Alternative Costing Methods
The text presents job and processing costing systems as virtual polar extremes, there are many situations where it may be best for a company to use a hybrid system that combines attributes of both systems. Describe such a situation and discuss how the hybrid system may be better than either pure job or pure process systems.
Think Twice
Assume you own a business that makes two complementary products for which you allocated manufacturing overhead proportionally. A competitor is trying to undercut your price for one of the products. How might ABC costing help you better compete with this pending threat?
Activity Base Costing-
How do managers cost products or services using ABC systems?
When should managers consider using an ABC costing system? How should they decide to adopt this method?
Alternative Costing Methods
I would like you all to select a costing method: process, job, or activity based.
Describe the nature of your chosen method. What types of organizations should choose that method? How is this method different from the costing methods you did not choose?
I have implemented a job costing system in my company. If you were my corporate controller, how would you implement a job-costing system?
Why is process costing a better costing method for certain industries? What would happen if they used a job costing system?
Can we explain three major source documents and how they are used in job costing systems? Why are these source documents needed?