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accounting 10
accounting chapter 10 WGU C213
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| activity- based costing (ABC) | method of attributing overhead costs to products based on measurable factors that relate to activates that create overhead costs |
| 5 steps in implementing using ABC | 1) identify overhead cost activies 2) analyze individual overhead costs in terns of those cost activates 3) identify measurable cost drivers 4) assign overhead 5) use ABC data to make decision |
| unit-level activities | activates that take place each time a unit of products is produced |
| batch-level activites | activates that take place in order to support a bath or production run, regardless of size of the batch |
| product-line activites | activates that take place in order to support a product line, regardless of the number of batches or individual units produced |
| product line activities examples | engineering product design storage in special warehouses supervisor of product line activities ordering, purchasing and receiving materials used to a particular product line |
| facility support activies examples | activates necessary to have a facility in order to patriciate in the development and production of products/services. NOT related to product/service lines. |
| facility support activies examples | property tax factory insurance security landscaping general accounting general factory admin |
| cost pool | total cost being generated by specific overhead cost activity |
| cost drivers | numerical measure used to reflect the amount of specific sot that associated with a particular activity |