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Solutions Manual, Chapter 2
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,Solution Manual for mf mf
Introduction to Managerial Accounting 7CE Peter C. Brewer, Ray H. Garrison,
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Eric Noreen, Suresh Kalagnanam, Ganesh Vaidyanathan
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An Introduction to Managerial Accounting
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Solutions to Questions mf mf
1-1 Managerial accounting is concerned with providing information primarily to mana
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gers for their use internally in the organization for the purposes of strategy, planni
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ng, implementation and control. Financial accounting is concerned with providing
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information primarily to investors, creditors, and others outside of the organizatio
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n.
1-2 Essentially, the manager carries out three major activities in an organization: plan
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ning, implementation, and control. All three activities involve decision-
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making and use managerial accounting information. This is depicted in Exhibit 1-
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1-3 The Planning, Implementation and Control Cycle involves the following steps: (1)
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formulating plans which often includes preparing budgets, (2) overseeing day-to-
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day activities which includes organizing, directing and motivating people, resourc
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e allocation and decision making, and (3) controlling which includes providing fee
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1-4 In contrast to financial accounting, managerial accounting: (1) focuses on the ne
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eds of the manager; (2) places more emphasis on the future; (3) emphasizes rele
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vance and timeliness, rather than verifiability and precision; (4) emphasizes the s
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egments of an organization; (5) is not governed by IFRS or ASPE; and (6) is not m
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andatory.
1-5 The lean business model focuses on continuous improvement by eliminating
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waste in the organization. Companies that adopt the lean business model u
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sually implement one or more of the following management practices.
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• Just-in-
time (JIT): A production and inventory control system in which material
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s are purchased and units are produced only as needed to meet actual cu
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stomer demand. mf
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, • Total quality management (TQM): An approach to continuous impro
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vement that focuses on serving customers and uses teams of front-
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line workers to systematically identify and solve problems.
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• Process re- mf
engineering: An approach to improvement that involves completely r mf mf mf mf mf mf mf mf
edesigning business processes in order to eliminate unnecessary steps
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, reduce errors, and reduce costs.
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• Theory of constraints (TOC): A management approach that
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emphasizes the importance of managing constraints.
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1-6 Benefits
• Improves operational processes that makes the business efficient
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• It leads to reduction or elimination of waste
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• It improves profitability and reduces costs
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• It reduces the turnaround time to fulfill customer orders improving
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Limitations
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• Lean processes must be complimented with agile processes to adapt
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1-7 Pros
• Funds tied up in maintaining inventory can be used elsewhere
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• Areas previously used to store inventories are made available for other
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more productive uses mf mf
• The time required to fill an order is reduced, resulting in quicker response
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to customers and consequentially greater potential sales
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• Defect rates are reduced resulting in less waste and greater customer
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satisfaction
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Cons
• Increased number of purchase orders to buy raw materials and/or other
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• There is little room for errors and defects in products because this could t
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hrow the production facility off schedule
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• There is a high reliance and dependence on suppliers to meet delivery
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deadlines as well as supply products that have no defects and require
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1-8 Agree. Ethical behaviour is the foundation of a successful market economy. If we
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cannot trust people to act ethically in their business dealings with us, we will be i
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nclined to invest less, scrutinize more and waste money and time (scarce resourc
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es) trying to protect ourselves. Ethical standards and Codes of Conduct
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, aid the smooth running of the economy. In addition, t he lack of regulatory
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requirements (IFRS, ASPE) regarding managerial accounting makes ethical mf mf mf mf mf mf mf mf
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Solutions to Exercises mf mf
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Item Financial Accountin
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a) Preparing budgeted statements
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of income and financial position
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for the next year
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b) Analyzing t he profitability of a ne
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c) Preparing the income stateme
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nt and balance sheet
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d) Preparing a weekly performan
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ce report for t he product mana
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ger
e) Costing and pricing a new prod
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uct
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Planning Implementation Control
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new planes versus leasing t mf mf mf mf
hem
b) Estimating the cost of utilit
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ies to be incurred during t h
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e next quarter
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4 Introduction to Manage
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