Fundamentals of Cost Accounting, 7th Edition
by Lanen & Maher Chapters 1 - 18
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INTRODUCTIONzANDzOVERVIEW
ChapterzOne:zCostzAccounting:zInformationzforzDecisionzMaking
ChapterzTwo:zCostzConceptszandzBehavior
COSTzANALYSISzANDzESTIMATION
ChapterzThree:zFundamentalszofzCost-Volume-ProfitzAnalysis
ChapterzFour:zFundamentalszofzCostzAnalysiszforzDecisionzMaking
ChapterzFive:zCostzEstimation
COSTzMANAGEMENTzSYSTEMS
ChapterzSix:zFundamentalszofzProductzandzServicezCosting
ChapterzSeven:zJobzCosting
ChapterzEight:zProcesszCosting
ChapterzNine:zActivity-BasedzCosting
ChapterzTen:zFundamentalszofzCostzManagement
ChapterzEleven:zServicezDepartmentzandzJointzCostzAllocation
MANAGEMENTzCONTROLzSYSTEMS
ChapterzTwelve:zFundamentalszofzManagementzControlzSystems
ChapterzThirteen:zPlanningzandzBudgeting
ChapterzFourteen:zBusinesszUnitzPerformancezMeasurement
ChapterzFifteen:zTransferzPricing
ChapterzSixteen:zFundamentalszofzVariancezAnalysis
ChapterzSeventeen:zAdditionalzTopicszinzVariancezAnalysis
ChapterzEighteen:zPerformancezMeasurementztozSupportzBusinesszStrategy z
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, 3) Travon'szLimozServicezprovidesztransportationzserviceszinzandzaroundzBentonville
.zItszprofitszhavezbeenzdeclining,zandzmanagementziszplanningztozaddzazpackagezdelivery
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OtherzCosts 60,000
Manager’szSalary 120,000
TotalzCosts 1,020,000
OperatingzProfitz(Loss) $z(60,000)
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