Solution manual Accounting for Decision Making and Control 8th Edition by Zimmerman by zoqqa210

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ACCOUNTING FOR DECISION MAKING & CONTROL EIGHTH EDITION

JEROLD L. ZIMMERMAN WILLIAM E. SIMON GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER

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CONTENTS PREFACE

PART I: USING THE TEXT Suggested Course Outlines

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Chapter Teaching Suggestions

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Suggested Assignment Problems & Cases Alphabetical Listing of Problems and Cases

PART II: SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS AND CASES 1. Introduction

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1-1

2. The Nature of Costs

2-1

3. Opportunity Cost of Capital and Capital Budgeting

3-1

4. Organizational Architecture

4-1

5. Responsibility Accounting and Transfer Pricing

5-1

6. Budgeting

6-1

7. Cost Allocation: Theory

7-1

8. Cost Allocation: Practices

8-1

9. Absorption Cost Systems

9-1

10. Criticisms of Absorption Cost Systems: Incentive to Over-produce

10-1

11. Criticisms of Absorption Cost Systems: Inaccurate Product Costs

11-1

12. Standard Costs: Direct Labor and Materials

12-1

13. Overhead and Marketing Variances

13-1

14. Management Accounting in a Changing Environment

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PREFACE

This Instructor’s Manual for Accounting for Decision Making & Control contains three parts. The first part describes how the text can be used in a variety of courses: a seven week executive MBA, a quarter-length course, and a semester-length course. Sample class outlines are provided for each type of course. The first part also contains detailed chapter-by-chapter teaching summaries (including suggested problems and cases) of how I teach each chapter, what topics to emphasize, and the strategy for presenting the subject matter. Also included is a classification of the end-of-chapter problems and cases by level of difficulty and degree of classroom discussion generated, and an alphabetical index to all problems and cases. The second part of this Instructor’s Manual contains detailed solutions to the endof-chapter problems and cases. Many of these problems developed out of discussions with students in actual situations at their companies, or are based on my consulting experience. All of the problems have been used on exams and have been taught in class several times. However, no amount of prior usage can guarantee that a bright student will not see a new interpretation or solution. Thought-provoking problems have this characteristic. I am very interested in receiving feedback on the problems and cases, as well as the text. Please e-mail me at jerry.zimmerman@simon.rochester.edu.

The third part of this Manual is a test bank, including solutions. Producing good exam problems and solutions is difficult. Textbook authors are always welcome recipients and grateful acknowledgers of such material.

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PART I: USING THE TEXT Suggested Course Outlines Quarter, Semester, and Executive Courses Accounting for Decision Making & Control can be used in quarter- and semesterlength introductory MBA managerial accounting courses and 7-8 week executive MBA

courses. The following three tables suggest course outlines for quarter, semester, and executive MBA courses. None of the outlines cover capital budgeting (Chapter 3).

Quarter-length courses. Table 1 presents a ten-week quarter course. The text contains too much material to cover it all comfortably in a ten week quarter course. Chapter 3 on capital budgeting, and all the appendices must be omitted. This allows time for covering the crucial problems and a few supplemental cases, but limited opportunity for outside readings. Semester-length courses. Table 2 presents a thirteen-week semester course. A semester format gives the instructor added flexibility for covering Chapter 3 on capital budgeting, appendices, outside readings, additional topics, or cases. Depending on the instructorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interest and program demands, the book complements additional topics on ethics, international examples, new manufacturing advances, quality management, 6 sigma, ABC and ABM, balanced score card, lean manufacturing, etc. These topics fit naturally toward the end of the course after developing the underlying framework and an understanding of the evolution of costing systems.

Executive MBA courses. Table 3 presents the outline for a seven-week executive course. The book works well with executive MBA students. In a seven week, one-day-a-week setting with three hours of lectures per week, the course is fast paced. Executive students, having encountered similar situations, find the problems very realistic, and are especially receptive to integrating the accounting, economics, and organizational aspects of the material. However, much of the material must be pared back. Delete all of the appendices, Chapter 3 on capital budgeting, and Chapters 12 and 13 on standard costs and variances.

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Front Matter TABLE 1: Ten-Week Quarter Course (Two 90 minute lectures per week) (No coverage of Material in Appendices) Class No. Chapter

Topic

Introduction

Nature of Costs

Organizational Architecture

Responsibility Accounting and Transfer Pricing

Budgets and Budgeting

Cost Allocation: Theory

Cost Allocation: Practices

MIDTERM

9Absorption Cost Systems

10Criticisms of Absorption Cost Systems: Incentive to Overproduce

11Criticisms of Absorption Cost Systems: Inaccurate Product Costs

12Standard Costs: Direct Labor and Materials

13Overhead and Marketing Variances

14Management Accounting in a Changing Environment

Notes: Each class can present some of the material in the chapter and cover 2-3 homework problems. Assigning a longer case every 2-3 weeks also breaks up the pace of the course and allows the students to apply the concepts to longer, more difficult problems. This format does not allow much time for outside readings. To read and understand the chapter and work 2-3 problems requires about 5-6 hours of preparation time per class.

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Front Matter TABLE 2: Thirteen-Week Semester Course (Two 90 minute lectures per week) Week

Chapter

1 2

Introduction Nature of Costs

2 2

Nature of Costs Appendix: Estimating Fixed and Variable Costs

Opportunity Cost of Capital and Capital Budgeting

4 5

Organizational Architecture Responsibility Accounting and Transfer Pricing

5 6

Responsibility Accounting and Transfer Pricing Budgets and Budgeting

6 7

Budgets and Budgeting Cost Allocation: Theory

7 8

Cost Allocation: Theory Cost Allocation: Practices Appendix — Reciprocal Method for Allocating Service Department Costs

8 9 9

Topic

MIDTERM Absorption Cost Systems Absorption Cost Systems Appendix — Process Costing

10Criticisms of Absorption Cost Systems: Incentive to Overproduce 11Criticisms of Absorption Cost Systems: Inaccurate Product Costs

12Standard Costs: Direct Labor and Materials

13Overhead and Marketing Variances Outside readings & cases (new manufacturing systems, ABC, Target costing, etc.)

Management Accounting in a Changing Environment Outside readings & cases (new manufacturing systems, TQM, JIT, ABM, etc.)

Notes: Each class can present some of the material in the chapter and cover 2-3 homework problems. Assigning a longer case to be handed in every 2-3 weeks also breaks up the pace of the course and allows the students to apply the concepts to longer, more difficult problems. The semester format allows time for outside readings to supplement the text. Chapter 3 on capital budgeting is not covered, Chapter 14 can be increased to two weeks and a capstone case added..

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TABLE 3: Seven-Week Executive MBA Course (3 hours of lecture per week) (No coverage of Material in Appendices) Week

Chapter

Topic

1 2

Introduction Nature of Costs

4 5

Organizational Architecture Responsibility Accounting and Transfer Pricing

6Budgets and Budgeting

7Cost Allocation: Theory 8Cost Allocation: Practices

9Absorption Cost Systems

10Criticisms of Absorption Cost Systems: Incentive to Overproduce 11 Criticisms of Absorption Cost Systems: Inaccurate Product Costs

Management Accounting in a Changing Environment

Notes: The fast paced coverage of the material works especially well with executives, most of whom have confronted work situations similar to the assignments. They relate quite well to the end-ofchapter material and there are usually lively class discussions. In fact, many of the problems in the text resulted from discussions with executive students outside of class describing a job experience. This course works best if the students have had a microeconomics course. There is no midterm exam. This format requires that the appendices be omitted. If it is necessary to cover standard costs and variances, assign Chapter 12 on direct labor and material standards. Standard costs can be added to the first half of lecture number 7. Very little outside reading should be used unless it is optional. Reading the chapters and working a few homework problems each week will quickly consume the studentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s available study time.

