. Often
abbreviated as WIP
Finished Goods products completed and
ready for sale

Types of Product Costs


Also known as Inventoriable Costs
Direct Materials
Direct Labor
Indirect Manufacturing factory costs that are not
traceable to the product. Other common names
for this type of cost include Manufacturing
Overhead costs or Factory Overhead costs.

Accounting Distinction Between


Costs
Inventoriable costs product manufacturing
costs. These costs are capitalized as assets
(inventory) until they are sold and transferred
to Cost of Goods Sold.
Period costs have no future value and are
expensed as incurred.

Cost Flows
The Cost of Goods Manufactured and the Cost
of Goods Sold section of the Income
Statement are accounting representations of
the actual flow of costs through a production
system.
Note the importance of inventory accounts in the
following accounting reports, and in the cost flow
chart

Cost Flows Visualized

Cost of Goods Manufactured

Multiple-Step Income Statement

Other Cost Considerations


Prime cost is a term referring to all direct
manufacturing costs (labor and materials)
Conversion cost is a term referring to direct
labor and factory overhead costs, collectively
Overtime labor costs are considered part of
overhead due to the inability to precisely
know the true cause of these costs

Different Definitions of Costs


for Different Applications
Pricing and product-mix decisions may use a
super cost approach (comprehensive)
Contracting with government agencies very
specific definitions of cost for cost plus
profit contracts
Preparing external-use financial statements
GAAP-driven product costs only

Different Definitions of Costs


for Different Applications

Three Common Features of


Cost Accounting & Cost Management
1. Calculating the cost of products, services, and
other cost objects
2. Obtaining information for planning & control,
and performance evaluation
3. Analyzing the relevant information for
making decisions

CHAPTER 10
Determining
How Costs Behave

Cost Functions
A cost function is a mathematical
representation of how a cost changes with
changes in the level of an activity relating to
that cost

Cost Terminology
Variable Costs costs that change in total in
relation to some chosen activity or output
Fixed Costs costs that do not change in total
in relation to some chosen activity or output
Mixed Costs costs that have both fixed and
variable components; also called semivariable
costs

Cost Function Assumptions


1. Variations in the level of a single activity (the
cost driver) explain the variations in the
related total costs
2. Cost behavior is approximated by a linear
cost function within the relevant range
Graphically, the total cost versus the level of a
single activity related to that cost is a straight
line within the relevant rage

Bridging Accounting & Statistical


Terminology

Accounting

Statistics

Variable Cost

Slope

Fixed Cost

Intercept

Mixed Cost

Linear Cost Function

The Linear Cost Function


y = a + bX
The Dependent
Variable:
The cost that is
being predicted

The Independent
Variable:
The cost driver

The Intercept:
Fixed Costs

The slope of
the line:
variable cost
per unit

Linear Cost Functions Illustrated

Criteria for Classifying Variable & Fixed


Components of a Cost
1. Choice of Cost Object different objects may
result in different classification of the same
cost
2. Time Horizon the longer the period, the
more likely the cost will be variable
3. Relevant Range behavior is predictable
only within this band of activity

The
Relevant
Range
Illustrated

Cause & Effect as it relates to


Cost Drivers
The most important issue in estimating a cost
function is determining whether a cause-andeffect relationship exists between the level of
an activity and the costs related to that level
of activity.

Cause & Effect as it relates to


Cost Drivers
A cause-and-effect relationship might arise as
a result of:
A physical relationship between the level of
activity and costs
A contractual agreement
Knowledge of operations

Note: a high correlation (connection) between


activities and costs does not necessarily mean
causality

Cost Estimation Methods


1.
2.
3.
4.

Industrial Engineering Method


Conference Method
Account Analysis Method
Quantitative Analysis Methods
1. High-Low Method
2. Regression Analysis

Industrial Engineering Method


Estimates cost functions by analyzing the
relationship between inputs and outputs in
physical terms
Includes time-and-motion studies
Very thorough and detailed, but also costly
and time-consuming
Also called the Work-Measurement Method

Conference Method
Estimates cost functions on the basis of
analysis and opinions about costs and their
drivers gathered from various departments of
a company
Pools expert knowledge
Reliance on opinions still make this method
subjective

Account Analysis Method


Estimates cost functions by classifying various
cost accounts as variable, fixed or mixed with
respect to the identified level of activity
Is reasonably accurate, cost-effective, and
easy to use, but is subjective

Qualitative Analysis
Uses a formal mathematical method to fit cost
functions to past data observations
Advantage: results are objective

Steps in Estimating a Cost Function Using


Quantitative Analysis
1. Choose the dependent variable (the cost to be
predicted)
2. Identify the independent variable or cost driver
3. Collect data on the dependent variable and the cost
driver
4. Plot the data
5. Estimate the cost function using the High-Low
Method or Regression Analysis
6. Evaluate the cost driver of the estimated cost
function

Sample Cost Activity Plot

High-Low Method
Simplest method of quantitative analysis
Uses only the highest and lowest observed
values

High Low Method Plot

Steps in the High-Low Method


1. Calculate variable cost per unit of activity

Variable
Cost per
Unit of Activity

Cost associated with


highest activity level
Highest activity level

Cost associated with


lowest activity level
Lowest activity level

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Steps in the High-Low Method


