Four basic steps for computing and using the ABC rates:
1. The company first identifies its primary activities and then estimates the total MOH cost associated with each activity.
2. The company selects an allocation base for each activity and estimates the total amount that will be used during the year
3. The company calculates its activity cost allocation rates using the information estimated in steps 1 and 2
Activity Cost Allocation = total est. activity cost pool / total est. activity base
4. The company allocates some MOH from each activity to the individual jobs that use the activities
MOH Allocate to job = ABCR *actual amount used by job
Four types of Quality Costs
1. Prevention costs—costs to avoid producing poor-quality goodsor services
2. Appraisal costs—costs that incurred to detect poor-quality g/s
3. Internal failure costs— costs that are incurred on defectiveunits before delivery to customers
4. External failure cost—costs incurred because the defective g/s are not detected until after delivery is made
OI
= REV - VE - FE
CMU
= Sales price per - VC per
CMR
= CMU/ Sales price per
Income Statement Approach
OI = REV - VE - FE
BEU
= FE + OI/ CMU
BES
= FE + OI/ CMR
Sensitivity analysis
is a ‘what if’ technique that asks what results will be if actual prices or costs change or if an underlying assumption such as sales mix changes
Weighted Avg. CMU
CM/Sales Mix
MSU
= Expected Sales in Units - BSU
MSS
= Expected sales in dollars - BES
MS %
= MSU(MSS)/ Expected sales in units(Dollars)
What is the Op leverage factor?
Tells you, at a given level of sales, indicates the % change in OI that will occur from a 1% change in V. In other words, it tells us how responsive a company’s OI is to changes in V
Op Leverage Factor
= CM/OI
Special orders Considerations
Do we have excess capacity available to fill this order?
Will the reduced sales price be high enough to cover the incremental costs of filling this order?
Will the special order affect regular sales in the LR?
Regular Pricing Considerations
What is our target profit?
How much will customers pay?
Are we a price-taker or a price-setter for this product?
Target Costing
Rev @ MP - Desired Profit
Cost Plus Pricing
TC + Deesired Profit
Considerations for dropping
Does the product provide a positive CM?
Will fixed costs continue to exist even if we drop the product?
Are there any direct FC that can be avoided if we drop the product?
Will dropping the product affect sales of the company’s other products?
What could we do with the freed capacity?
Product Mix Considerations
What constraints stop us from making all of the units we sell?
Which products offer the highest CM per of the constraint?
Would emphasizing one product over another affect FC?
Outsourcing Considerations
How do our VC compare to the outsourcing cost?
Is any FC avoidable if we outsource?
What could we do with the freed capacity?
Sell as is or Process Further Considerations
How much revenue will we reciev if we sell the product as is?
How much revenue will we receive if we sell the product after processing it further?