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Chapter Teaching Suggestions My teaching approach is to require the students not only to read the assigned chapter, but also to prepare and submit a few problems at the beginning of class. This not only provides a foundation for constructive class discussion, but also ensures that students do not fall behind. Throughout the course I emphasize that students of managerial accounting will develop the very valuable skill of knowing how to take a diverse set of facts and figures and reduce them to a cogent financial analysis. They will become more skilled in constructing spreadsheets and doing financial analysis. I remind them of the oft-heard analogy, ―Accounting is the language of business.‖ Developing the understanding of accounting and how to communicate via financial analysis is akin to learning a foreign language, and similarly requires constant practice. The daily assignments provide this discipline.

Chapter 1.

Introduction

Chapter 1 summarizes the course and contains a number of important concepts, including: internal versus external accounting; the trade-off between using the accounting system for decision making versus using it for control; single versus multiple accounting systems; the role of the controller; and economic Darwinism. A good way to begin the first lecture is to hand out a copy of the Vortec problem statement (Chapter 1, section F) and give the students five minutes to sketch out the solution. Then ask them, how many would accept the special order? This is a good way to generate class discussion the first day. By following the text’s analysis of Vortec in Chapter 1, several questions naturally arise, including:

• What additional information is required? • What is the difference between variable and average costs? • How do the incentives of various managers to accept the order differ? Vortec is a good ice breaker which allows the students to see that the accounting costs are being used for a variety of purposes; in particular, they are being used for both decision making and control. Since the trade-off between decision making and control is an important organizing feature of the text, it is useful to introduce this key pedagogy early in the course. (Point out that Chapter 2 elaborates on decision making and Chapters 4 and 5 describe the general issues involving control.) I also like to reinforce the multiple roles of accounting using Figure 1-1. Finally, it is important to spend a few minutes discussing the importance of Economic Darwinism. Many of the topics we discuss (cost allocations, budgeting, product costing) have survived in competitive industries for long periods of time. For the average firm, these accounting procedures must be yielding benefits at least as large as their costs. This does not mean that these procedures are cost beneficial for every firm. Nor does it mean

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Chapter 2.

The Nature of Costs

I begin this lecture by defining opportunity costs, ―The sacrifice forgone from a specific decision.‖ Students find this definition too abstract to have much meaning. Plan on spending 20 - 30 minutes giving examples and working through text problems. A good example to use to illustrate opportunity costs is: ―How do you decide what to do this Saturday night?‖ First you think about the opportunities (movie, concert, watching TV, studying managerial accounting). (The last gets a good laugh.) Then you think about what you give up if you do a particular activity. You forgo cash in some cases as well as the opportunity to do something else. If your managerial accounting final exam is on Monday, going to a concert precludes studying for the final. If you fail the final and have to repeat the course in the summer, this can impose large costs, especially if you are unable to get a good summer internship. This simple example illustrates all the key points of opportunity costs: •

opportunity costs involve both pecuniary and non-pecuniary considerations,

• •

opportunity costs are forward looking, opportunity costs vary with the opportunity set (e.g., which movies are playing and when assignments are due).

Two problems in the text are very good at driving home the concept of opportunity costs: P2-9 Emrich Processing P2-26 Eastern University Parking Emrich (P2-9) always generates a 15 minute discussion. Ask the students what cost of the remaining acid should be considered in setting the price for the new contract. Possible answers will be $700, $500, $0, and -$400. The correct answer is -$400. In this case opportunity costs are negative because the firm can avoid the disposal costs. This then leads into a question of what price to charge. Since we don’t know the customer’s demand curve, we can’t set a price, but the discussion helps illustrate the relation between costs and pricing (a point that arises throughout the course). Appendix A discusses the relation between costs and pricing. Eastern University Parking (P2-26) can generate as much as 20 to 30 minutes of discussion. Parking is a universal problem on all campuses, and hence, this problem hits a strong emotional nerve. Most students initially overlook the opportunity cost of land in setting the parking fees and will discuss other problems with the parking system for five minutes or so before someone hits on the problem of how land is being valued. It isn’t. And this creates the bias towards surface lots. Once everyone understands this, then ask, ―Why has the University systematically priced its land at zero?‖ ―Are the administrators dumb?‖ Most students are willing to stop here and say yes. But prompt them by asking,

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At this point I usually compare opportunity and accounting costs. The key point is that most accounting costs are historical in nature and hence backward-, not forward-looking. The final point to emphasize is that estimating opportunity costs is itself a costly process. Much analysis is usually required to define the opportunity set and to estimate the benefits forgone from each alternative. Because opportunity costs are costly to estimate, proxies are often used, such as accounting costs. After introducing opportunity costs, I spend the rest of the time on cost variability and review total, average, fixed, variable, and marginal costs. Students will remember these terms from their economics course, and are reassured when told that we simplify the economics treatment by assuming cost curves are straight lines, thus eliminating derivatives from this course. This discussion is very important because it is one of the first times in the curriculum that two courses are integrated with and build on each other.

A good break-even problem is Amy’s Boards (P2-44), which illustrates that the snow boards are a variable cost before they are purchased, but become a fixed cost once purchased. In later chapters, students have difficulty knowing how to handle fixed costs. Amy’s Boards provides a simple, intuitive example of how fixed costs arise from making the capacity decision. Another good problem, especially if the students have had a finance course is Candice (P2-34). It is a simple breakeven problem whether the question asks to find the breakeven of two alternative technologies, one has high fixed costs and low variable costs and the other technology is the opposite. To select the optimum technology depends on expected volume, which is not given. So the first punch line is the optimum technology is based on profit maximization, not breakeven. The second punch line is that the firm’s operating leverage arises from prior firm-value-maximizing decisions.

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Front Matter Recommended Problem Assignment 2-8 Taylor Chemicals 2-9 Emrich Processing 2-14 Home Auto Parts 2-17 Easton Diagnostics 2-22 iGen3 2-25 Oppenheimer Visuals 2-26 Eastern University Parking 2-28 Mastich Counters 2-31 News.com 2-34 Candice 2-41 Happy Feet 2-42 Digital Convert 2-43 APC Electronics 2-44 Amy’s Boards Case 2-1 Old Turkey Mash

Chapter 3.

Opportunity Cost of Capital and Capital Budgeting

This chapter is a fairly traditional treatment of capital budgeting. It can be omitted without interrupting the flow of the material, or it can be postponed until later in the course. The later chapters and problems do not rely on this material. Like other managerial accounting texts, to simplify the analysis, topics in Chapters 4–14 are treated as single-period decision problems. As our students have already taken a basic corporate finance and capital budgeting course, I do not cover this chapter in my managerial accounting course. Teaching this chapter depends on the students’ prior exposure to discounting, and the instructor’s objectives.

Chapter 4.

Organizational Architecture

Since Rochester students have had two managerial economics courses that cover the basic topics in Chapter 4, this chapter largely constitutes a review and is presented in conjunction with Chapter 5, with Chapter 5 being used to reinforce and illustrate the general theoretical issues raised in Chapter 4. The key points to emphasize include: the importance of agency problems: how the organizational architecture can reduce these problems, and the accounting system as an integral part of the performance evaluation system in most organizations. I spend a few minutes reviewing the major concepts and terminology used later in the course:

• Organizational architecture (three-legged stool) Performance evaluation Rewards and punishments Partitioning decision rights

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• Importance of linking decision rights and knowledge • Administrative devices for the three-legged stool Separation of decision management and decision control Initiation - decision management Ratification - decision control Implementation - decision management Monitoring - decision control Hierarchies An important question to ask students is ―Where do you get the information for the initiation, ratification, implementation, and monitoring decisions?‖ They should understand that initiation and implementation require forward looking information about opportunity costs, where decision control decisions rely more on historical performance. In other words, accounting data tends to be more useful for managers who are exercising decision control rights than for managers exercising decision management rights. Emphasize that ―one size doesn’t fit all.‖ Accounting data is very useful, but it is more useful in some situations than in others.

