Accounting for Managers
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Accounting for Managers
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Accounting for Managers
158 Webster08.qxd 8/29/2003 5:52 PM Page 158 higher COGS and lower revenue while the balance sheet shows lower assets. Problems with JIT JIT is a system balanced on a very short straw. Disruptions of inventory delivery for whatever reason can cause significant delays. The risk is largely an opportunity cost in lost revenue and lost production. Backflush costing also yields less compre- hensive cost data than conventional cost systems. Operation Costing Systems One of the other hybrid cost accounting systems you may encounter, particularly in a manufacturing environment, is called operation costing. As separate activities, job and process costing represent the polar extremes of conventional product costing systems. However, there are manufacturing circum- stances that combine the characteristics of both costing sys- tems. Basically, this is useful when a product batch proceeds through a specific sequence of repetitive activities or operations like process costing. Within each operation, each unit of prod- uct is treated the same but different materials are required, thus moving it closer to a custom job order. For example, a production run of men’s suits may have basically the same operations, but the material will change from product to product. Let’s say three fabrics will be used. While direct labor and overhead, the conversion costs, stay the same, because the process is the same, direct materials costs could change with each fabric. Typically, you would create separate work-in-process (WIP) entries for each direct materials work order for each operation. You could also trace the direct materials to each batch. You then would create a separate WIP for the conversion costs based on the total units produced. Costs would be transferred as batches moved from one operation to the next until they were finished goods ready for sale. Any over/under applied con- version costs would be closed to COGS or prorated. Download 3.03 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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