Midterm Flashcards

1
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Planning

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•Identify alternatives
- develop budgets to guide progress toward the selected alternative

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2
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Directing and motivating

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Directing and motivating involves managing day to day activities to keep the organization running smoothly.
• employee work assignments.
• Routine problem solving
• conflict resolution
• effective communications

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3
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Controlling

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To control function ensures that plans are being followed.
- performance reports

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4
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Decision making

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The most basic managerial skill is the ability to make intellegent,data driven decisions. Many of these decisions revolve around these three questions
. What should we be selling?
. Who should we be serving?
. How should we execute?

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5
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Big Data

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Big Data refers to large collections of data that are gathered from inside or outside a company to provide opportunities for ongoing reporting and analysis.

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6
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What are the 5 v’s

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Variety, volume, velocity, veracity, value

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7
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Descriptive analytics

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What happened?

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8
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Diagnostic analytics

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Why did it happen?

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9
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Predictive analytics

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What will happen?

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10
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Prescriptive analytics

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What should I do?

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11
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Strategy

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A strategy is a “game plan” that enables a company to attract customers by distinguishing itself from competitors.

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12
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Ethics

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•Confidentiality
• Integrity
• Objectivity

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13
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What three categories are manufacturing costs divided into?

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• Direct materials
• Direct Labour
•Manufacturing Overhead

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14
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Direct materials

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Direct materials are those that become an integral part of a product and can be easily traced.

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15
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Indirect materials

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Included in manufacturing overhead, can not be easily traced and are not worth tracing.

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16
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Direct labour

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Labour costs that can be easily traced.

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17
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Indirect labour

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part of manufacturing overhead, not worth tracing and not easy to trace.

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18
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Manufacturing overhead

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Includes all costs of manufacturing except direct materials and direct labour.

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19
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Prime Cost

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Direct materials, direct labour

20
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Conversion costs

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Direct labour, manufacturing overhead

21
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Product costs

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Include direct materials, direct labour and manufacturing overhead.

22
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Period costs

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Include all selling costs and administrative costs

23
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Total variable cost

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Change when activity changes.

24
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Total fixed costs

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Remain unchanged when activity changes

25
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Relevant Range

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The relevant range is the range of activity within which the assumptions about variable and fixed cost behaviour are valid.

26
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Sunk costs

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Sunk costs have already been incurred and cannot be changed now or in the future. They should be ignored when making decisions.

27
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Variable cost per unit

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Remains the same over wide ranges of activity.

28
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Fixed cost per unit

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Average fixed cost per unit goes up and down as activity level goes up.

29
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Committed fixed costs

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Long-term, cannot be significantly reduced in the short term. Ex) depreciation on equipment.

30
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Discretionary fixed costs

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May be altered in the short-term by current managerial decisions. Ex ) advertising and research and development.

31
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Variable Cost Formula

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Change in cost/ Change in activity

32
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Account Analysis

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Each account is classified as either variable or fixed based on the analyst’s knowledge of how the account behaves.

33
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Engineering approach

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Cost estimates are based on an evaluation of production methods, and materials labour and overhead requirements.

34
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Total fixed cost formula

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Total fixed cost = total cost - total variable cost

35
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Five elements of cost-volume-profit (cvp)

A
  1. Prices of products
    2.Volume or level of activity
  2. Per unit variable costs
  3. Total fixed costs
  4. Mix of products sold
36
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Contribution Margin Ratio

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CM ratio = Total CM / Total Sales

37
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Profit formula

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Profits = (sales - variable expenses) - fixed expenses

38
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Break-even point in units sold

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= fixed expenses/ Unit CM

39
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Break-even point in total sales dollars

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= fixed expenses/ CM Ratio

40
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Margin of safety formula

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= total sales - breakeven sales

41
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Margin of safety percentage formula

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= margin of safety in $/ total budgeted (or actual) sales

42
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Degree of operating leverage formula

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= CM/ operating income

43
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Percent change in operating income

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= degree of op. leverage x % change in sales

44
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Sales mix

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The relative proportion in which a company’s products are sold.

45
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Activity driver

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A measure of what causes the incurrence of a variable cost, ex) units produced, machine hours, labour hours.

46
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Contribution margin formula

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Sales- total variable cost = CM