PART 1
Yummy-Pop Ltd makes lollipops in two sizes, large and giant. The company sells these lollipops to convenience stores, fairs, schools for fundraisers, and in bulk on the Internet.
Summer is approaching and Yummy-Pop is preparing its budget for the month of December 2013. The lollipops are hand-made, mostly out of sugar and attached to wooden sticks. Expected sales are based on past experience.
Other information for the month of December follows:
Input prices
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Direct materials
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Sugar
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$0.50 per kilogram (kg)
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Sticks
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$0.30 each
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Direct manufacturing labour
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$8 per direct manufacturing labour-hour
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Input quantities per unit of output
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Direct materials
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Large
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Giant
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Sugar
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0.25 kg
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0.5 kg
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Sticks
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1
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1
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Direct manufacturing labour-hours (DMLH)
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0.2 hour
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0.25 hour
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Set-up hours per batch
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0.08 hour
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0.09 hour
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Inventory information, direct materials
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Sugar
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Sticks
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Beginning inventory
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125 kg
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350
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Target ending inventory
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240 kg
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480
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Cost of beginning inventory
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$64
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$105
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Yummy-Pop accounts for direct materials using a FIFO cost flow assumption.
Sales and inventory information, finished goods
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Large
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Giant
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Expected sales in units
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3000
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1800
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Selling price
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$3
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$4
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Target ending inventory in units
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300
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180
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Beginning inventory in units
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200
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150
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Beginning inventory in dollars
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$500
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$474
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Yummy-Pop uses a FIFO cost flow assumption for finished goods inventory.
All the lollipops are made in batches of 10. Yummy-Pop incurs manufacturing overhead costs, and marketing and general administration costs, but customers pay for shipping. Other than manufacturing labour costs, monthly processing costs are very small.
Yummy-Pop uses activity-based costing and has classified all overhead costs for the month of December as shown in the following chart:
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Cost type
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Denominator activity
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Rate
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Manufacturing:
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Set-up
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Set-up hours
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$20 per set-up hr
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Processing
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Direct manufacturing labour-hours (DMLH)
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$1.70 per DMLH
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Non-manufacturing:
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Marketing and general administration
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Sales revenue
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10%
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Required:
Prepare each of the following for December 2013:
a. Revenues budget
b. Production budget in units
c. Direct material usage budget and direct material purchases budget
d. Direct manufacturing labour cost budget
e. Manufacturing overhead cost budgets for processing and set-up activities
f. Budgeted unit cost of ending finished goods inventory and ending inventories budget
g. Budgeted income statement.
PART 2
Go to: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=321520
http://www.bbrt.org/beyond-budgeting/bb-problem.html
"Budgeting Gamesmanship" - posted on your site.
"Why Incentive Plans Cannot Work"-posted on your site.
Critically review the above. Do you agree, partly agree or disagree with the issues raised in the above? Discuss your reason (s) for doing so. You need to support your viewpoint with carefully chosen and authoritative evidence.
- BUACC2613 - Management Accounting 1
- Semester 1, 2013
- Group Assignment
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Bases of assessment
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HD P F
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Technical component - accuracy in calculations.
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Essay: evidence of research
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Essay: a demonstration of critical evaluation of the issues.
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Essay format: As per The General Guide for the Presentation of Academic Work
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Expression - clarity, style (formal and academic), coherence in writing, grammar, punctuation, spellings and sentence structure.
Expression of your view (and not a catalogue of quotes/ others' ideas)
A logical flow of argument at both the paragraph level and the overall text level.
Use of supporting arguments.
Use of literature to support the argument.
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Referencing procedure (within the text, and at the end of the text).
Appropriately styled and punctuated bibliography.
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Overall Presentation - including cover page, line spacing, page numbering.
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