2. Calculate Total Fixed Costs
Total Cost from either the highest or lowest activity level
- (Variable Cost per unit of activity X Activity associated with above total cost)
Fixed Costs

3. Summarize by writing a linear equation


Y = Fixed Costs + ( Variable cost per unit of Activity * Activity )
Y = FC + (VCu * X)

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Regression Analysis
Regression analysis is a statistical method that
measures the average amount of change in the
dependent variable associated with a unit change in
one or more independent variables
Is more accurate than the High-Low method because
the regression equation estimates costs using
information from all observations; the High-Low
method uses only two observations

Types of Regression
Simple estimates the relationship between
the dependent variable and one independent
variable
Multiple estimates the relationship between
the dependent variable and two or more
independent variables

Sample Regression Model Plot

Alternative Regression Model Plot

Terminology
Goodness of Fit indicates the strength of the
relationship between the cost driver and costs
Residual Term measures the distance
between actual cost and estimated cost for
each observation

Criteria for Evaluating


Alternative Cost Drivers

1. Economic Plausibility
2. Goodness of Fit
3. Significance of the Independent Variable

Nonlinear Cost Functions


1. Economies of Scale
2. Quantity Discounts
3. Step Cost Functions resources increase in lotsizes, not individual units
4. Learning Curves labor hours consumed decrease as
workers learn their jobs and become better at them
5. Experience Curve broader application of learning
curve that includes Downstream activities including
marketing and distribution

Nonlinear Cost Functions Illustrated

Types of Learning Curves


Cumulative Average-Time Learning Model cumulative
average time per unit declines by a constant
percentage each time the cumulative quantity of units
produced doubles
Incremental Unit-Time Learning Model incremental
time needed to produce the last unit declines by a
constant percentage each time the cumulative quantity
of units produced doubles

Sample Cumulative Average-Time


Model

Sample Incremental Unit-Time Model

Time Learning Model Comparative


Plots

Predicting Costs Using Alternative


Time Learning Models

The Ideal Database


1. The database should contain numerous
reliably measured observations of the cost
driver and the costs
2. In relation to the cost driver, the database
should consider many values spanning a
wide range

Data Problems
The time period for measuring the dependent
variable does not match the period for
measuring the cost driver
Fixed costs are allocated as if they are variable
Data are either not available for all
observations or are not uniformly reliable

Data Problems
Extreme values of observations occur from
errors in recording costs
There is no homogeneous relationship
between the cost driver and the individual
cost items in the dependent variable-cost
pool. A homogeneous relationship exists
when each activity whose costs are included
in the dependent variable has the same cost
driver

Data Problems
The relationship between the cost driver and
the cost is not stationary
Inflation has affected costs, the driver, or both

CHAPTER 4
Job Costing

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Basic Costing Terminology


Several key points from prior chapters:
Cost Objects - including responsibility centers,
departments, customers, products, etc.
Direct costs and tracing materials and labor
Indirect costs and allocation - overhead

logically extended
Cost Pool any logical grouping of related cost objects
Cost-allocation base a cost driver is used as a basis
upon which to build a systematic method of
distributing indirect costs.
For example, lets say that direct labor hours cause indirect costs
to change. Accordingly, direct labor hours will be used to
distribute or allocate costs among objects based on their usage
of that cost driver

Costing Systems
Job-Costing: system accounting for distinct
cost objects called Jobs. Each job may be
different from the next, and consumes
different resources
Wedding announcements, aircraft, advertising

Process-Costing: system accounting for mass


production of identical or similar products
Oil refining, orange juice, soda pop

Costing Systems Illustrated

Costing Approaches
Actual Costing - allocates:
Indirect costs based on the actual indirect-cost
rates times the actual activity consumption

Normal Costing allocates:


Indirect costs based on the budgeted indirect-cost
rates times the actual activity consumption

Both methods allocate Direct costs to a cost


object the same way: by using actual directcost rates times actual consumption

Costing Approaches Summarized

Seven-step Job Costing


1. Identify the Job that is the Chosen Cost
Object
2. Identify the Direct Costs of the Job
3. Select the Cost-Allocation base(s) to use for
allocating Indirect Costs to the Job
4. Match Indirect Costs to their respective CostAllocation base(s)

Seven-step Job Costing (continued)


5. Calculate an Overhead Allocation Rate:
Actual OH Costs Actual OH Allocation Base

6. Allocate Overhead Costs to the Job:

OH Allocation Rate x Actual Base Activity For the Job

7. Compute Total Job Costs by adding all direct


and indirect costs together

Sample
Job
Cost
Document

Sample Job Cost Source Documents

Job Costing
Overview

Journal Entries
Journal entries are made at each step of the
production process
The purpose is to have the accounting system
closely reflect the actual state of the business,
its inventories and its production processes.

