CMA Management Tools-Understanding Job costs & ABC systems

This course introduces the accounting required for a manufacturer. A manufacturer has a number of  costs different than that of a merchandise company.

You will learn the difference between a direct cost and an indirect cost; a product cost and a period cost;  a prime cost and a conversion cost.

You will learn the different inventories of a manufacturer - the raw material inventory, work in process inventory and the finished goods inventory. You will see how manufacturing costs flows between these three inventories.

You will learn the different cost accounting systems - job costing and activity based costing.

Also also you will learn how managers apply a standard cost system and use cost variance analysis to control operations.

Job costing systems determine manufacturing costs systematically by dividing them in overhead, direct material, and direct labor costs and estimating them at their actual value. Manufacturing firms are using job costing to control the use of raw materials, labor hours and equipment by allocating the cost of each customer order separately.

Especially, when a firm’s products are not identical, job costing in an effective tool to allocate the cost of each product and keep track of the order expenses. Nowadays, most businesses are using computerized job costing systems to improve cost control and boost their profitability

What Is Activity-Based Costing (ABC)?

Activity-based costing (ABC) is a costing method that assigns overhead and indirect costs to related products and services. This accounting method of costing recognizes the relationship between costs, overhead activities, and manufactured products, assigning indirect costs to products less arbitrarily than traditional costing methods. However, some indirect costs, such as management and office staff salaries, are difficult to assign to a

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