Recommended Problem Assignment 4-5 Voluntary Financial Disclosure 4-11 Formula 409 4-15 Tipping 4-21 Repro Corporation Case 4-2 Woodhaven Service

Chapter 5.

Responsibility Accounting and Transfer Pricing

Chapter 5 illustrates the role of the accounting system in the firm’s organizational architecture. Two examples are used: performance evaluation of responsibility centers, and accounting-based transfer pricing. The first part of the chapter on responsibility accounting is a good example of the linkage between the assignment of decision rights and performance evaluation. I review Table 5-1 and point out that evaluating cost centers based on minimizing average cost does not necessarily maximize firm profits. I also like to spend a few minutes discussing EVA and asking the question, ―How does EVA differ from residual income?‖ Except for some measurement refinements in the cost of capital and accounting income, the two are the same. They differ in that some EVA consultants emphasize linking EVA to compensation. The second topic of the chapter is transfer pricing. Traditional managerial accounting courses cover transfer pricing towards the end of the course. I believe it is best covered at the beginning as part of the topic of organizational architecture. Cost allocations and cost recharges pervade all organizations. To understand the incentive

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Front Matter issues of cost allocations, the general topic of transfer pricing provides an underlying theoretical foundation for cost allocations in general. I do not lecture extensively on transfer pricing. Our students have had the economics of transfer pricing in their managerial economics course. Instead, I emphasize several key points: •

Accounting-based transfer prices are prevalent, even when market prices are available.

•

The ideal transfer price is opportunity cost.

•

Transfer pricing is not a zero-sum game, and all transfer pricing methods have both advantages and disadvantages (no method is best in all situations).

•

With variable cost transfer pricing, someone must have the decision rights to determine which costs are fixed and which costs are variable. Since lower-level managers usually have more specialized knowledge of the cost behavior patterns, they can use this knowledge opportunistically to reclassify ―fixed‖ costs as ―variable‖ for calculating the variable cost transfer price. This same argument also arises again in Chapter 10 when discussing variable costing.

I usually start class with Royal Resort and Casino (Case 5-3) to illustrate the interdependencies among divisions and how difficult it is for accounting systems to capture these interdependencies. It is important for students to understand the conundrum of divisional performance measurement. Firms decentralize to take advantage of local knowledge. But to provide incentives (and overcome free rider problems) they create a fiction that the firm can be separated into distinct silos (divisions) to measure performance. But these silos (and the accounting systems) are unable to capture and assign the synergies that gave rise to the multiproduct firm. Next, I spend about 15 minutes reviewing Executive Inns (C5-2). The punch line here is: ―The devil is in the details.‖ It’s not where you pay for performance, but precisely how you measure performance. Small changes in the details of the performance metric can create very different incentives. The remainder of class time is used discussing assigned problem material. A number of our students are marketing majors, so Stale-Mart (P5-17) always goes over well in class. XBT Keyboards (P5-24) provides a good example for demonstrating the incentives of managers operating under a variable costing transfer pricing rule to outsource those production methods with high fixed costs, thereby converting them into variable costs. I always assign Celtex (Case 5-1), which is a shortened and simplified version of the old Birch Paper case. The students never suggest my solution, which always produces a lively and interesting class discussion.

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Front Matter Recommended Problem Assignment 5-11 Cogen 5-12 University Lab Testing 5-14 WBG 5-15 CJ Equity Partners 5-17 Stale-Mart 5-19 Flat Images 5-20 Premier Brands 5-23 Transfer Price Company 5-24 XBT Keyboards 5-25 Infantino Toyota 5-27 Serviflow Case 5-1 Celtex Case 5-2 Executive Inn Case 5-3 Royal Resort and Casino

Chapter 6.

Budgeting

I begin the topic of budgeting by having the students prepare solutions to Potter-Bowen (P6-10) and Madden International (P6-24). These problems, drawn from actual company histories, use their budgeting systems in two very different ways. Potter-Bowen’s is a top-down decision control system, whereas Madden International’s is a bottom-up decision management scheme, designed to stimulate the assembly of specialized knowledge within the firm. These two polar extremes illustrate some key points: •

Firms make trade-offs involving decision management versus decision control in designing their budgeting system.

•

Budgeting systems, like other parts of the firm’s organizational architecture, must be matched and coordinated to the other parts of the architecture. There are complementarities among the various components.

These two problems also highlight the multiple roles served by budgeting systems. I emphasize that virtually all firms use budgets and that budgeting has survived for centuries. Thus, budgets are important financial mechanisms used by managers. To help illustrate what budgets do, use the simple dichotomy of decision management and decision control. Decision management versus control also helps explain a number of budgeting phenomena, such as long-term budgets, budget lapsing, line-item budgets, and zero-based budgets. A useful feature of this topic is that budgeting may be used to illustrate the ability of organizational architecture to explain observed institutional practices, such as why some firms use line item budgets and others do not. I like to teach the budgeting material right after introducing organizational architecture because, although not a technically demanding topic, it directly reinforces

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Front Matter the organizational architecture material and allows some good examples of how to use the theoretical material in Chapter 4 to analyze actual company practice. Recommended Problem Assignment 6-5 DMP Consultants 6-7 Golf World 6-8 Coating Department 6-10 Potter-Bowen 6-15 International Telecon 6-17 Panarude Airfreight 6-20 Webb & Drye 6-21 Spa Ariana 6-22 Picture Maker 6-24 Madden International 6-25 Brehm Vineyards

Chapter 7.

Cost Allocation: Theory

I begin this chapter by having the students discuss their solutions to the Corporate Jet problem (P7-4). This is an example from an actual company that quickly piques the students’ interests in cost allocations. This problem also illustrates quite nicely that cost allocations are really just questions of transfer pricing. After about 15 minutes of student discussion, I review the major points from the first part of the chapter: the pervasiveness of cost allocations and some reasons for allocating costs. Since corporate income taxes and third-party reimbursements cannot explain the pervasiveness of allocations, issues of motivation and control must also be important considerations in those cases where taxes and reimbursement do not apply (e.g., non-profits). The analysis in this chapter is used to demonstrate how cost allocations can be used to affect behavior. Reviewing this material requires about 30 minutes of class time. The isoquants and budget lines in the Appendix are standard topics covered in every economics text. Using these microeconomic tools in the managerial accounting course helps to integrate the curriculum for the students. Applying the concepts they learned in economics reinforces the earlier material and shows them the benefits of how microeconomic tools can be applied to understand other management practices such as cost allocations. World Imports (P7-19) is a simple problem that nicely illustrates how cost allocations can change managers’ operating decisions.

The topic of insulating versus noninsulating allocations again illustrates the inter-relations between performance measurement and other parts of the firm’s organizational architecture. For example, a firm might sometimes choose a noninsulating allocation scheme to foster cooperation. I like to assign Symmetric (P7-29), Avid Pharmaceuticals (P7-7), Encryption Inc. (P7-12), or Scanners Plus (P7-21) to illustrate how noninsulating cost allocations induce risk sharing. This discussion works to integrate the finance course with managerial accounting. Numerous problems highlight how cost allocation schemes affect behavior. My favorite problems are listed below. Students find this material very engaging. Plan to

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Front Matter spend at least two hours of class time on this chapter, and make sure you assign enough class time to cover at least four or five problems. I always assign BFR ship Building (P7-

30) because it illustrates that cost-plus pricing in government contracting induces a bias against outsourcing and Durango Plastics (C7-2) because it nicely illustrates how cost allocations can distort relative profitability. Finally, continue to stress that cost allocations represent nothing more than transfer pricing problems.

