QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Unit Cost. Answer: The average production cost per unit
◉ Continuous Improvement. Answer: Ongoing small, incremental
improvements in all parts of an organization
◉ Kaizan. Answer: short term approach to enhancing efficiency that
focuses on improving an existing process or an activity within a
process
◉ Direct Cost. Answer: a cost that can be easily and conveniently
traced to a specified cost object.
◉ Direct Labor. Answer: the labor specifically used in the creation of
a good.
◉ Direct Materials. Answer: the materials specifically used in the
creation of a good.
, ◉ Indirect Cost. Answer: a cost that cannot be easily and
conveniently traced to a specified cost object, a part of
manufacturing overhead.
◉ Manufacturing Overhead. Answer: everything that is indirectly
involved with the production of a good. not direct materials and not
direct labor
◉ Product/ Inventorial Cost. Answer: costs that are a necessary and
integral part of producing the finished product. shows up on the
balance sheet until product is sold.
◉ Period Cost. Answer: all non-manufacturing costs, deducted as an
expense in the accounting period in which they are incurred.
◉ Variable Cost. Answer: a cost that rises or falls depending on how
much is produced. they are constant.
◉ Fixed Cost. Answer: a cost that does not change, no matter how
much of a good is produced
◉ Differential Cost. Answer: A relevant costs: costs that can be
avoided when alternatives are changed.