Fundamentals of Cost Accounting, 7th Edition
by Lanen & Maher Chapters 1 - 18
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INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW id id
Chapter One: Cost Accounting: Information for Decision Making
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Chapter Two: Cost Concepts and Behavior
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COST ANALYSIS AND ESTIMATION
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Chapter Three: Fundamentals of Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis
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Chapter Four: Fundamentals of Cost Analysis for Decision Making
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Chapter Five: Cost Estimation
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COST MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
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Chapter Six: Fundamentals of Product and Service Costing
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Chapter Seven: Job Costing
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Chapter Eight: Process Costing
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Chapter Nine: Activity-Based Costing
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Chapter Ten: Fundamentals of Cost Management
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Chapter Eleven: Service Department and Joint Cost Allocation
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MANAGEMENT CONTROL SYSTEMS id id
Chapter Twelve: Fundamentals of Management Control Systems
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Chapter Thirteen: Planning and Budgeting
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Chapter Fourteen: Business Unit Performance Measurement
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Chapter Fifteen: Transfer Pricing
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Chapter Sixteen: Fundamentals of Variance Analysis
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Chapter Seventeen: Additional Topics in Variance Analysis
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Chapter Eighteen: Performance Measurement to Support Business Strategy
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1) Carley Incorporated incurs many types of costs in itsoperations. Placethenumber of the appro
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priate stage in the value chain in Column 2 in the blank next to each cost in Column 1.
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urred in its operations. Place the number of the appropriate stage in the value chain in Column 2 in the
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, 3) Travon's Limo Service provides transportation services in and around Bentonville. Its profits h
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ave been declining, and management is planning to add a package delivery service that is expected to i
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ncrease revenue by $275,000 per year. The total cost to lease additional delivery vehicles from the loca
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l dealer is $60,000 per year. The present manager will continue to superviseall services. However, labo
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r and utilities costswill increaseby 40% and rent andother costs will increase by 15% when the package
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delivery service is added. id id id
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a. Preparea report of the differential costs and revenues if the delivery service is added.
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b. Should management start up the delivery service? Explain your answer.
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