?S Company is a manufacturer of multiple products and uses target costing. It has been noted that?Product P currently has a target cost gap and the company wishes to close this gap.?
Which of the following may be used to close the target cost gap for product P??
Reducing the target cost gap should focus on ways of reducing the direct or variable costs?of the product. This can be achieved by using a substitute cheaper raw material, but without?affecting product quality. Reducing fixed overhead costs is not a way of reducing the gap.?Using overtime is likely to increase costs and the target cost gap. Raising the selling price?does not affect the cost gap directly, although it may lead to a reassessment of the target?cost.?
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?The following statements have been made about material price planning variances:?
(1) The publication of material price planning variances should always lead to automatic?updates of standard costs.?
(2) The causes of material price planning variances do not need to be investigated by?managers at any level in the organisation.?
Which of the above statement(s) is/are true??
?Leaf limited has had a mixed year. Its market share has improved two percentage points to?20% but the overall market had contracted by 5% in the same period.? The budgeted sales?were 504,000 units and standard contribution was $12 per unit.?
?What is the level of actual sales??
?The finance director of Paint Mixers Ltd has produced the table below showing the variance?results for the first three months of the year:?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?January? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? February? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?March?
Material price variance? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? $3,000 A? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?$2,000 A? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?$1,000 A?
Material mix variance? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?$2,000 A? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? $750 A? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?$100 F?
Material yield variance? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?$4,000 A? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?$2,000 A? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? $50F?
Which of the following interpretations of the variances analysis exercise above is NOT?correct???
?The following statements have been made in relation to the use of standard costs in rapidly?changing environments:?
(1) Variance analysis results will take into account important criteria such as customer?satisfaction or quality of production.?
(2) Achieving standards is suitable in most modern manufacturing environments.?
Which of the above statement(s) is/are true??
?The following statements have been made about planning and control as described in the?three tiers of Robert Anthony’ s decision-making hierarchy:?
(1) Strategic planning is concerned with making decisions about the efficient and?effective use of existing resources.?
(2) Operational control is about ensuring that specific tasks are carried out efficiently?and effectively.?
Which of the above statements is/are true??
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