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Introduction to Cost
Accounting
Cost Accounting:
Foundations and Evolutions, 9e
Kinney ● Raiborn
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Learning Objectives
What are the relationships among financial, management, and cost
accounting?
What are the sources of authoritative pronouncements for the practice
of cost accounting?
What are the sources of ethical standards for cost accountants?
What is a mission statement, and why is it important to organizational
strategy?
What must accountants understand about an organization’s structure
and business environment in order to perform effectively in that
organization?
What is a value chain, and what are the major value chain functions?
How is a balanced scorecard used to implement an organization’s
strategy?
What are the sources of ethical standards for cost accountants?
Why is ethical behavior so important in organizations?
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Accountants
Financial accountants provide information to external
parties
Investors
Creditors
Regulators
Donors
Managerial accountants provide information to internal
users
Managers
Cost accountants provide information to both internal and
external users
Product cost information
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Types of Accounting
Financial Management
Meet external Meet internal
information needs information needs
Comply with GAAP Does not have to
comply with GAAP
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Financial versus Managerial
Financial Managerial
External focus Internal focus
Whole organization Segments or divisions
Historical Current/projected
Quantitative Quantitative/qualitative
Monetary Monetary and nonmonetary
Verifiable Timely/reasonable estimate
GAAP Benefits exceed costs
Formal recordkeeping Formal and informal
recordkeeping
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Product Cost Information
Financial Management
Public Company Institute of
Accounting Oversight Management
Board (PCAOB) Accountants (IMA)
Securities and Society of Management
Exchange Commission Accountants of Canada
(SEC) Cost Accounting
Financial Accounting Standards Board
Standards Board (CASB)
(FASB)
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Management Accounting
Organizations
IMA
Statements on Management Accounting
(not legally binding)
Society of Management Accountants of
Canada
Management Accounting Guidelines
(not legally binding)
Cost Accounting Standards Board (CASB)
Government contracting standards
(legally binding)
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Organizational Strategy
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Organizational Strategy
1. Develop mission statement
2. Implement strategy
Develop,
Establish implement, and
appropriate monitor
measures of necessary
accomplishment information
systems
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Five Factors in Organizational
Strategy
Core competencies
Organizational structure
Management style and organizational culture
Organizational constraints
Environmental constraints
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Organizational Strategies
Core competency—critical function or
activity providing a competitive advantage
Cost leadership strategy—undercut
competitor prices
Product differentiation strategy—superior
quality products or unique services sold at
a premium
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Strategy Questions
What are the most important factors Does your organization have the
in your organization’s operating appropriate resources (financial,
environment? personnel, and technological) to
Economy, population demographics, fulfill its vision?
competitors, suppliers, resource
availability, innovation, environment Have appropriate performance
What are your organization’s core measurements been established to
competencies? determine if progress is being made
Have you organization’s core towards your organization’s mission
competencies become competitive and vision?
advantages? Are operating conditions
What is your organizations current continuously monitored to detect
position relative to your competitors? changes so that your organization
What are your customers’ purchase can adapt with flexibility and
or selection criteria? sensitivity, especially to new trends
What is the organizational vision in technology?
identified by your management,
shareholders, and other internal and
external stakeholders?
Is the vision supported by identifiable goals
and objectives?
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Organizational Structure
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Organizational Constraints
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Value Chain
A set of value-adding functions and
processes that converts inputs into
products or services
Research and Marketing
Development Distribution
Product Design Customer Service
Supply
Production
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Balanced Scorecard
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Balanced Scorecard Perspectives
Learning and Growth
Use the organization’s intellectual capital to adapt to changing
customer needs or to influence new customers’ needs and
expectations through product or service innovations
Internal Business
Things to do well to meet customer needs and expectations
Customer Value
How well the organization is doing relative to important
customer criteria
Financial
Address stockholders/stakeholders concerns about profitability
and organizational growth
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Balanced Scorecard Measures
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Professional Ethics
Earnings management—deliberate
accounting adjustments to “hit” profit targets
Often adjustments involve cost accounting
Product costs
Inventory valuations
Stretching legitimate accounting techniques
Outright fraud
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Potential Ethical Issues
Earnings management
Low cost production at any cost
Whistle-blower retaliation
Fixing prices
Bribery and other corruption
Hiding managerial acts
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Ethics and Legislation
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Ethics in Multinationals
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Questions
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