Process Costing
Process costing is a sort of operation costing which is employed to determine the value of a product at each process or stage of producing process, applicable where goods produced from a series of continuous operations or procedure.
Job Costing
Job costing is adhesive costs of each and every job involved in the production processes. It is an accounting measure. It is a method which determines the cost of specific jobs, which are performed according to the consumer’s specifications. Job costing is possible only in businesses where the production is done as per the customer’s requirement. For example, some customers order to manufacture furniture as per their needs.
ABC Costing
Cost Accounting is a form of managerial accounting that helps the company in assessing the total variable cost so as to compute the cost of production. Cost accounting is generally used by the management so as to ensure better decision-making. In comparison to financial accounting, cost accounting has to follow a set standard ad can be used flexibly by the management as per their needs. The types of Cost Accounting include – Lean Accounting, Standard Costing, Marginal Costing and Activity Based Costing.
Schneider Logistics Company has built a new warehouse in Columbus, Ohio, to facilitate the consoli-
dation of freight shipments to customers in the region. George Schneider must determine how many
teams of dock workers he should hire to handle the cross-docking operations and the other warehouse
activities. Each team costs $5,000 a week in wages and overhead. Extra capacity can be subcontracted at
a cost of $8,000 a team per week. Each team, whether in-house or subcontracted, can satisfy 200 labor
hours of work a week. The labor hour requirements for the new facility are uncertain. Management has
estimated the following probabilities for the requirements:
How many teams should Schneider hire?
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