Journal Entries, continued


All Product Costs are accumulated in the
Work-in-Process Control Account
Direct Materials used
Direct Labor incurred
Factory Overhead allocated or applied

Actual Indirect Costs (overhead) are


accumulated in the Manufacturing Overhead
Control account

Journal Entries, continued


Purchase of Materials on credit:
Materials Control
Accounts Payable Control

XX
XX

Requisition of Direct and Indirect Materials (OH) into


production:
Work-in-Process Control
Manufacturing Overhead Control
Materials Control

X
Y

Journal Entries, continued


Incurred Direct and Indirect (OH) Labor Wages
Work-in-Process Control
Manufacturing Overhead Control
Cash
Control
Z

X
Y

Journal Entries, continued


Incurring or recording of various actual
Indirect Costs:
Manufacturing Overhead Control
Salaries Payable Control
Accounts Payable Control
Accumulated Depreciation Control
Prepaid Expenses Control

X
A
B
C
D

Journal Entries, continued

Allocation or application of Indirect Costs


(overhead) to the Work-in-Process account is
based on a predetermined overhead rate.
Work-in-Process Control
X
Manufacturing Overhead Allocated
X

Note: actual overhead costs are never posted directly


into Work-in-Process

Journal Entries, continued


Products are completed and transferred out of
production in preparation for being sold
Finished Goods Control
Work-in-Process Control
X

Journal Entries, continued


Products are sold to customers on credit
Accounts Receivable Control
Sales

X
X

And the associated costs are transferred to an expense


(cost) account
Cost of Goods Sold
Finished Goods Control

Y
Y

Note: The difference between the sales and cost of goods sold
amounts represents the gross margin (profit) on this particular
transaction

Flow of Costs Illustrated

Illustrated General Ledger


in a Job Cost Environment

Illustrated Subsidiary Ledger


in a Job Cost Environment

Accounting for Overhead


Recall that two different overhead accounts
were used in the preceding journal entries:
Manufacturing Overhead Control was debited for
the actual overhead costs incurred.
Manufacturing Overhead Allocated was credited
for estimated (budgeted) overhead applied to
production through the Work-in-Process account.

Accounting for Overhead


Actual costs will almost never equal budgeted
costs. Accordingly, an imbalance situation
exists between the two overhead accounts
If Overhead Control > Overhead Allocated, this is
called Underallocated Overhead
If Overhead Control < Overhead Allocated, this is
called Overallocated Overhead

Accounting for Overhead


This difference will be eliminated in the endof-period adjusting entry process, using one of
three possible methods
The choice of method should be based on
such issues as materiality, consistency and
industry practice

Three Methods for Adjusting


Over/Underapplied Overhead
Adjusted Allocation Rate Approach all allocations are
recalculated with the actual, exact allocation rate.
Proration Approach the difference is allocated
between Cost of Goods Sold, Work-in-Process, and
Finished Goods based on their relative sizes
Write-Off Approach the difference is simply written
off to Cost of Goods Sold

CHAPTER 18
Spoilage, Rework, and Scrap

Basic Terminology
Spoilage units of production, either fully or
partially completed, that do not meet the
specifications required by customers for good
units and that are discarded or sold for
reduced prices

Basic Terminology
Rework units of production that do not meet
the specifications required by customers but
which are subsequently repaired and sold as
good finished goods
Scrap residual material that results from
manufacturing a product. Scrap has low total
sales value compared with the total sales
value of the product

Accounting for Spoilage


Accounting for spoilage aims to determine the
magnitude of spoilage costs and to distinguish
between costs of normal and abnormal
spoilage
To manage, control and reduce spoilage costs,
they should be highlighted, not simply folded
into production costs

Types of Spoilage
Normal Spoilage is spoilage inherent in a
particular production process that arises
under efficient operating conditions
Management determines the normal spoilage rate
Costs of normal spoilage are typically included as
a component of the costs of good units
manufactured because good units cannot be
made without also making some units that are
spoiled

Types of Spoilage
Abnormal Spoilage is spoilage that is not inherent in
a particular production process and would not arise
under normal operating conditions
Abnormal spoilage is considered avoidable and controllable
Units of abnormal spoilage are calculated and recorded in the
Loss from Abnormal Spoilage account, which appears as a
separate line item no the income statement

Process Costing and Spoilage


Units of Normal Spoilage can be counted or
not counted when computing output units
(physical or equivalent) in a process costing
system
Counting all spoilage is considered preferable

Inspection Points and Spoilage


Inspection Point the stage of the production
process at which products are examined to
determine whether they are acceptable or
unacceptable units.
Spoilage is typically assumed to occur at the
stage of completion where inspection takes
place

The Five-Step Procedure for Process


Costing with Spoilage
Step 1: Summarize the flow of Physical Units
of Output identify both normal and
abnormal spoilage
Step 2: Compute Output in Terms of
Equivalent Units. Spoiled units are included in
the computation of output units

The Five-Step Procedure for Process


Costing with Spoilage

Step 3: Compute Cost per Equivalent Unit


Step 4: Summarize Total Costs to Account For
Step 5: Assign Total Costs to:
1. Units Completed
2. Spoiled Units
3. Units in Ending Work in Process

Steps 1 & 2 Illustrated

Steps 3, 4 & 5 Illustrated

Steps 1 & 2, Illustrated

Steps 3, 4 & 5, Illustrated

Steps 1 & 2, Illustrated

Steps 3, 4 & 5, Illustrated

Job Costing and Spoilage


Job costing systems generally distinguish
between normal spoilage attributable to a
specific job from normal spoilage common to
all jobs