Recommended Problem Assignment 7-4 Corporate Jet 7-6 Avid Pharmaceuticals 7-7 Wasley 7-8 Hallsite Imaging 7-12 Encryption, Inc. 7-17 Vorma 7-18 Bio Labs 7-19 World Imports 7-20 Painting Department 7-21 Scanners Plus 7-25 Allied Adhesives 7-26 Plastic Chairs 7-27 Woodley Furniture 7-30 BFR Ship Building Case 7-2 Durango Plastics

Chapter 8.

Cost Allocation: Practices

Chapter 8 continues the discussion in Chapter 7, describing some of the practical problems encountered in cost allocations, including allocating service department costs and joint costs. In particular, with reciprocal service flows, the actual mechanics of cost allocation become fairly complicated. I use the allocation of service department costs (e.g., direct vs. step-down) to illustrate that, no matter how complex the calculations appear, in the end a transfer price results which can create incentives for managers to outsource the product or service. In some cases, this can lead to a death spiral. It is important that students understand the mechanical details of the various service department cost allocation methods because it builds their confidence that they can successfully analyze complex algorithms. Ultimately, they must address the joint questions of: do the resulting cost allocations approximate opportunity costs, and what incentives are likely created by the allocations? Next, I discuss joint cost allocations and make the key point that managers can make profit-maximizing decisions (which joint products to process further and whether to produce the joint products) without making any joint cost allocations, and hence allocating joint costs do not add any further information for optimum decision making. Hence, allocating joint costs are only useful for financial reporting, taxes, and control. Enzymes (P8-9) illustrates how allocating joint costs can lead to sub-optimum decisions.

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Front Matter I spend about 10 minutes of class time having the students discuss and critique their’ answers to Karsten Mills (P8-20). This is a real company death-spiral example which demonstrates that there are no simple solutions to many cost allocation/transfer pricing problems. I end this topic with Carlos Sanguine Winery (Case 8-1). This is another actual company. Several interesting aspects of this case include:

•

This is a joint cost problem that the company did not recognize;

•

Allocating grape costs based on gallons was distorting the relative profitability of the product lines;

•

They were about to close a product line because it appeared unprofitable;

•

Before they could change accounting systems, they were acquired in an unfriendly takeover (and my involvement with the firm ended).

Recommended Problem Assignment 8-4 Mystic Herbals 8-9 Enzymes 8-10 Sunder Toys 8-11 WWWeb Marketing 8-14 Vigdor Wood Products 8-15 Advanced Micro Processors 8-19 RBB Brands 8-20 Karsten Mills 8-21 Beckett Manufacturing 8-22 Littleton Medical Center 8-24 Grove City Broadcasting 8-30 IVAX Case 8-1 Carlos Sanguine Winery

Chapter 9.

Absorption Cost Systems

This chapter is a straightforward presentation of a traditional absorption costing system, focusing on the mechanics of absorption costing and leaving most of the analysis to the next two chapters. This chapter is kept simple and descriptive to insure that the students have a thorough grounding and understanding of the mechanics before a detailed analysis is presented in Chapters 10 and 11. I like to give the students the ―big picture‖ of the accounting system by presenting the usual cost flows through the accounts (Figure 9-1). This helps tie the managerial accounting course back to their financial accounting course. It also demonstrates that all manufacturing costs eventually flow through to the income statement. Tables 9-3 and 9-4 on costs and pricing in an oil change outlet is a unique way to introduce the idea of normal volume and tie it into the pricing decision. This material again allows the integration of the managerial economics and managerial accounting

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Front Matter courses. This example provides a nice vehicle to illustrate how shifts in the demand curve cause volume and price changes, but as long as marginal cost is constant, prices should not be raised when demand falls (and average costs rise). Appendix B presents this material in more rigorous fashion. I begin the class by reviewing the mechanics for 15 minutes: the job order cost sheet and cost flows through the accounts (Figure 9-1). I then have the class discuss Hurst Mats (9-26), which illustrates how focusing on decision management versus decision control affects the choice of the allocation base to make sure everyone understands the technical details. The balance of class time is spent having the students discuss their answers to Pool Scrubbers (P9-5), MacGiver Brass (P9-4), or Welding Robots (P9-18). MacGiver Brass involves a bank loan decision, which provides the finance majors with an illustration of the importance of understanding cost accounting. Welding Robots integrates and reviews a number of key concepts: opportunity costs, fixed and variable costs, and job order costing. I do not cover the mechanics of process costing (Appendix A). Most of the students in the course are non-accounting majors and find the technical aspects of process costing dull. Instead, I make a few brief remarks that parallel the material in the last section of the chapter and refer them to Appendix A if they are interested. Recommended Problem Assignment 9-4 MacGiver Brass 9-5 Pool Scrubbers 9-6 Thermalloy 9-12 Simple Plant 9-18 Welding Robots 9-21 Pebble Beach Sandals 9-26 Hurst Mats 9-28 Amalfi Texts 9-29 Pyramid Products

Chapter 10. Criticisms of Absorption Cost Systems: Incentive to Over-produce Having introduced the mechanics of absorption costing in Chapter 9, Chapters 10 and 11 analyze these systems. Chapter 10 discusses the incentives to overproduce, which leads to variable costing. Chapter 11 discusses the assertion that an absorption costing system inaccurate product costs, which leads to a discussion of activity-based costing. Both of these chapters increase the studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; understanding of how traditional, absorption cost systems work. I begin the class with either Zipp Cards (P10-6) or Medford Mug Company (P1010). These problems illustrate the incentive to overproduce under an absorption costing system. Having made sure everyone understands how overproduction lowers average cost (as long as marginal cost is not increasing), I then return to the text and review the numerical example in Tables 10-4 through 10-6. This illustration reintroduces the often overlooked, important question of who has the decision rights to determine fixed and variable cost. Managers still have the incentive to overproduce under a variable costing

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Chapter 11. Criticisms of Absorption Cost Systems: Inaccurate Product Costs Chapter 11 discusses another criticism of absorption costing systems – inaccurate product costs. The proposed solution, activity-based costing, is also described. I introduce this topic by having the students discuss their solutions to several problems which demonstrate that traditional unit-level allocation bases can produce misleading product costs. Milan Pasta (P11-4) and Toby Manufacturing (P10-15) are good examples of miscosting. Having introduced the topic with this example, I spend about 20 minutes on ABC, describing how it differs from traditional unit-based absorption costing, and its advantages. I then ask the students, why haven’t more firms fully implemented ABC? Why are product costs for performance evaluation still based on unit-level allocations? These firms have already incurred the cost of calculating ABC product costs. Why don’t more firms change their performance measures to an ABC system? The ensuing discussion inevitably raises organizational issues. When you change the product costing system, some managers are made better off and some are made worse off, which leads to high influence costs. Some key points that should be made are:

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Adopting ABC constitutes a change in performance measures, requiring compensating changes in the performance reward system in order to keep the three-legged stool from becoming unbalanced. Tie this point back to Chapter 4.

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Lower-level managers with specialized knowledge of cost drivers must be given the decision rights over choice of the cost drivers. These decision rights can be exercised opportunistically.

