Cost Accounting
(COST-ACCOUNTS.AE1)/ISBN:978-1-64459-470-4
Explore Cost Accounting essentials in a user-friendly format with interactive lessons and hands-on labs. Uncover crucial accounting concepts at your own pace, making financial data more accessible for sound decision-making. Master production cost management and gain valuable insights across various accounting disciplines. No more overwhelm, just practical knowledge.
Lessons
22+ Lessons | 36+ Exercises | 83+ Quizzes | 105+ Flashcards | 105+ Glossary of terms
Hands-On Labs
30+ LiveLab | 17+ Video tutorials | 29+ Minutes
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Here's what you will learn
Download Course OutlineLessons 1: Introduction
- About This Course
- False Assumptions
- Icons Used in This Course
- Where to Go from Here
Lessons 2: So You Want to Know about Cost Accounting
- Comparing Accounting Methods
- Using Cost Accounting to Your Advantage
Lessons 3: Brushing Up on Cost Accounting Basics
- Understanding the Big Four Terms
- Covering Costs in Different Industries
- Why Are You Spending? Cost Drivers
- Following the Rules of the Cost Accounting Road
Lessons 4: Using Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis to Plan Your Business Results
- Understanding How Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis Works
- Using Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis to Make Savvy Business Decisions
- The Tax Man Cometh, the Profits Goeth
Lessons 5: Estimating Costs with Job Costing
- Understanding How Job Costing Works
- Taking a Closer Look at Indirect Costs using Normal Costing
- Following the Flow of Costs through a Manufacturing System
Lessons 6: More Activity, More Cost: Activity-Based Costing
- Avoiding the Slippery Peanut Butter Costing Slope
- Designing an Activity-Based Costing System
- Using Activity-Based Costing to Compute Total Cost, Profit, and Sale Price
- Implementing ABC Costing for a Business Pivot
- Using ABC Costing for a New Business Model
Lessons 7: What’s the Plan, Stan? Budgeting for a Better Bottom Line
- Brushing Up on Budgeting Basics
- Planning How to Plan: Factors That Impact Your Budgeting Process
- The Nuts and Bolts (and Washers) of Budgeting
- Budgeting with Cash Accounting or Accrual Accounting
- Budgeting to Produce the Income Statement and Balance Sheet
Lessons 8: Constant Change: Variance Analysis
- Variance Analysis and Budgeting
- Analyzing in Material Price and Efficiency Variances
- Using Your Findings to Make Decisions
Lessons 9: Focusing on Overhead Costs
- Using Cost Allocation to Minimize Overhead
- Paying for the Security Guard: Fixed Overhead Costs
- Those Vexing Variable Manufacturing Costs
Lessons 10: What’s on the Shelf? Inventory Costing
- Working with Inventoriable Costs
- Costing Methods for Inventory
- Using Variable and Absorption Costing to Allocate Fixed Manufacturing Costs
- Relating Capacity Issues to Inventory
Lessons 11: Cost Drivers and Cost Estimation Methods
- Working with Cost Behavior
- Considering Cost Estimation Methods
- Exploring Nonlinear Cost Functions
- Assessing the Impact of Learning Curves
- Considering how AI and Data Analytics Impact Learning Curves
Lessons 12: Making Smart Business Decisions with Relevant Information
- Navigating the Geography of Relevance
- Special Orders Don’t Upset Us, Do They?