Job Costing and


Accounting for Spoilage
Normal Spoilage Attributable to a Specific Job:
When normal spoilage occurs because of the
specifications of a particular job, that job
bears the cost of the spoilage minus the
disposal value of the spoilage

Job Costing and


Accounting for Spoilage
Normal Spoilage Common to all Jobs: IN some
cases, spoilage may be considered a normal
characteristic of the production process.
The spoilage is costed as manufacturing overhead
because it is common to all jobs
The Budgeted Manufacturing Overhead Rate
includes a provision for normal spoilage

Job Costing and


Accounting for Spoilage
Abnormal Spoilage: If the spoilage is
abnormal, the net loss is charged to the Loss
From Abnormal Spoilage account
Abnormal spoilage costs are not included as a part
of the cost of good units produced

Job Costing and Rework

Three types of rework:


1. Normal rework attributable to a specific job
the rework costs are charged to that job
2. Normal rework common to all jobs the costs
are charged to manufacturing overhead and
spread, through overhead allocation, over all
jobs
3. Abnormal rework is charged to the Loss from
Abnormal Rework account that appears on the
income statement

Accounting for Scrap


No distinction is made between normal and
abnormal scrap because no cost is assigned to
scrap
The only distinction made is between scrap
attributable to a specific job and scrap
common to all jobs

Aspects of Accounting for Scrap


1. Planning & Control, including physical
tracking
2. Inventory costing, including when and how it
affects operating income
NOTE: Many firms maintain a distinct
account for scrap costs

Accounting for Scrap


Scrap Attributable to a Specific Job job
costing systems sometime trace the scrap
revenues to the jobs that yielded the scrap.
Done only when the tracing can be done in an
economic feasible way
No cost assigned to scrap

Accounting for Scrap


Scrap Common to all Jobs all products bear
production costs without any credit for scrap
revenues except in an indirect manner
Expected scrap revenues are considered when
setting is lower than it would be if the overhead
budget had not been reduced by expected scrap
revenues

Accounting for Scrap


Recognizing Scrap at the Time of its
Production sometimes the value of the scrap
is material, and the time between storing and
selling it can be long
The firm assigns an inventory cost to scrap at a
conservative estimate of its net realizable
value so that production costs and related
scrap revenues are recognized in the same
accounting period

CHAPTER 16
Cost Allocation:
Joint Products and Byproducts

Joint Cost Terminology


Joint Costs costs of a single production process that
yields multiple products simultaneously.
Splitoff Point the place in a joint production process
where two or more products become separately
identifiable
Separable Costs all costs incurred beyond the splitoff
point that are assignable to each of the nowidentifiable specific products

Joint Cost Terminology

Categories of Joint Process Outputs:


1. Outputs with a positive sales value
2. Outputs with a zero sales value

Product any output with a positive sales


value, or an output that enables a firm to
avoid incurring costs
Value can be high or low

Joint Cost Terminology


Main Product output of a joint production
process that yields one product with a high
sales value compared to the sales values of
the other outputs
Joint Products outputs of a joint production
process that yields two or more products with
a high sales value compared to the sales
values of any other outputs

Joint Cost Terminology


Byproducts outputs of a joint production
process that have low sales values compare to
the sales values of the other outputs

Examples of Joint Cost Situations

Joint Process Overview


Steam:
An Output with Zero Sales Value

Joint Product #1

Single Production
Process

Joint Product #2

Byproduct

Reasons for Allocating Joint Costs


Required for GAAP and taxation purposes
Cost values may be used for evaluation
purposes
Cost-based Contracting
Insurance Settlements
Required by regulators
Litigation

Joint Cost Allocation Methods

Market-Based allocate using marketderived data (dollars):


1. Sales value at splitoff
2. Net Realizable Value (NRV)
3. Constant Gross-Margin percentage NRV

Physical Measures allocate using tangible


attributes of the products, such as pounds,
gallons, barrels, etc

Sales Value at Splitoff Method


Uses the sales value of the entire production
of the accounting period to calculate
allocation percentage
Ignores inventories

Joint Cost Illustration Data

Joint Cost Illustration Overview

Sales Value at Splitoff Illustration

Net Realizable Value Method


Allocates joint costs to joint products on the
basis of relative NRV of total production of the
joint products
NRV = Final Sales Value Separable Costs

Net Realizable Value Method Overview

Net Realizable Value Method


Illustrated

Net Realizable Value Method


Illustrated

Constant Gross Margin NRV Method


Allocates joint costs to joint products in an
way that the overall gross-margin percentage
is identical for the individual products
Joint Costs are calculated as a residual amount

Constant Gross Margin NRV Illustrated

Physical-Measure Method
Allocates joint costs to joint products on the
basis of the relative weight, volume, or other
physical measure at the splitoff point of total
production of the products

Physical Measures Illustration

Method Selection
If selling price at splitoff is available, use the Sales
Value at Splitoff Method
If selling price at splitoff is not available, use the NRV
method
If simplicity is the primary consideration, PhysicalMeasures Method or the Constant Gross-Margin
Method could be used
Despite this, some firms choose not to allocate joint
costs at all

Sell-or-Process Further Decisions


In Sell-or-Process Further decisions, joint costs
are irrelevant. Joint products have been
produced, and a prospective decision must be
made: to sell immediately or process further
and sell later.
Joint Costs are sunk
Separable Costs need to be evaluated for
relevance individually

