Suman Ltd manufactured and sold 1000 electric irons last year at a price of Rs 800 each. The cost structure of electric iron is as follows: Particulars Materials Labour Variable overheads Total marginal cost Factory overheads (fixed) Total Cost Profit Per unit (Rs) 200 100 50 350 200 550 250
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.
![Suman Ltd manufactured and sold 1000 electric irons last year at a price of Rs 800 each. The cost structure of electric iron is as
follows:
Particulars
Materials
Labour
Variable overheads
Total marginal cost
Factory overheads (fixed)
Total Cost
Profit
Sales
Per unit
(Rs)
200
100
50
350
200
550
250
800
Due to heavy competition, price has to be reduced to Rs 750 as suggested by the marketing manager. Is it a good idea?
Assuming no change in costs, calculate the number of electrical irons that would have to be sold at the new price t ensure the
same amount of profit as that of the last year.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F0992ad3f-7a0d-43cc-8537-8b8f8765835e%2Fee231c33-526f-49db-80af-501fb1b6e14c%2Fb77ieac_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
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