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CHAPTER
Basic
Management
Accounting
Concepts
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Objectives
1. Describe theAfter
cost studying
assignmentthisprocess.
 Define tangible and intangible
chapter, you shouldproducts and
explain why therebeare different
able to: product cost
definitions.
 Prepare income statements for manufacturing
and service organizations.
 Outline the differences between functional-
based and activity-based management
accounting systems.
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Cost
I see…is the
It’scash or cash-equivalent
a dollar
valuemeasure
sacrificed offor
thegoods and services
thatresources
is expected usedtoto
bring a current or what is
Exactly
future benefit
achieve to the organization.
a given meant by “cost”?
benefit.
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A cost object is any item such as products,

customers, departments, projects, activities, and
so on, for which costs are measured and assigned.
Example:
Example A bicycle is a cost object when you are
determining the cost to produce a bicycle.
An activity is a basic unit of work performed
within an organization.
Example: Setting up equipment, moving materials,
maintaining equipment, designing products,
etc.
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Traceability is the ability to assign a cost to a

cost object in an economically feasible way by
means of a cause-and-effect relationship.
Direct costs are those costs that can be easily
and accurately traced to a cost object.

Example: If a hospital is the cost object,

the cost of heating and
cooling the hospital is
a direct cost.
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Indirect costs are those costs that cannot be

easily and accurately traced to a cost object.
Example: The salary of a plant manager, where
departments within the plant are defined
as the cost objects.
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Tracing is the actual assignment of costs to a cost

object using an observable measure of the resources
consumed by the cost object. Tracing costs to cost
objects can occur in the following two ways:
Direct tracing is the process of identifying and assigning
costs that are exclusively and physically associated with a
cost object to that cost object.
Driver tracing is the use of drivers to assign costs to cost
objects. Drivers are observable causal factors that
measure a cost object’s resource consumption.
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Cost Assignment Methods

Cost of Resources

Direct Driver
Allocation
Tracing Tracing

Physical Causal Assumed

Observation Relationship Relationship

Cost Objects
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Management Accounting
Services cannot be stored.
No patent protection.
1. Intangibility Cannot display or
Services benefits expire
communicate services.
quickly. directly
Customer
2. Perishability Price difficult to set.
Services
involvedmay be repeated
with
often for oneofcustomer.
production service.
3. Inseparability
Centralized mass
Wide variation in
production of services
4. Heterogeneity service products
difficult.
possible.
Derived Properties
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Management Accounting
No inventories.
Strong ethical code.
1. Intangibility Price difficult to set.
Demand for more accurate
No inventories.
Costs often accounted
2. Perishability cost for
Need assignments.
standards and
for by customer type.
consistent high quality.
Demand for and
Productivity measure-
quality
3. Inseparability
ment and control
measurement andof
quality to
control maintain
must be
4. Heterogeneity
consistency.
ongoing.
Total quality manage-
Impact on Management
Accounting ment critical.
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Product cost is a cost assignment that

supports a well-specified managerial
object. Thus, what product cost
means depends on the managerial
objective being served.
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Design

Service Develop

Distribute Produce

Market
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Value-Chain Operating Product Traditional Product

Product Costs Costs Costs
Research and
Development
Managerial objectives served

Production Production Production

Marketing Marketing

Customer Customer
Service Service
Pricing Decisions Strategic Design Decisions External Financial
Product-Mix Decisions Tactical Profitability Reporting
Strategic Profitability Analysis
Analysis
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Direct materials are those materials that are directly

traceable to the goods or services being produced.
Steel in an automobile
Wood in furniture
Alcohol in cologne
Denim in jeans
Braces for correcting teeth
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Direct labor is the labor that is directly traceable to

the goods or services being produced.
Workers on an assembly
line at Chrysler
A chef in a restaurant
A surgical nurse attending
an open heart operation
Airline pilot
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Overhead are all other production costs.

 Depreciation on building
and equipment
 Maintenance
 Supplies
 Supervision
 Power
 Property taxes
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Noninventoriable (period) costs

are expensed in the period in
which they are incurred.

 Salaries and commissions of

sales personnel (marketing)
 Advertising (marketing)
 Legal fees (administrative)
 Printing the annual report
(administrative)
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Prime Cost :
Direct Materials Costs + Direct Labor Costs

Conversion Cost:
Direct Labor Costs + Overhead Costs
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External
Financial
Statements
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Income Statement
For the Year Ended December 31, 2004
Sales $2,800,000
Less cost of goods sold:
Beginning finished goods inventory $ 500,000
Add: Cost of goods manufactured 1,200,000
Cost of goods available for sale $1,700,000
Less: Ending finished goods inventory 300,000 1,400,000
Gross margin $1,400,000
Less operating expenses:
Selling expenses $ 600,000
Administrative expenses 300,000 900,000
Income before taxes $ 500,000
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For the Year Ended December 31, 2004

Direct materials:
Beginning inventory $200,000
Add: Purchases 450,000
Materials available $650,000
Less: Ending inventory 50,000
Direct materials used $ 600,000
Direct labor 350,000
Manufacturing overhead:
Indirect labor $122,500
Depreciation 177,500
Rent 50,000
Utilities 37,500
Property taxes 12,500
Maintenance 50,000 450,000
Total manufacturing costs added $1,400,000
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Total manufacturing costs added $1,400,000

Add: Beginning work in process 200,000
Total manufacturing costs $1,600,000
Less: Ending work in process 400,000
Cost of goods manufactured $1,200,000

Work in process consists of all

partially completed units found in
production at a given point in time.
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Income Statement
For the Year Ended December 31, 2004
Sales $300,000
Less expenses:
Cost of services sold:
Beginning work in process $ 5,000
Service costs added:
Direct materials $ 40,000
Direct labor 80,000
Overhead 100,000 220,000
Total $225,000
Less: Ending work in process 10,000 215,000
Gross margin $ 85,000
Less operating expenses:
Selling expenses $ 8,000
Administrative expenses 22,000 30,000
Income before income taxes $ 55,000
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Management Model
Cost View

Resources

Operational View

Efficiency Performance
Functions
Analysis Analysis

Products
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Management Model
Cost View

Resources

Process View

Driver Performance
Activities
Analysis Analysis
Why? What? How Well?

Products and
Customers

Functional-Based
1. Unit-based drivers
2. Allocation-intensive
3. Narrow and rigid product
costing
4. Focus on managing cost
5. Sparse activity information
6. Maximization of individual
unit performance
7. Use of financial measures of
performance
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Activity-Based
1. Unit- and nonunit-based
drivers
2. Tracing intensive
3. Broad, flexible product
costing
4. Focus on managing
activities
5. Detailed activity
information
6. Systematic performance
maximization
7. Use of both financial and
nonfinancial measures of
performance
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Chapter Two

The End
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