Sell-or-Process Further Flowchart

Final
Product
#1

Joint Product #1
Further Processing Dept 1

Single Production
Process

Final
Product
#2

Joint Product #2
Further Processing Dept 2

Byproducts
Two methods for accounting for byproducts
Production Method recognizes byproduct
inventory as it is created, and sales and costs
at the time of sale
Sales Method recognizes no byproduct
inventory, and recognizes only sales at the
time of sales: byproduct costs are not tracked
separately

Byproducts Illustration Overview

Comparative Income Statements for


Accounting for Byproducts

CHAPTER 20
Inventory Management,
Just-in-Time,
and Simplified Costing Methods

Inventory Management in
Retail Organizations
Inventory Management is planning,
coordinating, and controlling activities related
to the flow of inventory into, through, and out
of an organization

Costs Associated with


Goods for Sale

Managing inventories to increase net income


requires effectively managing costs that fall
into these five categories:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Purchasing Costs
Ordering Costs
Carrying Costs
Stockout Costs
Quality Costs

Management of Inventory Costs


1. Purchasing Costs the cost of goods
acquired from suppliers, including freight
2. Ordering Costs the costs of preparing and
issuing purchase orders, receiving and
inspecting the items included in the orders,
and matching invoices received, purchases
orders and delivery records to make
payments

Management of Inventory Costs


3. Carrying Costs the costs that arise while holding
inventory of goods for sale. This includes the
opportunity cost of the investment tied up in
inventory, and costs associated with storage
4. Stockout Costs the costs that result when a
company runs out of a particular item for which there
is customer demand (stockout) and the company
must act quickly to meet the demand or suffer the
costs of not meeting it

Management of Inventory Costs


5. Quality Costs the costs that result when
features and characteristics of a product or
service are not in conformance with
customer specifications. These costs
include:
1.
2.
3.
4.

Prevention
Appraisal
Internal Failure
External Failure

The First Step in Managing


Goods for Sale
The first decision in managing goods for sale is
how much to order of a given product
Economic Order Quality (EOQ) is a decision
model that calculates the optimal quantity of
inventory to order under a given set of
assumptions

Basic EOQ Assumptions


There are only ordering & carrying costs
The same quantity is ordered at each reorder point
Demand, purchase-order lead time, ordering costs, and
carrying costs are known with certainty
Purchasing costs per unit are unaffected by the
quantity ordered
No stockouts occur
EOQ ignores purchasing costs, stockout costs and
quality costs

EOQ Formula
EOQ =

2DP
C

D = Demand in units for specified period


P = Relevant ordering costs per purchase order
C = Relevant carrying costs of one unit in stock for the
time period used for D
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Ordering & Carrying Costs Illustrated

Ordering Points
The second decision in managing goods for
sale is when to order a given product
Reorder Point the quantity level of
inventory on hand that triggers a new
purchase order
Reorder
Point

Number of units sold


per unit of time

Purchase Order
Lead Time

Ordering Points Illustrated

Inventory Management and


Safety Stock
Safety Stock is inventory held at all times
regardless of the quantity of inventory
ordered using the EOQ model
Safety stock is a buffer against unexpected
increases in demand, uncertainty about lead time,
and unavailability of stock from suppliers

Safety Stock Computation Illustration

Estimating Inventory-Related Relevant Costs

Carrying Costs
Stockout Costs
Ordering Costs

Carrying Costs
Relevant inventory carrying costs consist of
relevant incremental costs and the relevant
opportunity cost of capital
Relevant Incremental Costs those costs of
the purchasing firm that change with the
quantity of inventory held

Opportunity Costs
Relevant Opportunity Cost of Capital the
return foregone by investing capital in
inventory rather than elsewhere. This cost
equals the required rate of return multiplied
by the unit costs that vary with the number of
units purchased and are incurred at the time
the units are received

Cost of a Prediction Error

Three steps in determining the cost of a


prediction error:
1. Compute the monetary outcome from the best
action that could be taken, given the actual
amount of the cost per purchase order
2. Compute the monetary outcome from the best
action based on the incorrect amount of the
predicted cost per purchase order
3. Compute the difference between Steps 1 & 2

Just-in-Time Purchasing
Just-in-Time (JIT) Purchasing is the purchase of
materials or goods so they are delivered just
as needed for production or sales
JIT is popular because carrying costs are
actually much greater than estimated because
warehousing, handing, shrinkage and
investment costs have not been correctly
estimated

JIT Purchasing
JIT reduces the cost of placing a purchase
order because:
Long-term purchasing agreements define price
and quality terms. Individual purchase orders
covered by those agreements require no
additional negotiation regarding price or quality
Companies are using electronic links to place
purchase orders at a small fraction of traditional
methods (phone or mail)
Companies are using purchase-order cards

Relevant Costs in JIT Purchasing


Purchasing Costs
Stockout Costs
Quality Costs

Relationship Between Carrying &


Ordering Costs Illustrated

Analysis of Alternative Purchasing


Policies Illustrated

JIT Purchasing and


Supply-Chain Analysis
Supply chain describes the flow of goods, services, and
information from the initial sources of materials and
services to the delivery of products to consumers (both
inside & outside the firm)
Supply Chain members share information and
plan/coordinate activities
Supplier evaluations are critical to JIT Purchasing
implementation

Supplier Evaluation Illustrated

Inventory Management and Materials


Requirements Planning
Materials Requirements Planning (MRP) a
push-through system that manufactures
finished goods for inventory on the basis of
demand forecasts

MRP Information Inputs

MRP uses three information sources to determine


the necessary outputs at each stage of production
1.
2.
3.

