P M Collier - Accounting for managers (2003)

... be made to prioritize the ‘A’ items that account for most value, then ‘B’ items and only if time permits the many smaller-value ‘C’ items. Some businesses adopt just-in-time (JIT) methods to minimize ... 35 4 Management Control, Management Accounting and its Rational-Economic Assumptions 37 Management control systems 37 Management planning and control systems and management accounting 4...

Ngày tải lên: 09/04/2014, 11:24

... about product output, product mix and product diversity. (p. 235) Johnson and Kaplan also argued against the focus on short-term reported prof- its and instead for short-term non-financial performance ... from the accounting literature. These cover the spectrum of the literature and support the most important concepts in the book. They present four different yet complementary perspectives...

Ngày tải lên: 13/12/2013, 11:32

... of Use. Accounting for Managers1 38 • Improving production processes. • Improving customer relationships. • Changing operating policies and strategy. • Improving supplier relationships. ABC will ... to conform the process to the standard costing model. It’s important to review these standards periodically to keep them up-to-date. Since compensation and performance standards can depend o...

Ngày tải lên: 13/12/2013, 14:53

... approaches lie both opportunity and danger. Choosing an inappropriate cost or manage- ment accounting system can quickly lead to financial or competitive ruin. Pick a middle-of-the-pack approach and you ... to specific products Webster07.qxd 8/29/2003 10:22 AM Page 137 Accounting for Managers8 6 Management accounting systems can report information in any way that is useful to managem...

Ngày tải lên: 13/12/2013, 14:57

... for your company or organization. If any questions develop, feel free to visit my Web site, www.mywebcpa.com, or e-mail me at bwebster@mywebcpa.com or bwebcpa@bellat- lantic.net. If your company ... sales of Product X? How much time did Bob spend on Project Y? Am I over my trav- el budget for the year? These answers come from your account- ing system. The plumbing in a pup tent is pretty...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 19:20

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Ngày tải lên: 20/02/2014, 18:20

... Com- pany’s performance within its industry may be superior to Nore- lli Company’s performance within its industry. The corporate team, however, may use these measures in deciding how much money ... the product. Continuous 24-hour operation reduces the amount of equipment needed; hence turnover improves. Interestingly, mar- gins may also improve because having fewer machine startups may impro...

Ngày tải lên: 22/02/2014, 06:20

... performance might be improved. The fourth part, ‘Management Accounting , covers the use of management information for decision-making purposes, as well as budgetary control and investment appraisal (the ... arithmetic. Cash in m Opening cash balance 0.50 Receipts from customers 4.00 (a) 4.50 Cash out m Expenditure on office building and equipment 0.10 Purchases of T-shirts from suppliers...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 15:20

... information as they make personal decisions as to employment and personal financial expectations. In today's competitive employment marketplace it is very common for a prospective employee, ... financial managers do for the businesses that employ them. A brief look at the most common business structures will help make this clear. Proprietorship A proprietorship is the simplest f...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 14:20

... judging a company’s performance. This company assessment is extended to assessing the perfor- mance of the management team. Management’s compensation is often based on the financial information provided ... economic performance, for pro- jecting the firm’s future. Financial statements are consistently prepared using U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, commonly called U.S. GAAP....

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 14:20