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What is a definition of responsibility centers?

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A responsibility center is an individual part of a business whose manager has personal responsibility for its performance.

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What are the main responsibility centers?

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  • Cost center
  • Profit center
  • Investment center
  • Revenue center
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What is a cost center?

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Cost center is a part of the business for which costs are identified and recorded.

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Where can cost centers be found?

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Cost centers can be found in any production or service location, function, activity, item of equipment.

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How is performance of cost center is measured?

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Performance of cost center is measured by cost targets achieved.

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What information of cost centers are needed by managers?

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Costs incurred and charged to cost center.

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What are examples of cost center?

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Audit, tax, accountancy departments in an accounting firm.

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What is a profit center?

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Profit center is a part of the business for which costs incurred and revenue earned are identified and recorded.

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Where can profit centers be found?

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Profit centers can be found in divisions of large organizations. May include several cost and revenue centers.

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How is performance of profit center is measured?

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Performance of profit center is measured by the profit made by the center.

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What information of profit centers are needed by managers?

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Information about costs and revenues allocated to the profit center.

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What are examples of profit center?

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Wholesale and retail divisions in a paint company.

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What is an investment center?

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Investment center is a part of the business for which profits and capital employed are measured.

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Where can investment centers be found?

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Investment centers can be found in business units of large organizations.

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How is performance of investment center is measured?

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Performance of investment center is measured by return on capital employed.

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What information of investment centers are needed by managers?

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Information on costs, revenues and capital employed by the investment center.

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What are examples of investment center?

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UK and European divisions of a multinational company.

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What is a revenue center?

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Revenue center is a part of the business for which revenues earned are identified and recorded.

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Where can revenue centers be found?

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Revenue centers can be found in sales divisions.

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How is performance of revenue center is measured?

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Performance of revenue center is measured by the revenue earned.

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What information of revenue centers are needed by managers?

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Sales revenue earned by the individual revenue center.

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What are examples of revenue center?

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Regional sales areas within the retail division of a manufacturing company.

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What is a cost object?

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A cost object is any activity for which a separate measurement of cost is undertaken (product).

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What is a cost unit?

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A cost unit is a unit of product or service in relation to which costs are ascertained (hotel room).

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What is a cost center?
A cost center is a production or service location, function, activity or item of equipment for which costs can be ascertained (ward in a hospital).
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What is a cost card?
The cost card for a cost object, unit or center brings together all the costs relating to it.
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What is included in a cost card of a product?
Direct materials + Direct labor + Direct expenses = PRIME COST + Variable production overheads = VARIABLE COST OF PRODUCTION + Fixed production overheads = TOTAL PRODUCTION COST + Non-production overheads = TOTAL COST OF A UNIT
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How can costs be classified?
Costs can be classified by: - Element - Function - Nature - Behavior
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How are costs classified by element?
Costs classified by element: - Materials - Labor - Expenses
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How are costs classified by function?
Costs classified by function: - Production - Non-production
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How are costs classified by nature?
Costs classified by nature: - Direct - Indirect
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How are costs classified by behavior?
Costs classified by behavior: - Variable - Fixed - Stepped fixed - Semi-variable
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What is a definition of materials?
Materials - all costs of materials purchased for production and non-production activities.
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What is a definition of labor?
Labor - all staff costs relating to employees on the payroll of the organization.
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What is a definition of expenses?
Expenses - all other costs which are not material or labor.
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What is a definition of production costs?
Production costs are those incurred when raw materials are converted into finished and part-finished goods.
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What is a definition of non-production costs?
Non-production costs are costs not directly associated with the production processes in a manufacturing organization.
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How production costs are classified?
Production costs: - Direct materials - Direct labor - Direct expenses - Variable production overheads - Fixed production overheads
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What is a definition of direct materials?
Direct materials - materials which go into making the product.
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What is a definition of direct labor?
Direct labor - labor directly involved in making the product.
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What is a definition of direct expenses?
Direct expenses - cost of expenses directly involved in making the product.
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What is a definition of variable production overheads?
Variable production overheads - indirect costs that relate to production that vary in direct proportion to the quantity manufactured.
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What is a definition of fixed production overheads?
Fixed production overheads - indirect costs that relate to production that do not alter if the quantity manufactured changes.
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How non-production costs are classified?
Non-production costs: - Administrative costs - Selling costs - Distribution costs - Finance costs
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What is a definition of administrative costs?
Administrative costs - costs of running general admin.
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What is a definition of selling costs?
Selling costs - costs associated with marketing and taking orders.
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What is a definition of distribution costs?
Distribution costs - costs of distributing finished products.
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What is a definition of finance costs?
Finance costs - costs incurred in financing an organization.
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What is a definition of direct costs?
Direct costs - costs which can be directly identified with a specific unit or cost center.
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What is an equation of direct costs?
Total of direct costs = direct materials + direct labor + direct expenses = prime cost
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What is a definition of indirect costs?
Indirect costs - costs which cannot be directly identified to a specific unit or cost center.
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What is an equation of indirect costs?
Indirect costs = indirect materials + indirect labor + indirect expenses = overheads
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What is cost behavior?
Cost behavior is the way in which input vary with different levels of activity.
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What is variable cost?
A cost that varies with the level of activity (direct material cost).
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What is fixed cost?
A cost that is incurred for a period and that, within certain output and sales revenue limits, is unaffected by changes in the level of activity (output or sales revenue) (factory rent).
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What is stepped fixed cost?
A fixed cost which is only fixed within certain levels of activity. Once the upper activity level is reached a new level of fixed cost becomes relevant (warehouse costs and supervisors' wages).
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What is semi-variable cost?
Cost with a fixed and variable element (telephone charges with fixed rental and charge per call).
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What are the steps of calculating fixed and variable elements using high-low method?
1. Select high and low activity levels and their associated costs. 2. Find variable cost per unit. 3. Find fixed cost by substitution.
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What is an equation of variable cost per unit?
Variable cost per unit = change in cost / change in level of activity
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What is an equation of fixed cost?
Fixed cost = total cost - total variable cost
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What are cost equations?
Cost equations can be derived from historic data and then used to estimate future costs. The total cost: y = a + bx a = fixed cost per period b = variable cost per unit x = activity level
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What is a cost code?
A code is a system of symbols designed to be applied to a classified set of items, to give a brief accurate reference, which helps entry to the records, collation and analysis.
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What are the methods of coding systems?
Coding systems: - Sequential code - Block code - Hierarchical code - Significant digit code - Faceted code
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What is a sequential code?
Sequential code - each code follows a numerical or alphabetical sequence.
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What is a block code?
Block code - often used to categorize sequential codes together.
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What is a hierarchical code?
Hierarchical code - each digit in the code represents a classification. As the code progresses from left to right each digit represents a smaller subset.
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What is a significant digit code?
Significant digit code - is a code that contains individual digits and letters that are used to represent features of the coded item.
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What is a faceted code?
Faceted code - is a code that is broken down into a number of facets or fields, each of which signifies a unit of information.

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