Demand forecasts of final products


A bill of materials detailing the materials, components, and
subassemblies for each final product
The quantities of materials, components, and product
inventories to determine the necessary outputs at each stage
of production

MRP
Takes into account lead time to purchase materials and
to manufacture components and finished products
Sets a master production schedule specifying
quantities and timing of each item to be produced
The output of each department is pushed through the
production line whether it is needed or not
Push Through may result in an accumulation of
inventory

Inventory Management and


JIT Production
JIT (Lean) Production is a demand-pull
manufacturing system that manufactures each
component in a production line as soon as and only
when needed by the next step in the production line
Demand triggers each step of the production process,
starting with customer demand for a finished product
and working backward
Demand pulls an order through the production line

JIT Production Goals


1. Meet customer demand in a timely basis,
2. with high-quality products,
3. at the lowest possible cost.

JIT Production Features


Production is organized in manufacturing cells, a
grouping of all the different types of equipment used
to make a given product
Workers are hired and trained to be multi-skilled
(cross-trained)
Defects are aggressively eliminated
Setup time is reduced
Suppliers are selected on the basis of their ability to
deliver quality materials in a timely manner

Other Benefits of JIT Production


Lower overhead costs
Lower inventory levels
Heightened emphasis on improving quality by
eliminating the specific causes of rework,
scrap, and waste
Lower manufacturing lead times

JIT and Enterprise Resource Planning


Systems (ERP)
JIT success hinges on the speed of information flows
from customers to manufacturers to suppliers
ERP is a system with a single database that collects
data and feeds it into software applications supporting
all of a firms business activities
ERP gives managers, workers, customers and suppliers
access to operating information
ERP can be expensive, large, and unwieldy

Performance Measures and


Control in JIT
Financial performance measures such as inventory
turnover ratio
Nonfinancial performance measures of time, inventory,
and quality such as:

Manufacturing lead times


Units produced per hour
Days of inventory on hand
Setup time as a % of total manufacturing time
Number of defective units as a % of total units produced

Backflush Costing
Backflush Costing omits recording some or all of the
journal entries relating to the stages from the purchase
of direct materials to the sale of finished goods
Since some stages are omitted, the journal entries for a
subsequent stage use normal or standard costs to work
backward to flush out the costs in the cycle for which journal
entries were not made

Contrasts to traditional normal and standard costing


systems using sequential tracking: recording journal
entries at each trigger point in the production process

Special Considerations in Backflush


Costing
Backflush costing does not necessarily comply
with GAAP
However, inventory levels may be immaterial,
negating the necessity for compliance

Backflush costing does not leave a good audit


trail the ability of the accounting system to
pinpoint the uses of resources at each step of
the production process

Sample Journal Entries in Backflush Costing

Sample
General
Ledger
Flows in
Backflush
Costing

Lean Accounting
Lean Accounting is a costing method that
supports creating value for the customer by
costing the entire value stream, not individual
products or departments, thereby eliminating
waste in the accounting process

CHAPTER 14
Cost Allocation,
Customer Profitability Analysis,
and
Sales-Variance Analysis

Cost Allocation
Assigning indirect costs to cost objects
These costs are not traced
Indirect costs often comprise a large
percentage of Total Overall Costs

Purposes of Cost Allocation

Six-Function Value Chain


TIME

Research
&
Development

Design

Production

Marketing

Distribution

Customer
Service

Traditional Life Cycle approach may not yield the costs


necessary to meet the four-purpose criteria for cost allocation
Costs necessary for decision-making may pull costs from some
or all of these six functions

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Criteria for Cost-Allocation Decisions


Cause and Effect variables are identified that
cause resources to be consumed
Most credible to operating managers
Integral part of ABC

Benefits Received the beneficiaries of the


outputs of the cost object are charged with
costs in proportion to the benefits received

Criteria for Cost-Allocation Decisions


Fairness (Equity) the basis for establishing a price
satisfactory to the government and its suppliers.
Cost allocation here is viewed as a reasonable or fair means
of establishing selling price

Ability to Bear cost are allocated in proportion to the


cost objects ability to bear them
Generally, larger or more profitable objects receive
proportionally more of the allocated costs

Cost Allocation Illustrated

Corporate and Division Overhead Allocation Illustrated

Customer Revenues and


Customer Costs
Customer-Profitability Analysis is the reporting
and analysis of revenues earned from customers
and costs incurred to earn those revenues
An analysis of customer differences in revenues
and costs can provide insight into why differences
exist in the operating income earned from
different customers

Customer Revenues
Price discounting is the reduction of selling prices
to encourage increases in customer purchases
Lower sales price is a tradeoff for larger sales volumes

Discounts should be tracked by customer and


salesperson

Customer Cost Analysis


Customer Cost Hierarchy categorizes costs
related to customers into different cost pools
on the basis of different:
types of drivers
cost-allocation bases
degrees of difficulty in determining cause-andeffect or benefits-received relationships

