BUS 630 WEEK 3 ASSIGNMENT
Week 3 – Assignment
Glaser Health Products
Complete: Case 5A (Glaser Health Products) Preview the document In this case, management needs assistance in evaluating and classifying costs identified within Glaser Health Products in order to implement an activity-based costing system. Please address Questions 1 through 6 at the end of the case. Based on the case questions, you are required to provide a two to four double-spaced written report providing management with the necessary guidance in implementing an activity-based costing system. The written report should be properly formatted according to APA guidelines and demonstrate research and critical thinking skills. Explanations and recommendations should be supported by at least 3 scholarly sources from the Ashford Library or other external sources, excluding the textbook.
For Questions 1 through 3, create a chart to classify and identify a cost driver for each of the costs provided in the text. The chart should be included as an appendix to the written report. Explanations of the classifications and identifications within the chart should be included within the written report, supported by references to the appendix.
Questions 4 through 6 should be addressed in fully developed explanations/instructions as part of your written report. The written analysis should be supported by at least three scholarly sources, excluding the textbook.
Week 3 Written Assignment should:
· Demonstrate graduate level work including appropriate research and critical thinking skills.
· Be presented as a written analysis (not a question/answer format).
· Incorporate case questions into the overall analysis.
· Follow APA formatting guidelines including title page, reference page and in-text citations.
· Consists of two to four double-spaced pages of content.
· Provide at least three scholarly sources, excluding the textbook.
Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.) for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.
Required Resource
Text
Schneider, A. (2017). Managerial Accounting: Decision making for the service and manufacturing sectors (2nd ed.) [Electronic version]. Retrieved from https://content.ashford.edu/
· Chapter 5: Joint Cost Allocation and Variable Costing
· Chapter 8: Cost Control Through Standard Costs
Recommended Resource
Multimedia
Crosson, S. (2007). PVA ABC JIT 4 ABC example (Links to an external site.) [Video File]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyH4l3VvOCU
Week 3 HW Guidance
Ruizhen Hardin
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Everyone,
For the Week 3 Written Assignment, you are asked to classify the cost categories identified by Glaser Health Products management. The chart below is a sample classification for several items and I hope they give you some idea of the expected outcome for this assignment.
As for questions regarding tracing costs to different levels as well as preliminary and primary costs, we can get some idea from Figure 4.4. Please review Figure 4.4 and the discussions around Figure 4.4 and present your own responses to the questions.
If you have any questions, please let me know. Thanks for the hard work!
Instructor Hardin
Cost Object
Divisions
Activities
Cost Driver
Depreciation on factory equipment
O
F
Machine hours
Depreciation on office equipment
A
F
Years
Depreciation of factory building
O
F
Years
Advertising manager’s salary
S
P
Units sold
Divisions: (O)perations, (S)ales, or (A)dministrative
Activities: (U)nit-level Activities, (B)atch-level activities, (P)roduct-level activities, or (F)acility-level activities
