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Term
3 standards on handling ethical misconduct
Definition
Discuss issue with immediate superiors then up; initiate discussion with a IMA Ethics counselor; consult attorney to legal obligations and right regarding ethical conflict.
Term
3 vital activities
Definition
planning, controlling, and decision making
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4 areas of ethical responsibility
Definition
maintain high level of professional competence;to treat sensitive matters with confidence;maintain personal integrity; disclose information in a credible fashion.
Term
Break Even/Target Profit Analysis
Equation Method
Definition
Profit=Unit CM * Q-fixed Ext(units)
Profit=CMR * sales - fixed Exp ($)
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Break Even/Target Profit Analysis
Formula Method
Definition
Unit Sales= Target Profit and Fixed Exp
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unit CM

$ Target Profit + Fixed Exp
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CMR
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Contribution format income statement
Definition
income statement for internal purposes that distinguishes between fixed and variable costs.
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Cost of goods sold
Definition
beginning inventory+ purchases- ending inventory
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Direct cost
Definition
can be easily and conveniently traced
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Internal Control
Definition
process designed to provide reasonable assurance that objectives are being achieved reports are reliable
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Job order costing
Definition
where many different products are produced each month
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Manufacturing costs
Definition
Direct materials; Direct Labor; Manufacturing overhead
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Margin of Safety
Definition
budget sales - break even sales tis how much we are above break even
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Measuring Direct Material
Definition
bill of material; production order; materials requisition form.
Term
Process management skills and theories
Definition
Lean production; traditional production; the theory of contraints
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Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Definition
CEO/CFO certify in writing financial statements are fairly represented; Public Accounting Oversight Board to conduct investigators, discipline,enact standards; power to hire, compensate,and terminate in audit committee of Board of Directors; place restrictions on audit firms.
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Traceable fixed
Definition
fixed b/c existence of particular business segment that would be eliminated if segment were eliminated
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Types of internal controll
Definition
Authorizations of certain transactions; segregation of duties; physical safeguards to protect assets; information systems security
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absorption costing
Definition
all manufacturing cost are part of product cost
Term
account analysis
Definition
an account is classified as either variable or fixed based on analysis prior knowledge of how cost in account behaves.
Term
allocation base
Definition
direct labor hours, machine hours, etc
Term
applying manufacturing overhead
Definition
predetermined overhead rate * amount of the allocation base incurred by the job
Term
budget
Definition
a detailed plan for the future that is usually expressed in formal quantitative terms.
Term
certifications
Definition
CMA, CPA
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change in net operation income
Definition
increase sales * CMR
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characteristics of managerial accounting
Definition
reports insides organization to influence decisions forplanning, controlling, and decision making. Emphasis on decision affecting future, and relevance, and segment reports, timeliness,not mandatory. nor GAAP/IFRS
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common cost
Definition
is a cost that is incurred to support a number of cost objects but cannot be traced
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common fixed cost
Definition
supports more than one business segment
Term
contribution income statement
Definition
sales
-variable expenses
= cogs
-variable selling
-variable admin
=contribution margin
-fixed expenses
=Net operating income
Term
contribution margin
Definition
amount remaining from sales revenue after variable expenses. Covering fixed costs then results in profit.
Term
contribution margin ratio
Definition
CM
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sales
Term
controlling
Definition
the process of gatering feedback to ensure that a plan is being properly executed or modified as circumstances change.
Term
conversion cost
Definition
direct labor and manufacutring overhead
Term
corporate governance
Definition
system by which a company is directed and controlled
Term
corporate social responsibility
Definition
concept whereby organizations consider the needs of all stakeholder when making decisions.
Term
cost behavior
Definition
refers to how cost reacts to changes in the level of activity.
Term
cost behavior
Definition
variable, fixed, and mixed
Term
cost classification
Definition
difference in cost between 2 alterntives
Term
cost driver
Definition
a factor causing overhead
Term
cost object
Definition
anything for which cost data is desired either direct or indirect
Term
customer value proposistions
Definition
3 broad categories customer intimacy, operational excellence, and product leadership
Term
decision making
Definition
selecting a course of action from competing alternatives
Term
detective control
Definition
a control that detects undesireable events that have alreay occurred
Term
detective control
Definition
A control that detects undesireable events that have already occurred
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direct labor
Definition
called touch labor and traceable
Term
direct materials
Definition
integral part of finished product where costs can be traced
Term
dirential cost
Definition
difference in cost between 2 alternative; incremental and decremental
Term
engineering approach
Definition
detailed analysis of what cost behavior should be
Term
fixed costs
Definition
remains constant
committed or discretionary
Term
indirect cost
Definition
cannot be easily and conveniently traced.
Term
indirect material/labor
Definition
not worth tracing go in overhead
Term
inventoriable costs
Definition
also same as product costs
Term
job cost sheet
Definition
records all materials, labor, and manufacturing overhead cost charged to that job.
Term
job order costing
Definition
unit product cost
TMC/job
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units
Term
leanproduction
Definition
customer order, production,figure out components, order
Term
managerial accouting
Definition
concerned with information with in the organization
Term
manufacturing overhead
Definition
all cost except direct costs and labor
Term
matching principle
Definition
costs incurred to generate a particular revenue should be recognized as expenses in the same period tat the revenue is recognized.
Term
methods to estimate fixed/variable components
Definition
account analysis, engineering approach, high-low method, least squares regression analysis.
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mixed costs
Definition
both variable and fixed cost behavior is strictly linear is a valid assumption
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non-manufacturing costs
Definition
divided into 2 categories; selling and adminstrative
Term
normal cost systems
Definition
applies overhead to jobs
Term
opportunity cost
Definition
potential benefit given up when alternative is selected over another
Term
overhead applied
Definition
(PDR * amount of allocated base incurred)
which is on job cost sheet
Term
overhead rates
Definition
manufacturing overhead is an indirect cost; machine grease to annual salary of production manager; remain relatively constant.
Term
performance reports
Definition
a report that compare budgeted data to actual data to highlight instances of excellent and unsatisfactory performance.
Term
period costs
Definition
all selling and administrative cost
Term
planning
Definition
the process of establishing goals and specifying how to achieve them
Term
predetermined overhead rate
Definition
estimated overhead
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estimated allocation base
Term
preventative control
Definition
a control that deters undesirable events
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prime cost
Definition
direct material and direct labor cost
Term
process costing
Definition
co produces many units of product indistinguishable units.
TMC Total manufacturing cost
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TU total units
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product cost
Definition
all costs involved in making a product
Term
raw materials
Definition
used in final product direct or indirect
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raw materials used in production formula
Definition
beginning inventory + purchase - ending
Term
relevant range
Definition
range of activity within which cost behavior is strictly linear is a valid assumption
Term
scatter graph plot / high-low
Definition
perform before least squares regression analysis 1.) dependent variable 2.) independent variable
Term
schedule of cost of goods sold where schedule of cost of good manufactured
Definition
summarizes cost remaining in ending work in progress.
summarizes portions of cost that are in ending finished good inventory
Term
segment
Definition
activity or part of, were manager wants cost, revenue, or profit data
Term
strategy
Definition
a company's "game plan" for attracting customers by distinguishing itself from competitors.
Term
sunk cost
Definition
already incurred and cant change
Term
theory of constraints
Definition
find weakest link, set tempo,improve link, repeat
Term
timeticket
Definition
measure hour by hour summary of the employee's activities.
Term
traditional production
Definition
forecast sales, order components, store inventory, product product, store again,make sale
Term
variable costs
Definition
varies, in total, in direct proportion to changes in the level of activity
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