Customer Cost Hierarchy Example


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Customer output unit-level costs


Customer batch-level costs
Customer-sustaining costs
Distribution-channel costs
Corporate-sustaining costs

Other Factors in Evaluating Customer


Profitability

Likelihood of customer retention


Potential for sales growth
Long-run customer profitability
Increases in overall demand from having wellknown customers
Ability to learn from customers

Customer Profitability Analysis Illustrated

Customer Profitability Analysis Illustrated

Customer Profitability Analysis Illustrated

Customer Profitability Analysis Illustrated

Sales Variances
Level 1: Static-budget variance the difference
between an actual result and the static-budgeted
amount
Level 2: Flexible-budget variance the difference
between an actual result and the flexible-budgeted
amount
Level 2: Sales-volume variance
Level 3: Sales Quantity variance
Level 3: Sales Mix variance

Sales-Mix Variance
Measures shifts between selling more or less of higher
or lower profitable products

Sales-Mix
Variance =

Actual
Actual
Units of
X Sales-Mix
All
Percentage
Products
Sold

Budgeted
Sales-Mix X
Percentage

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Budgeted
Contribution
Margin per Unit

Sales-Quantity Variance

SalesQuantity =
Variance

Actual
Units of All
Products
Sold

Budgeted
Units of all
Products X
Sold

Budgeted
Sales-Mix
Percentage

Budgeted
Contribution
Margin per Unit

Flexible-Budget and Sales-Volume


Variances Illustrated

Sales-Mix and Quantity Variances


Illustrated

Market-Share Variance

MarketShare
=
Variance

Actual
Actual
Market
X Market
Size in
Share
Units

Budgeted
Market X
Share

Budgeted
Contribution
Margin per
Composite Unit
for Budgeted
Mix

Market-Size Variance

Market-Size
Variance =

Actual
Market
Size

Budgeted
Market X
Size

Budgeted
Market
Share

Budgeted
Contribution
Margin per
Composite Unit
for Budgeted
Mix

Market-Share and Size Variances


Illustrated

Market-Share and Market-Size Variances


Limitation: reliable information on the actual
size and share of various markets is not always
available
These are considered Level 4 variances (a
decomposition of the Sales-Quantity variance

Sales Variances Summarized

CHAPTER 15
Allocation of
Support Department Costs,
Common Costs,
and Revenues

Allocating Costs of a Supporting


Department to Operating Departments
Supporting (Service) Department provides
the services that assist other internal
departments in the company
Operating (Production) Department directly
adds value to a product or service

Methods to Allocate
Support Department Costs
Single-rate method allocates costs in each
cost pool (service department) to cost objects
(production departments) using the same rate
per unit of a single allocation base
No distinction is made between fixed and variable
costs in this method

Methods to Allocate
Support Department Costs
Dual-Rate method segregates costs within
each cost pool into two segments: a variablecost pool and a fixed-cost pool.
Each pool uses a different cost-allocation base

Allocation Method Tradeoffs


Single-Rate method is simple to implement,
but treats fixed costs in a manner similar to
variable costs
Dual-Rate method treats fixed and variable
costs more realistically, but is more complex to
implement

Allocation Bases

Under either method, allocation of support costs can


be based on one of the three following scenarios:
1.
2.
3.

Budgeted overhead rate and budgeted hours


Budgeted overhead rate and actual hours
Actual overhead rate and actual hours

Choosing between actual and budgeted rates:


budgeted is known at the beginning of the period,
while actual will not be known with certainty until
the end of the period

Comparative Allocation Bases


Illustrated

Methods of Allocating Support Costs to


Production Departments

1. Direct
2. Step-Down
3. Reciprocal

Direct Method
Allocates support costs only to Operating
Departments
No Interaction between Support Departments
prior to allocation

Direct Method
Support Departments

Production Departments

Information Systems

Manufacturing

Packaging

Accounting

Data Used in Cost Allocation


Illustrations

Direct Allocation Method Illustrated

Direct Allocation Method Illustrated,


cont.

Step-Down Method
Allocates support costs to other support
departments and to operating departments
that partially recognizes the mutual services
provided among all support departments
One-Way Interaction between Support
Departments prior to allocation

Step-Down Method
Support Departments

Production Departments

Information Systems

Manufacturing

Packaging

Accounting

Step-Down Allocation Method


Illustrated

Step-Down Allocation Method


Illustrated, cont.