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Exercising this discretion over choice of cost drivers imposes control costs on the firm. Usually decision control is harder under ABC than under a more centrally-managed absorption costing system.

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Again, we see that the decision to use ABC versus absorption costing involves a trade-off between decision management and decision control. ABC is likely better for decision management, but worse for decision control. As with budgeting, a trade-off must be made between decision management and decision control. Figure 11-4 illustrates there is an optimum number of cost drivers.

Finally, I end the lecture by discussing Friendly Grocer (P11-9), Sanchez Gadgets (P11-11), Goodstone Tires (P11-17), or Familia Insurance Company (P11-20). The marketing majors like these problems. The key point of these problems is that while ABC may give you a better understanding of your costs, it does not help in understanding revenues and the interdependencies among demand for various products offered by the firm. In Friendly Grocer (P11-9), even with ABC, shelf space costs are based on the historical cost of occupancy. Yet, the opportunity cost of shelf space is not the historical cost, it is the contribution margin of not stocking some other item and the effect of that item on the sales of other items stocked. If the grocery store did not stock milk, the sales of other products would fall. Neither an absorption costing nor an ABC system can capture these demand-side interdependencies.

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Chapter 12 Standard Costs: Direct Labor and Materials This chapter describes the mechanics and incentives of standard costs and variances. To prevent the lecture from becoming overly mechanical and dry, I continually emphasize the organizational issues and incentive effects of standard cost variances. I remind the class that agency problems require control mechanisms and that standard costs provide that control. By splitting the total direct material variance into a price variance and a quantity variance, the purchasing department is controlled by the price variance, and the production department is controlled by the quantity variance. But these are noisy measures of performance. Moreover, there are substantial interaction effects (externalities) among the various departments. And so while it is important that students understand the computation of the variances, they should also be able to analyze the incentive effects of standard costs.

I like to begin the lecture by discussing Great Southern Furniture (P12-15). The production setting being very intuitive and simple illustrates quite nicely how standards can be used for decision making (in this case how much to bid on the job) and decision control (a benchmark to evaluate actual performance). This problem also illustrates how a time study is used to set standards – a few sets of furniture are assembled and the time to assemble them is used as the standard. One of the more interesting issues in standard costing involves determining who has the decision rights to set and revise the standards and how frequently standards are revised. This involves the usual trade-off between decision management and decision control described in Chapter 6 (Budgets and Budgeting). The frequency of standard revisions also involves trading off decision management and decision control. One company has the policy, ―We never, never revise the standards, except when we have to‖ (Changing Standards, P12-6). While this statement sounds silly on the surface, it really does have content. I use the 1970s example of the Hunt brothers, who tried to corner the silver market. In less than a year, silver prices roughly tripled. Silver is a major input to making photographic materials because silver compounds are light sensitive. If Kodak did not change its standard costs when silver prices tripled, poor decisions would result. For example, higher silver prices dictate that more resources should be expended in reclaiming spent silver from manufacturing and film processing. But managers will only expend more resources in silver reclamation if the standard price of silver is raised. Thus, the rule, ―We never change our standards, except when we have to‖ makes sense in the following way. Changing standards involves a trade-off between decision management and decision control. Frequent standard changes reduce the ability of a standard cost system to hold managers accountable and reduce the control value of standard costs. However, if standards are not revised after very large changes, dysfunctional decision making occurs. Starling Coatings (P12-20) illustrates these concepts. Students should understand that standard costs and budgeting are closely related. To help reinforce this understanding, I use Oaks Auto Supply (P12-4) to introduce the topic of target costing. After working this problem and discussing target costing in

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Chapter 13. Overhead and Marketing Variances Chapter 13 illustrates how standard costs and variances can be defined in a variety of different contexts. The first part of the chapter concludes the calculation of manufacturing by computing overhead variances introduced in Chapter 12. A simple three overhead variance structure illustrates most of the substantive issues. I have found that more complicated four and five fixed and variable overhead variance systems add

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Chapter 14. Management Accounting in a Changing Environment Chapter 14 is the most important chapter in the book, providing not only a conclusion (in contrast to other managerial accounting texts), but also a framework for understanding how managerial accounting changes in a dynamic world. The chapter also contains some end-of-chapter problems that review major topics discussed in the book.

I spend at least two hours of class time on Chapter 14. I begin the lecture by discussing Figure 14-1, a simplified version first introduced in Chapter 1. This important figure provides a framework that describes: •

How the internal accounting system is part of the firm’s organizational architecture;

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How the architecture is related to the firm’s business strategy;

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How the firm’s business strategy depends on aspects of the external environment, such as technology, market competition, and government regulation.

Figure 14-1 illustrates that the internal accounting system is not isolated from other policies of the firm. Based on Figure 14-1, several important insights are emphasized:

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Changes in the accounting system rarely occur in a vacuum. Accounting system changes generally occur at the same time as changes in the firm's business strategy and other organizational changes, particularly with regard to the partitioning of decision rights and the performance evaluation and reward systems.

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Alterations in the firm's organizational architecture, including changes in the accounting system, are likely a response to changes in the firm's business strategy caused by external shocks from technology and shifting market conditions.

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Before implementing an accounting or other organizational change, it is important to understand what is driving the change.

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An accounting system should not be adopted merely because other firms are doing so; they may have different external shocks causing their previous systems to become obsolete.

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An accounting system should not be changed without concurrent, consistent changes in the way decision rights are partitioned as well as in the performance reward systems. All three parts of the organization's architecture must be internally consistent and coordinated.

After describing Figure 14-1, I demonstrate how it applies to various organizational innovations: total quality management, JIT, 6 sigma and lean manufacturing, and the balanced score card. An assigned problem for each innovation is worked in class to ensure the students understand the basics. Then each innovation is analyzed, including the accounting system changes. For example, Fiedler International (P14-3) illustrates how balanced scorecards can be gamed as does

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Suggested Assignment Problems & Cases This table contains a listing of the best problems in each chapter. Problems and cases are classified as ―basic problems,‖ ―more challenging problems,‖ and ―extensions to text.‖ Basic problems review the essential material in the text in a straightforward fashion. More challenging problems go beyond the basic material and require the student to exercise some judgment and conduct some analysis. These problems are either more unstructured or require some further application of topics covered in the text. Extensions to the text are problems that introduce new topics not discussed in the text.

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Extensions to Text

MBA Students P1-3 U.S. and Japanese Tax Laws P1-4 Managers Need Accounting One Cost System Isn't Enough P1-5 Budgeting Information Using Accounting for Planning P1-7 Parkview Hospital Golf Specialties Montana Pen

More Challenging Problems

3 Opportunity Cost of Capital and Capital Budgeting

P3-1 P3-2 P3-3 P3-4 P3-7 P3-9 P3-10 P3-11 P3-13 P3-16 P3-17 P3-19 P3-24

IRR Accelerated Depreciation Jasper, Inc. Just One, Inc. Northern Sun, Inc. Lottery Mr. Jones’ Retirement NPV vs. Payback New Car South American Mining House Mortgage Toledo Stadium Housing Markets

P3-5 P3-8 P3-12 P3-14 P3-15 P3-18 P3-20 P3-21 P3-22 P3-25 P3-27

4 Organizational Architecture

P4-1 P4-2 P4-3 P4-4 P4-6

Empowerment Pay for Performance Course Packets Allied Van Lines University Physician Compensation American InterConnect I Vanderschmidt’s Sales Commisions Formula 409 Theory X – Theory Y

P4-5 P4-12 P4-14 P4-15 P4-16 P4-17 P4-18 P4-19

P4-7 P4-9 P4-10 P4-11 P4-13

Equity Corp Ab Landlord Clean Tooth National Taxpayers Union Federal Dam Project Flower City Grocery PQR Coal Student Loan Program Geico Mortgage Department Dakota Mining