- Deciding between Outsourcing and In-house Production
- Maximizing Profit When Capacity Is Limited
Lessons 13: Making Smart Pricing Decisions: Figuring Total Costs
- Understanding Influences on Prices
- Pricing for Profits Down the Road
- Arriving at a Reasonable Profit
Lessons 14: Analysis Methods to Improve Profitability
- Processing Cost Allocation
- Implementing Cost Allocation
- Going Over Sales Mix and Sales Quantity Variances
Lessons 15: Behind the Scenes: Accounting for Support Costs and Common Costs
- Not Everyone Generates Revenue: Support Costs
- Going Over Variance Analysis and Department Costs
- Focusing on Common Costs
- Making a Commitment: Contracts
Lessons 16: Joint Costs, Separable Costs, and Using Up the Leftovers
- Working with Joint Costs
- Continuing Production: Computing Separable Costs After Splitoff
- Choosing a Joint Cost Allocation Method
- Holding a Garage Sale: Making the Most of Byproducts
Lessons 17: Tracing Similar Products with Process Costing
- Process Costing: Presenting the Basic Approach
- Sitting on the Factory Floor: Dealing with Work in Process
- Using Equivalent Units to Compare Apples to Apples
- Using the Weighted Average Method for Process Costing
- Introducing the First In, First Out Method of Process Costing
- Comparing Processing Costing Methods
Lessons 18: What a Waste! Getting the Most from Spoilage, Scrap, and Reworked Products
- Accounting for Waste
- Applying Process Costing Methods to Spoilage
- Job Costing for Spoilage, Reworked Products, and Scrap
Lessons 19: Making Smart Ordering Decisions
- Considering the Costs of Inventory
- Calculating Inventory Quantity with the Economic Order Quantity Formula
- Figuring a Favorable Reorder Point
- Evaluating Prediction Error
- Practicing Just-In-Time Purchasing
- SCM and Customer Demand Issues
Lessons 20: Quality: Building a Better Mousetrap
- Considering Quality Benefits and Costs
- Compiling a Cost of Quality Report
- Putting Quality Practices in Place
- Customer Satisfaction: Measuring and Improving It
- Doing More in Less Time
- Eliminating the Constraint of the Bottleneck
Lessons 21: Ten Common Costing Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
- Pricing a Product Incorrectly
- Listing Fixed Costs As Variable Costs
- Labeling Period Costs As Product Costs
- Misusing Target Net Income
- Forgetting About Taxes
- Assigning Costs to the Wrong Product
- Not Reviewing Variances Correctly
- Redlining: Pushing Production Activity Above Relevant Range
- Ignoring the Timing of Costs
- Not Implementing Activity-Based Costing
Lessons 22: Ten Ways to Increase Profits Using Costing
- Selling More Of The Right Products
- Implementing Sales Mix Analysis to Increase Total Profits
- Building a Higher Margin of Safety
- Deciding How Much You Need: Production and Scheduling Issues
- Who Does What: Handling Costs and Employee Issues
- Reducing and Managing Scrap
- Moving It off the Shelf: Inventory Issues
- Effectively Taking Special Orders
- Making Accurate Cost Allocations
- Addressing the Issue of Spoilage
Hands-on LAB Activities
Using Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis to Plan Your Business Results
- Understanding the Contribution Margin and the Breakeven Point
- Calculating the Breakeven Point
- Calculating the Contribution Margin
- Calculating Pre-tax Dollars Needed for Purchase
Estimating Costs with Job Costing
- Calculating the Direct Material Cost
- Calculating Job Costs
More Activity, More Cost: Activity-Based Costing
- Calculating the Annual Budgeted Indirect Cost
What’s the Plan, Stan? Budgeting for a Better Bottom Line
- Understanding a Cash Flow Statement
- Understanding the Income Statement
- Understanding a Balance Sheet
Constant Change: Variance Analysis
- Calculating the Price Variance
- Calculating the Material Price Variance
Focusing on Overhead Costs
- Understanding Overhead Costs
- Calculating the Actual Variable Manufacturing Overhead Cost
What’s on the Shelf? Inventory Costing
- Costing Inventory Using the LIFO Method
- Costing Inventory Using the FIFO Method
- Understanding Variable and Absorption Costing
- Calculating Variable and Absorption Costing
- Calculating the Practical Capacity
Cost Drivers and Cost Estimation Methods
- Calculating the Estimated Total Cost
Making Smart Business Decisions with Relevant Information
- Deciding the Carrying Cost
Making Smart Pricing Decisions: Figuring Total Costs
- Calculating the Target Cost
Analysis Methods to Improve Profitability
- Calculating the Residential Division Interest Cost
Behind the Scenes: Accounting for Support Costs and Common Costs
- Calculating the Budgeted Cost Pool
- Calculating the Single Rate Budgeted Cost Allocation Rate
Joint Costs, Separable Costs, and Using Up the Leftovers
- Calculating the Net Realizable Value
Tracing Similar Products with Process Costing
- Calculating the Cost Per Equivalent Unit
What a Waste! Getting the Most from Spoilage, Scrap, and Reworked Products
- Calculating the Equivalent Units
Making Smart Ordering Decisions
- Calculating the Relevant Total Cost
Quality: Building a Better Mousetrap
- Calculate the Average Waiting Time