This resource presents the key accounting concepts that managers must know in order to make informed decisions. The fourth edition includes expanded Incremental Measurement and You Get What You Measure sections in each chapter. These hallmark features help them focus on real issues. New demo problems have been added as well to show how the concepts are applied. The end-of-chapter problems and Links to Practice sections have been revised and updated to connect the techniques to the business world. Case studies also enable managers to gain critical and applied thinking skills that are especially important in today's competitive environment.
CHAPTER 1 MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING IN THE INFORMATION AGE. Goal Of Managerial Accounting. Cost Terms Used In Discussing Planning, Control, And Decision Making. Two Key Ideas In Managerial Accounting. The Information Age And Managerial Accounting. Ethical Considerations In Managerial Decision Making. The Controller As The Top Management Accountant. Summary Of Learning Objectives. Appendix IMA Statement Of Ethical Professional Practice. CHAPTER 2 JOB-ORDER COSTING FOR MANUFACTURING AND SERVICE COMPANIES. Cost Classifications For Manufacturing Firms. Product Cost Information In Financial Reporting And Decision Making. Balance Sheet Presentation Of Product Costs. Flow Of Product Costs In Accounts. Income Statement Presentation Of Product Costs. Types Of Costing Systems. Overview Of Job Costs And Financial Statement Accounts. Job-Order Costing System. Eastlake Revisited: Using Job Cost Information. Relation Between The Costs Of Jobs And The Flow Of Costs In Work In Process, Finished Goods, And Cost Of Goods Sold. Allocating Overhead To Jobs: A Closer Look. Job-Order Costing For Service Companies. Modern Manufacturing Practices And Product Costing Systems. Summary Of Learning Objectives. CHAPTER 3 PROCESS COSTING. Difference Between Job-Order And Process Costing Systems. Product And Cost Flows. Calculating Unit Cost. Calculating And Applying Cost Per Equivalent Unit: Mixing Department Example. Production Cost Report. Basic Steps In Process Costing: A Summary. Kent Chemical Revisited: Answering Stacy's Question. Dealing With Transferred-In Cost: Packaging Department Example. Process Costing And Incremental Analysis. "You Get What You Measure!" And Manufacturing Processes. Summary Of Learning Objectives. CHAPTER 4 COST-VOLUME-PROFIT ANALYSIS. Common Cost Behavior Patterns. Cost Estimation Methods. Multiproduct Analysis. Assumptions In CVP Analysis. Codeconnect Example Revisited: Answering Mary's Questions. Operating Leverage. Constraints. Summary Of Learning Objectives. Appendix Using Regression In Excel(r) To Estimate Fixed And Variable Costs. CHAPTER 5 VARIABLE COSTING. Full (Absorption) And Variable Costing. Effects Of Production On Income For Full Versus Variable Costing: The Clausentube Example. Benefits Of Variable Costing For Internal Reporting. Summary Of Learning Objectives. CHAPTER 6 COST ALLOCATION AND ACTIVITY-BASED COSTING. Purposes Of Cost Allocation. Process Of Cost Allocation. Allocating Service Department Costs. Problems With Cost Allocation. Activity-Based Costing. Activity-Based Management. Remember-You Get What You Measure! Summary Of Learning Objectives. Appendix Activity Based Management. Conclusion. CHAPTER 7 THE USE OF COST INFORMATION IN MANAGEMENT DECISION MAKING. Incremental Analysis. Analysis Of Decisions Faced By Managers. Decisions Involving Joint Costs. Qualitative Considerations In Decision Analysis. Summary Of Learning Objectives. Appendix The Theory Of Constraints. The Five-Step Process Of TOC. Implications Of Toc For Inspections, Batch Sizes, And Across-The-Board Cuts. You Get What You Measure And TOC. CHAPTER 8 PRICING DECISIONS, ANALYZING CUSTOMER PROFITABILITY, AND ACTIVITY-BASED PRICING. The Profit-Maximizing Price. Pricing Special Orders. Cost-Plus Pricing. Target Costing. Analyzing Customer Profitability: Revisiting The Priced Right Office Supplies Case. Customer Profitability And Performance Measures. Activity-Based Pricing. Summary Of Learning Objectives. CHAPTER 9 CAPITAL BUDGETING AND OTHER LONG-RUN DECISIONS. Capital Budgeting Decisions. Evaluating Investment Opportunities: Time Value Of Money Approaches. Considering "Soft" Benefits In Investment Decisions. Estimating The Required Rate Of Return. Additional Cash Flow Considerations. Other Long-Run Decisions. Simplified Approaches To Capital Budgeting. Conflict Between Performance Evaluatio
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