Voluntary Financial Disclosure Pratt & Whitney American InterConnect II Tipping* White’s Department Store Coase Farm Rothwell Inc. Gong-Fen*

Extensions to Text P3-6 P3-23 P3-26 P3-28

P4-8 P4-20 P4-21 C4-1 C4-2

Declining Market, Inc Depreciation Tax Shield Electric Generator Overland Steel

Raises International Computer Co. Repro Corporation* Christian Children’s Fund Woodhaven Service*

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Suggested Assignment Problems (cont.) Chapter

Basic Problems

5 Responsibility Accounting and Transfer Pricing

P5-1 P5-2 P5-3 P5-4 P5-7 P5-9 P5-15 P5-16 P5-22

6 Budgeting

P6-1 P6-4 P6-5 P6-6 P6-8 P6-9 P6-11 P6-12 P6-13 P6-14 P6-16 P6-19 P6-28

Canadian Subsidiary Phipps Electronics Sunder Properties Economic Earnings ICB, Intl Microelectronics CJ Equity Partners* Sunstar Appliances Evergreen Nursery and Landscape

More Challenging Problems

P5-6 P5-11 P5-13 P5-17 P5-18 P5-19 P5-20 P5-23 P5-25 P5-27 C5-2 G. Bennett Stewart* P6-2 Budget Lapsing P6-7 DMP Consultants P6-10 Federal Insurance P6-15 Coating Department P6-17 Marketing Plan P6-20 Feder Purchasing Department P6-21 Access.Com P6-22 Videx P6-23 New York Fashions P6-25 Adrian Power P6-27 Madigan Modems P6-29 Troika Toys C6-1

Metal Press Cogen Beckett Automotive Group Stale-Mart* R&D Inc. Flat Images Premier Brands Transfer Price Company Infantino Toyota* Serviflow Executive Inn* Investment Banks Golf World* Potter-Bowen* International Telecon* Panrude Airfreight Webb & Drye* Spa Ariana Picture Maker City Hospital Nursing* Brehm Vineyards M&S Mortgage Cellular First Artisans Shirtcraft

Extensions to Text P5-5 P5-8 P5-10 P5-12 P5-14 P5-21 P5-24 P5-26 C5-1 C5-3

Performance Technologies Shop and Save* US Copiers* University Lab Testing WBG* Easton Electronics* XBT Keyboards Wujo Celtex* Royal Resort & Casino*

P6-3 P6-18 P6-24 P6-26 C6-2

Ice Storm* Veriplex* Madden International* Republic Insurance* Scion*

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Suggested Assignment Problems (cont.) Chapter

Basic Problems

More Challenging Problems

Extensions to Text

7 Cost Allocations: Theory

P7-1 P7-2 P7-7 P7-8 P7-9 P7-10 P7-11 P7-12 P7-13 P7-14 P7-17 P7-19 P7-20 P7-26

MRI Fair allocations Wasley Hallsite Imaging Jolsen International Winterton Group National Training Institute Encryption, Inc.* Ball Brothers Purchasing Dept. Telstar Electronics Vorma World Imports Painting Department Plastic Chairs

P7-3 P7-4 P7-5 P7-6 P7-16 P7-22 P7-23 P7-27 P7-28 C7-1

Slawson Corporate Jet* Massey Electronics Avid Pharmaceuticals Fuentes Systems Taylor Connect Economic Experts* Woodley Furniture* Tramsmation Phonetex*

P7-15 P7-18 P7-21 P7-24 P7-25 P7-29 P7-30 C7-2

Diagnostic Imaging Software Bio Labs* Scanners Plus* Finsys Allied Adhesives Symmertic Inc* BFR Ship Building* Durango Plastics*

8 Cost Allocations: Practices

P8-2 P8-3 P8-5 P8-6 P8-7 P8-8 P8-14 P8-22 P8-23 P8-25 P8-28

Outback Opals Rose Hospital Fidelity Bank Joint Products, Inc. Donovan Steel Murray Hill’s Untimely Demise Vigdor Wood Products Littleton Medical Center Aurora Medical Center Barry’s Fashions Columbine Granite

P8-1 P8-4 P8-11 P8-12 P8-13 P8-15 P8-16 P8-18 P8-19 P8-21 P8-24 P8-27 P8-30 C8-1

Step Down Mystic Herbals WWWeb Marketing* ITI Technology Metro Blood Bank Advanced Micro Processors Jason Rocks Doe Company RBB Brands* Beckett Manufacturing Grove City Broadcasting* Thompson Instruments* IVAX Carlos Sanguine Winery*

P8-9 P8-10 P8-17 P8-20 P8-26 P8-29 C8-2

Enzymes Sunder Toys Ferguson Metals Karsten Mills* Tariffs Inc Jones Consortium* Wyatt Oil*

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9 Absorption Cost Systems

10 Criticisms of Absorption Cost Systems: Incentive to Over-produce

Basic Problems

More Challenging Problems

P9-1 P9-2 P9-3 P9-5 P9-6 P9-7 P9-8 P9-9 P9-10 P9-11 P9-13 P9-14 P9-15 P9-23 P9-25

Equivalent Units (appendix) IPX Packaging Densain Water Pool Scrubbers Thermalloy Lys Wheels Ware Paper Box DeJure Scents Chemtrex (appendix) Media Designs Rick’s Bags Unknown Company Wellington Bartolotta Company Frames, Inc.

P9-4 P9-12 P9-16 P9-17 P9-19 P9-20 P9-22 P9-24 P9-27 P9-28 P9-30

MacGiver Brass* Simple Plant Advanced Medical Dead Eye Putters DigiEar Specialized Surgical Instrument Jacklin Stampings Kitchen Rite* Mutual Fund Company* Amalfi Texts Magic Floor

P10-1 P10-2 P10-3 P10-4 P10-6 P10-7 P10-9 P10-10 P10-12 P10-13

Federal Mixing Xerox Varilux Zipp Cards Zeflax Bottles Alliance Tooling CLIC Lighters Medford Mug Company Mystic Mugs Avant Designs

P10-5 TransPacific Bank* P10-8 Aspen View P10-11 Kothari Inc.* P10-14 Taylor Chains P10-15 Conner Coffees* P10-16 Kathy’s Mats P10-18 DIM P10-21 Blauvelt Products P10-22 UniCom P10-23 Sants Brake Co.

Extensions toText P9-18 P9-21 P9-26 P9-29 C9-1 C9-2

Welding Robots* Pebble Beach Sandals Hurst Mats* Pyramid Products* Heath Metal Products* Portable Phones, Inc.*

P10-17 Navisky P10-19 Easton Plant P10-20 Weststar Applicances C10-1 Joon*

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11 Criticisms of Absorption Cost Systems: Inaccurate Product Costs

Basic Problems P11-1 P11-2 P11-3 P11-4 P11-5 P11-15 P11-18

Maui Seminar GAMMA ABC & Volume Changes Milan Pasta Implementing ABC Toby Manufacturing Hospital Admission Office

12 Standard Costs: Direct P12-1 Medical Instruments Labor and Materials P12-2 Mickles Ltd. P12-5 AN7-X1 P12-6 Changing Standards* P12-7 Standard Cost Systems P12-8 Smythe and Yves P12-9 Healing Touch P12-10 Marian Health Care System P12-11 Zinc Faucets P12-12 Howard Binding P12-14 Flower City Cartridges P12-15 Great Southern Furniture P12-17 Jillian Soups

