ACME is a chemical company that produces three chemicals: A, B, and C. The chemicals are manufactured in Department 1 and Department 2. Department 1 is responsible for the synthesis of chemicals, which mainly involves labor hours. Department 2 is responsible for production after the syntheses, which mainly involves machine hours.
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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![ACME is a chemical company that produces three chemicals: A, B, and C. The chemicals are
manufactured in Department 1 and Department 2. Department 1 is responsible for the synthesis
of chemicals, which mainly involves labor hours. Department 2 is responsible for production
after the syntheses, which mainly involves machine hours.
The current year has been challenging for ACME. Government restrictions on chemical imports
since the previous year have reduced the availability of the direct materials needed for the
production of the three products. A labor strike in one of the plants has also led to a decrease in
available labor hours.
ACME's management is planning its production schedule for the next six months. Available
resources are as follows:
Resources
Availability
Direct materials (kg) 14,000
Labor hours
3,000
Financial data for the three products, before the recent challenges, are presented below. ACME's
inventory levels will not be increased or decreased during the next six months. The unit price and
cost data presented below are valid for the next six months.
Product
A
в с
Selling price
$60 $90 $120
Variable costs:
Direct materials ($12 per kg)
30 36 72
Direct labor ($16 per hour)
12 20 16
Variable manufacturing overhead 3
12 8
Total variable cost
45
68 96
The forecasted product demands over the next six months are as follows:
Product Demand (units)
A
2,000
В
1,100
800
Questions:
A. Describe the theory of constraints (TOC).
B. What should be ACME's product mix strategy to maximize contribution margin when
resources are constrained?
C. Which of ACME's resources is constrained in the next six months?
D. If ACME chooses to maximize contribution margin, how many units of products A, B, and
C should it produce and sell?
E. If ACME chooses to maximize throughput margin, how many units of products A, B, and C
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