A manufacturer with an overall (interchangeable among the products) capacity of one lakh machine hours has been so far producing a standard mix of 15,000 units of Product A, 10,000 units of Product B and C each. On experience the total expenditure exclusive of his fixed charges is found to be $2.09 lakhs and the cost ratio among the products approximates 1:1.5: 1.75 respectively per unit. The fixed charges come to be $ 2.00 per unit. When the unit selling prices are $ 6.25 for A, $ 7.50 for B and $ 10.50 for C he incurs a loss. He desires to change the product mix as under: Mix-1 Mix-2 Міх-3 A 18,000 15,000 22,000 12,000 6,000 8,000 C 7,000 13,000 8,000 As a Cost Accountant what mix will you recommend ?
Process Costing
Process costing is a sort of operation costing which is employed to determine the value of a product at each process or stage of producing process, applicable where goods produced from a series of continuous operations or procedure.
Job Costing
Job costing is adhesive costs of each and every job involved in the production processes. It is an accounting measure. It is a method which determines the cost of specific jobs, which are performed according to the consumer’s specifications. Job costing is possible only in businesses where the production is done as per the customer’s requirement. For example, some customers order to manufacture furniture as per their needs.
ABC Costing
Cost Accounting is a form of managerial accounting that helps the company in assessing the total variable cost so as to compute the cost of production. Cost accounting is generally used by the management so as to ensure better decision-making. In comparison to financial accounting, cost accounting has to follow a set standard ad can be used flexibly by the management as per their needs. The types of Cost Accounting include – Lean Accounting, Standard Costing, Marginal Costing and Activity Based Costing.
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