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Extensions to Text

P11-6 Astin Car Stereos* P11-7 DVDS P11-8 True Cost Manufacturing, Inc.* P11-12 Rextera* P11-13 CB Medical Technologies P11-14 Wedig Diagnostics P11-16 Kay Enterprises P11-21 Brickley Chains C11-1 Tilist Golf C11-3 DynaGolf*

P11-9 Friendly Grocer* P11-10 Houston Milling P11-11 Sanchez Gadgets* P11-17 Goodstone Tires* P11-19 ABC and Taxes P11-20 Familia Insurance Company* C11-2 SnapOn Fasteners*

P12-3 Alexander Products P12-4 Oaks Auto Supply P12-13 Fast Fax P12-16 Cibo Leathers P12-18 JLT Chemicals P12-20 Starling Coatings C12-2 Rust Belt Mufflers*

P12-19 Julene Inc C12-1 Domingo Cigars*

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Basic Problems

More Challenging Problems

Extensions to Text

13 Overhead and Marketing Variances

P13-1 P13-2 P13-4 P13-5 P13-7 P13-11 P13-12 P13-14 P13-16 P13-17 P13-18 P13-20

On-Call Purchasing Department* Logical Solutions Oneida Metal Printers, Inc. Commando Force Wine Distributors Turow Trailers* Artco Planters Shady Tree Manufacturing Ultrasonic MRI Department

P13-3 P13-6 P13-8 P13-9 P13-10 P13-15 P13-19 P13-21

Spectra Inc.* Beanie Babies Galt Electric Motors Western Sugar* Soldering Department Betterton Corporation Megan Corp. Anpax, Inc.

P13-13 Auden Manufacturing P13-22 Mopart Division* C13-1 Lancaster Chamber Orchestra*

14 Management Accounting in a Changing Environment

P14-1 P14-3 P14-4 P14-6 P14-7 P14-10

British Airways Fiedler International Guest Watches* Old Town Roasters The Pottery Store TQM at Stowbrdidge Div.

P14-2 Chateau Napa P14-5 Applying TQM in Manufacturing versus Administration* P14-9 Stirling Acquisition* P14-11 Warren City Parts* P14-14 Tagway 4000*

P14-8 Software Development, Inc.* P14-12 Secure Servers Inc. P14-13 Kollel Hospital* C14-1 Global Oil* C14-2 Productivity Measures

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ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF PROBLEMS AND CASES (H DENOTES HEALTH CARE RELATED PROBLEM; S DENOTES SERVICE INDUSTRY RELATED PROBLEM) Problem/Case

Title

Chapter/Problem/

Aspen View Astin Car Stereos Auden Manufacturing Aurora Medical Center (H) Australian Shipping (S) Avant Designs (S) Avid Pharmaceuticals (H)

Case Number

A Ab Landlord (S) ABC & Volume Changes ABC and Taxes Accelerated Depreciation Access.Com (S) Adapt, Inc. (S) Adrian Power Advanced Medical (H) Advanced Micro Processors Affording a Hybrid Alexander Products Alliance Tooling Allied Adhesives Allied Van Lines Amalfi Texts American Cinema (S) American InterConnect I (S) American InterConnect II (S) Amy’s Boards (S) AN7-X1 Anpax, Inc. APC Electronics Applying TQM in Artco Planters Artisans Shirtcraft

Problem/Case

Ch. 3, P3-8 Ch. 11, P11-17 Ch. 11, P11-3 Ch. 3, P3-2 Ch. 6, P6-12 Ch. 2, P2-23 Ch. 6, P6-16 Ch. 8, P8-16 Ch. 2, P2-17 Ch. 12, P12-3 Ch. 10, P10-8 C. 7, P7-22 Ch. 4, P4-4 Ch. 9, P9-27 Ch. 2, P2-14 Ch. 4, P4-8 Ch. 4, P4-16 Ch. 2, P2-44 Ch. 12, P12-5 Ch. 13, P13-22 Ch. 2, P2-43 Ch. 14, P14-5 Ch. 13, P13-17 Ch. 6, Case 6-1 Ch. 10, P10-9

P10-8 P11-6 P13-13 P8-23 P2-21 P10-13 P7-6

Case Number

Ball Brothers Purchasing Dept. Barry’s Fashions (S) Bartolotta Company Beanie Babies (S) Beckett Automotive Group (S) Beckett Manufacturing Betterton Corporation BFR Ship Building Bio Labs (H) Blauvelt Products Blue Sage Mountain (S) Brehm Vineyards Brickley Chains British Airways (S) Budget Lapsing Budgeting

P7-13 P8-25 P9-23 P13-6 P5-13 P8-21 P13-15 P7-27 P7-18 P10-21 P2-45 P6-25 P11-21 P14-1 P6-4 P1-5

Canadian Subsidiary

P5-1

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Candice Company Carlos Sanguine Winery CB Medical Technologies Cellular First Celtex Changing Standards Chateau Napa Chemtrex (appendix) Christian Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fund (S) Cibo Leathers City Hospital Nursing (H) CJ Equity Partners (S) Clean Tooth CLIC Lighters Coase Farm (S) Coating Department Cogen Columbine Granite Commando Force (S) Conner Coffees Corporate Jet (S) Cost Behavior Patterns Course Packets

P2-34 C8-1 P11-13 P6-29 C5-1 P12-6 P14-2 P9-10 C4-1 P12-16 P6-23 P5-15 P3-12 P10-9 P4-17 P6-8 P5-11 P8-28 P13-11 P10-15 P7-4 P2-36 P4-3

DMP Consultants (S) Doe Company Domingo Cigars Donovan Steel Doral Rentals (S) Durango Plastics DVDS DynaGolf

E Eastern University Parking (S) Easton Diagnostics Easton Electronics Easton Plant Economic Earnings Electric Generator Empowerment Emrich (S) Encryption, Inc. Enzymes Equity Corp Equivalent Units (appendix) ETB Evergreen Nursery and Landscape (S) Executive Inn (S) Exotic Roses

D Dakota Mining Darien Industries Dead Eye Putters Declining Market, Inc DeJure Scents Densain Water (S) Depreciation Tax Shield Diagnostic Imaging Software DigiEar (H) Digital Convert DIM

P6-5 P8-18 C12-1 P8-7 P2-39 C7-2 P11-7 C11-3

P3-27 P2-1 P9-17 P3-6 P9-9 P9-3 P3-23 P7-15 P9-19 P2-42 P10-18

P2-26 P2-17 P5-21 P10-19 P5-4 P3-26 P4-1 P2-9 P7-12 P8-9 P3-5 P9-1 P2-7 P5-22 C5-2 P2-24

F Fair allocations Familia Insurance Company (S) Fast Fax Feder Purchasing Department (S) Federal Dam Project Federal Insurance (S) Federal Mixing Ferguson Metals

P7-2 P11-20 P12-13 P6-11 P3-15 P6-6 P10-1 P8-17

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Fidelity Bank (S) Fiedler International (S) FinSys (S) Flat Images Flower City Cartridges Flower City Grocery Formula 409 Frames, Inc. Friendly Grocer (S) Fuentes Systems Fuller Aerosols

P8-5 P14-3 P7-24 P5-19 P12-14 P3-18 P4-11 P9-25 P11-9 P7-16 P2-40

Housing Markets Houston Milling Howard Binding Hurst Mats

P6-1 P13-8 P11-2 P2-10 P3-22 C14-1 P1-6 P6-7 P4-19 P11-17 P2-27 P12-15 P8-24 P14-4

ICB, Intl (S) Ice Storm iGen3 Implementing ABC Infantino Toyota (S) International Computer Co. International Telecon Investment Banks (S) IPX Packaging IRR ITI Technology IVAX

