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Managerial Accounting
Introduction to Managerial Accounting
Jeannie M. Folk
Ray H. Garrison
Eric Noreen

Standard Costs

Chapter Outline

  1. Standard Costs-Management by Exception
    1. Who Uses Standard Costs?
  2. Setting Standard Costs
    1. Ideal versus Practical Standards
    2. Setting Direct Materials Standards
    3. Setting Direct Labor Standards
    4. Setting Variable Manufacturing Overhead Standards
    5. Are Standards the Same as Budgets?
  3. A General Model for Variance Analysis
    1. Price and Quantity Variances
  4. Using Standard Costs-Direct Materials Variances
    1. Materials Price Variance-A Closer Look
    2. Materials Quantity Variance-A Closer Look
  5. Using Standard Costs-Direct Labor Variances
    1. Labor Rate Variance-A Closer Look
    2. Labor Efficiency Variance-A Closer Look
  6. Using Standard Costs-Variable Manufacturing Overhead Variances
    1. Manufacturing Overhead Variances-A Closer Look
  7. Variance Analysis and Management by Exception
  8. Evaluation of Controls Based on Standard Costs
    1. Advantages of Standard Costs
    2. Potential Problems with the Use of Standard Costs
  9. Balanced Scorecard
  10. Appendix 8A: General Ledger Entries to Record Variances
    1. Direct Materials Variances
    2. Direct Labor Variances
    3. Variable Manufacturing Overhead Variances
    4. Cost Flows in a Standard Cost System




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