Reciprocal Method
Allocates support department costs to operating
departments by fully recognizing the mutual
services provided among all support departments
Full Two-Way Interaction between Support
Departments prior to allocation

Reciprocal Method
Support Departments

Production Departments

Information Systems

Manufacturing

Packaging

Accounting

Reciprocal Allocation Method (Repeated


Iterations) Illustrated

Reciprocal Allocation Method (Linear


Equations) Illustrated

Choosing Between Methods


Reciprocal is the most precise
Direct and Step-Down are simple to compute
and understand
Direct Method is widely used

Allocating Common Costs


Common Cost the cost of operating a facility,
activity, or like cost object that is shared by
two or more users at a lower cost than the
individual cost of the activity to each user

Methods of Allocating
Common Costs
Stand-Alone Cost-Allocation Method uses
information pertaining to each user of a cost
object as a separate entity to determine the costallocation weights
Individual costs are added together and
allocation percentages are calculated from the
whole, and applied to the common cost

Methods of Allocating
Common Costs
Incremental Cost-Allocation Method ranks the individual users of a
cost object in the order of users most responsible for a common
cost and then uses this ranking to allocate the cost among the users
The first ranked user is the Primary User and is allocated costs up the
cost as a stand-alone user (typically gets the highest allocation of the
common costs)
The second ranked user is the First Incremental User and is allocated
the additional cost that arises from two users rather than one
Subsequent users handled in the same manner as the second ranked
user

Cost Allocations and Contracting

The US government reimburses most


contractors in either of two main ways:
1. The contractor is paid a set price without
analysis of actual contract cost data.
2. The contractor is paid after an analysis of actual
contract cost data. In some cases, the contract
will state that the reimbursement amount is
based on actual allowable costs plus a fixed fee
(cost-plus contract)

Revenue Allocation and


Bundled Products
Revenue Allocation occurs when revenues are related
to a particular revenue object but cannot be traced to
it in an economically feasible manner
Revenue Object anything for which a separate
measurement of revenue is desired
Bundled Product a package of two or more products
or services that are sold for single price, but individual
components of the bundle also may be sold as
separate items at their own stand-alone prices

Methods to Allocate Revenue to Bundled


Products

Stand-Alone (separate) Revenue Allocation


Method uses product-specific information
on the products in the bundle as weights for
allocating the bundled revenues to the
individual products. Three types of weights
may be used:
1. Selling Prices
2. Unit Costs
3. Physical Units

Methods to Allocate Revenue to Bundled


Products
Incremental Revenue-Allocation Method ranks
individual products in a bundle according to criteria
determined by management and then uses this ranking
to allocate bundled revenues to individual products
(similar to earlier discussed Incremental CostAllocation Method)
The first-ranked product is the primary product
The second-ranked product is the first incremental product
The third-ranked product is the second incremental product, etc

CHAPTER 5
Activity-Based Costing
and
Activity-Based Management

Background
Recall that Factory Overhead is applied to production
in a rational systematic manner, using some type of
averaging. There are a variety of methods to
accomplish this goal.
These methods often involve tradeoffs between
simplicity and realism
Simple Methods
Unrealistic

Complex Methods
Realistic

Broad Averaging
Historically, firms produced a limited variety of
goods while their indirect costs were relatively
small.
Allocating overhead costs was simple: use
broad averages to allocate costs uniformly
regardless of how they are actually incurred
Peanut-butter Costing

The end-result: overcosting & undercosting

Over & Undercosting


Overcosting a product consumes a low level
of resources but is allocated high costs per
unit
Undercosting a product consumes a high
level of resources but is allocated low costs
per unit

Cross-subsidization
The results of overcosting one product and
undercosting another.
The overcosted product absorbs too much
cost, making it seem less profitable than it
really is
The undercosted product is left with too little
cost, making it seem more profitable than it
really is

An Example:
Plastim

Plastim & Simple Costing

Plastim and ABC Illustrated

Plastim and ABC Rate Calculation

Plastim and ABC Product Costs

Plastim: Simple & ABC Compared

Conclusions
Each method is mathematically correct
Each method is acceptable
Each method yields a different cost figure, which will lead to
different Gross Margin calculations
Only Overhead is involved. Total Costs for the entire firm
remain the same they are just allocated to different cost
objects within the firm
Selection of the appropriate method and drivers should be
based on experience, industry practices, as well as a costbenefit analysis of each option under consideration

A Cautionary Tale
A number of critical decisions can be made
using this information;
Should one product be pushed over another?
Should one product be dropped?

Accounting for overhead costs is an imprecise


science. Accordingly, best efforts should be
put forward to arrive at a cost that is fair and
reasonable.

Rationale for selecting a more refined


costing system

Increase in product diversity


Increase in Indirect Costs
Advances in information technology
Competition in foreign markets

Cost Hierarchies
ABC uses a four-level cost structure to
determine how far down the production cycle
costs should be pushed:
Unit-level (output-level)
Batch-level
Product-sustaining-level
Facility-sustaining-level

ABC vs. Simple Costing Schemes


ABC is generally perceived to produce superior
costing figures due to the use of multiple
drivers across multiple levels
ABC is only as good as the drivers selected,
and their actual relationship to costs. Poorly
chosen drivers will produce inaccurate costs,
even with ABC

Activity-Based Management
A method of management that used ABC as
an integral part in critical decision-making
situations, including:
Pricing & product-mix decisions
Cost reduction & process improvement decisions
Design decisions
Planning & managing activities

Signals that suggest that ABC


implementation could help a firm:
Significant overhead costs allocated using one or two
cost pools
Most or all overhead is considered unit-level
Products that consume different amounts of resources
Products that a firm should successfully make and sell
consistently show small profits
Operations staff disagreeing with accounting over
manufacturing and marketing costs

ABC and Service / Merchandising


Firms
ABC implementation is widespread in a variety
of applications outside manufacturing,
including:
Health Care
Banking
Telecommunications
Retailing
Transportation

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