G G. Bennett Stewart Galt Electric Motors GAMMA Gas Prices Geico Global Oil Golf Specialties Golf World Gong-Fen (S) Goodstone Tires GRC Great Southern Furniture (S) Grove City Broadcasting (S) Guest Watches

J. P. Max Dept. Stores (S) Jacklin Stampings Jason Rocks Jasper, Inc. Jillian Soups JLE Electronics JLT Chemicals Joint Products, Inc. Jolsen International Jones Consortium (S) Joon Julene Inc

H Hallsite Imaging Happy Feet Healing Touch Heath Metal Products Home Auto Parts Hospital Admission Office (H) House Mortgage (S)

P7-8 P2-41 P12-9 C9-1 P2-14 P11-18 P3-17

P3-24 P11-10 P12-12 P9-26

P5-7 P6-3 P2-22 P11-5 P5-25 P4-20 P6-15 P6-2 P9-2 P3-1 P8-12 P8-30

P2-5 P9-22 P8-16 P3-3 P12-17 P2-30 P12-18 P8-6 P7-9 P8-29 C10-1 P12-19

K Karsten Mills

P8-20

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Kathy’s Mats Kay Enterprises Kinsley & Sons (S) Kitchen Rite Kollel Hospital Kothari Inc.

P10-16 P11-16 P2-32 P9-24 P14-13 P10-11

Metal Press Metro Blood Bank (H) Mickles Ltd. Microelectronics Milan Pasta Montana Pen Mopart Division Mortgage Department (S) Mowerson Division Mr. Jones’ Retirement MRI MRI Department Murray Hill’s Untimely Demise Mutual Fund Company (S) Mystic Herbals Mystic Mugs

L Lancaster Chamber Orchestra (S) Littleton Imaging Littleton Medical Center Logical Solutions (S) Lottery Lys Wheels

C13-1 P2-33 P8-22 P13-4 P3-9 P9-7

P5-6 P8-13 P12-2 P5-9 P11-4 P1-8 P13-22 P3-25 C2-2 P3-10 P7-1 P13-20 P8-8 P9-27 P8-4 P10-12

M M&S Mortgage (S) MacGiver Brass Madden International Madigan Modems Magic Floor Managers Need Accounting Information Manufacturing Cost Classification Marian Health Care System (H) Marketing Plan Massey Electronics Mastich Counters Mat Machinery Maui Seminar MBA Students Measer Medford Mug Company Media Designs (S) Medical Instruments MedView (H) Megan Corp.

P6-27 P9-4 P6-24 P6-19 P9-30 P1-4 P2-20 P12-10 P6-9 P7-5 P2-28 P2-35 P11-1 P1-1 P2-15 P10-10 P9-11 P12-1 P2-19 P13-19

National Taxpayers Union National Training Institute (S) Navisky Negative Opportunity Costs New Car New York Fashions (S) News.com (S) Northern Sun, Inc. NPR NPV vs. Payback

P3-14 P7-11 P10-17 P2-2 P3-13 P6-14 P2-31 P3-7 P2-3 P3-11

O Oaks Auto Supply (S) Old Town Roasters (S) Old Turkey Mash On-Call (S) One Cost System Isn't Enough Oneida Metal

P12-4 P14-6 C2-1 P13-1 P1-2 P13-5

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Oppenheimer Visuals Optometry Practice (H) Outback Opals Overland Steel

P2-25 P2-29 P8-2 P3-28

RBB Brands Repro Corporation Republic Insurance (S) Rextera Rickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bags Roberts Machining Rose Hospital Rothwell Inc. Royal Holland Line (S) Royal Resort & Casino (S) Rust Belt Mufflers

P Painting Department Panrude Airfreight (S) Parkview Hospital Pay for Performance Pebble Beach Sandals Penury Company Performance Technologies Phipps Electronics Phonetex Picture Maker Plastic Chairs Pool Scrubbers Portable Phones, Inc. Potter-Bowen (S) PQR Coal Pratt & Whitney Premier Brands Printers, Inc. Productivity Measures Purchasing Department Puttmaster Pyramid Products

P7-20 P6-17 P1-7 P4-2 P9-21 P2-11 P5-5 P5-2 C7-1 P6-22 P7-24 P9-5 C9-2 P6-10 P3-20 P4-12 P5-20 P13-7 C14-2 P13-2 C2-3 P9-29

S Sales Commisions Sanchez Gadgets (S) Sants Brake Co. Scanners Plus Scion Secure Servers Inc. Serviflow Shady Tree Manufacturing Shop and Save (S) Silky Smooth Lotions Simple Plant Slawson Smythe and Yves SnapOn Fasteners Software Development, Inc. (S) Soldering Department South American Mining Spa Ariana (S) Spa Salon (S) Specialized Surgical Instrument Spectra Inc. Stale-Mart (S) Standard Cost Systems

Q R R&D Inc. Raises

P8-19 P4-21 P6-26 P11-12 P9-13 P2-38 P8-3 P4-18 P2-37 C5-3 C12-2

P5-18 P4-8

P4-10 P11-11 P10-23 P7-21 C6-2 P14-12 P5-27 P13-17 P5-8 P2-4 P9-12 P7-3 P12-8 C11-2 P14-8 P13-10 P3-16 P6-21 P2-18 P9-20 P13-3 P5-17 P12-7

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Starling Coatings Step Down Stirling Acquisition Student Loan Program (S) Sunder Properties (S) Sunder Toys Sunstar Appliances Symmetric Inc

P12-20 P8-1 P14-9 P3-21 P5-3 P8-10 P5-16 P7-29

University Lab Testing (H) University Physician Compensation (H) Unknown Company US Copiers Using Accounting for Planning

V Vanderschmidt’s Varilux Veriplex Videx Vigdor Wood Products Vintage Cellars Volume and Profits Voluntary Financial Disclosure Vorma

T Tagway 4000 Tariffs Inc Taylor Chains Taylor Chemicals Taylor Connect (S) Telstar Electronics The Pottery Store (S) Theory X – Theory Y Thermalloy Thompson Instruments Tilist Golf Tipping Toby Manufacturing Toledo Stadium TQM at Stowbrdidge Div. Tramsmation Transfer Price Company TransPacific Bank (S) Troika Toys True Cost Manufacturing, Inc. Turow Trailers

P14-14 P8-26 P10-14 P2-8 P7-22 P7-14 P14-7 P4-13 P9-6 P8-27 C11-1 P4-15 P11-15 P3-19 P14-10 P7-26 P5-23 P10-5 P6-28 P11-8 P13-14

P4-9 P10-3 P6-18 P6-13 P8-14 P2-6 P2-12 P4-5 P7-17

W Ware Paper Box Warren City Parts Wasley WBG Webb & Drye (S) Wedig Diagnostics (H) Welding Robots Wellington Western Sugar Weststar Applicances White’s Department Store (S) Wine Distributors (S) Winterton Group (S) Woodhaven Service (S) Woodley Furniture World Imports (S) Wujo WWWeb Marketing (S)

U U.S. and Japanese Tax Laws Ultrasonic UniCom (S)

P5-12 P4-6 P9-14 P5-10 P1-4

P1-3 P13-18 P10-22

P9-8 P14-11 P7-7 P5-14 P6-20 P11-14 P9-18 P9-15 P13-9 P10-20 P4-16 P13-12 P7-10 C4-2 P7-25 P7-19 P5-26 P8-11

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Wyatt Oil

C8-2

X, Y, Z XBT Keyboards Xerox Zeflax Bottles Zinc Faucets Zipp Cards

P5-24 P10-2 P10-6 P12-11 P10-4

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