Exercise 6-22A (Algo) Scarce resource decision (Appendix) LO 6-7 Sweet Taste has the capacity to produce either 32,000 corncob pipes or 16,000 cornhusk dolls per year. The pipes cost $3.25 each to produce and sell for $8.00 each. The dolls sell for $10.50 each and cost $4.25 to produce. Required Calculate the contribution margin per unit and the total contribution margin for Pipes and Dolls. Assuming that Sweet Taste can sell all it produces of either product, should it produce the corncob pipes or the cornhusk dolls? Note: Round "Contribution margin per unit" answers to 2 decimal places. Contribution margin per unit Total contribution margin Should it produce the corncob pipes or the cornhusk dolls? Pipes Dolls
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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