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Manangerial Accounting
Concepts from Manangerial Accounting - Sprinkle
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Accounting
Undergraduate 2
05/06/2010

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Term
Most ST decisions deal with temporary gaps between what?
Definition
supply and demand
Term
there are two ways to close the gap between supply and demand, what are they?
Definition
relevant cost analysis, totals/gross approach
Term
Budgets
Definition
plan for limited resources
Term
What do budgets bridge?
Definition
Planning and Control

Planning, Coordination, and Control
Term
Responsibility Centers
Definition
cost
profit
investment
Term
management styles
Definition
top-down
bottom-up
Term
absorption costing
Definition
GAAP, seperates prudct and period costs
Term
variable costing
Definition
direct costing, seperates VC and FC
Term
ABC Method steps
Definition
1. form cost pools
2. decide which costs to allocate
3. identify cost drivers
4. measure denominator volume
Term
whale curve
Definition
represents firm's experience in customer profitability
Term
ABC method evaluates the profitability of what?
Definition
products, customers, resources
Term
cost allocations have two limitations
Definition
1. operating cost of capital (time value)
2. lumpy nature of capacity resources
Term
5 methods used when determining costs
Definition
NPV, IRR, Payback Period, Modified Payback Period, ARR
Term
benefits of decentralization
Definition
train people, co-locates knowledge and decision rights, increase satisfaction, timely decisions
Term
costs of decentralization
Definition
need for monitoring, incentices
Term
three types of responsibility centers
Definition
profit, investment, cost
Term
ROI
Definition
operating income before taxes/netbook value of assets averaged over a year
Term
RI
Definition
profit-required rate x investment
Term
transfer prices
Definition
cost-based, market based, negpotiated
Term
effective performance measures
Definition
align goals, yield max info about decisions or actions, easy to measure, easy to understand/communicate
Term
lt measures
Definition
benchmarking, kaizen - continuous improvement
Term
a controllable performance measure does what?
Definition
reflects actions by DM
Term
strategy
Definition
some approach to creating and sustaining a value proposition, source of customer value
Term
forumulating
Definition
comptetition, sustainability, core-competency
Term
types of busiuness
Definition
cost, product differentiation
Term
planning
Definition
value chain, life cycle, target costing
Term
implementation
Definition
CFSs like avg sale/cutomer, complaints, inventory turn
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monitoring - balance scorecard
Definition
innovation and learning, internal business, financial, customer
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