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BUACC2613 Management Accounting - Federation University

In this course, we have focused on developing your understanding of the elements of management accounting, which provides organisations with relevant cost-related information to assist with their planning, controlling and decision-making. You will examine the process of identifying, determining, classifying, analysing and allocating costs to products and services. This assignment gives you the opportunity to demonstrate and apply your understanding of product design and costing in a practical manner.

We have acknowledged that the global business environment has been more competitive than ever before, especially in the rapid advancement of information technology and the unprecedented level of globalisation and financial market integration. To survive and prosper in such rapidly changing world, businesses must keep up the capacity to innovate products and services, and to manage resources effectively and efficiently

This assignment requires you to develop and design a product (not service) of your choice. It might be an existing product with your take on it with necessary improvement or a new product that does not exist in the market. You need to undertake R&D to determine the design, characteristics and functions of your product, calculate its upstream cost, and provide an explanation as to why you want to produce this product. Then, you need to identify and determine your product's production and downstream costs for 40,000 units manufactured. Finally, you need to determine the price of your product and how it will be marketed.

Please confirm your product on the google doc, which is available on the Moodle shell, by the end of week 7.

Product - Face Foundation for girls

Required:

1. Design your product and provide it a name and a description and visual/picture of it (this can be your own drawing or an image from the internet with your brand/logo assigned to the image). Justify your choice by explaining in details the reasons why you selected your product (i.e. is there a demand for it? will it solve any social, environmental or financial issues? etc.). What is your vision for the selected product?

2. Estimate the product's Research and Development (R&D) and Design costs (as you will be undertaking the R&D, building a prototype, testing the product. You should assign yourself an hourly wage rate based on market research and keep a record of the activities and how many hours it took you to design your product. This will determine your R&D and Design costs).

Provide detailed explanations about your R&D processes/steps and how product is manufactured.

3. Conduct a market research (i.e. search the internet, field research) to identify, estimate and determine the costs of your product's direct materials, direct labour and manufacturing overhead (fixed and variable). Clearly list and determine how much and types of materials, labour and other manufacturing resources will be required to produce one unit of your product and calculate your product's cost per unit. Explain the approach used to calculate the overhead cost per unit and clearly differentiate/list fixed and variable manufacturing overheads.

4. During March, Let's suppose that the cost of your beginning inventory was $5,000 and ending inventory equalled $5,000, and you purchased materials to produce 40,000 units of your product. Calculate the cost of direct materials purchased and used in production in March.

5. During March, the cost of your beginning work in process was $40,000, and ending was
$40,000. Calculate the cost of goods manufactured using a cost of goods manufactured statement/schedule (for 40,000 units of your product) in March.

6. During March, the cost of your beginning finished goods was $40,000 and ending finished goods equalled $40,000. Prepare a cost of goods sold statement for the month of March for 30,000 units produced and sold to customers.

7. Determine the price of your product per unit and explain in detail how you determined the price (i.e. cost base used, the pricing method).

8. Conduct a market research to identify and estimate your downstream activities and the related costs (i.e. marketing, packaging, handling, storing, distribution and so forth). Explain how you will market and distribute your product in detail.

9. Prepare an income statement (using absorption costing) for the month of March given that 50,000 units were sold. Your administrative expenses in March totalled $3,000, and the Australian company tax rate is 30%. Include all other relevant expenses for the month of March.

Attachment:- Management Accounting.rar