If you’ve been thinking about incorporating generative AI into your accounting courses but aren’t sure where to start, I have a resource for you. AI in Accounting Education: A Practical Guide for Educators and Students is a free PDF book you can use immediately in your classes. It includes 28 chapters that span financial, managerial, […]
Continue readingWould job costing or process costing be used for gummy bears produced at the US Haribo manufacturing plant?
Haribo has manufactured gummy bears since 1920. Those bears are currently made in 16 plants around the world. Starting in late 2022 or early 2023, those gummy bears will also be made in the US when Haribo finishes construction on its new plant in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. Worldwide, about 100 million gummy bears are made […]
Continue reading7 Excel projects for managerial accounting
Welcome to the spring semester! I thought I would repost this information as you are getting ready to kick off the new semester. If you teach managerial accounting, you may want to look at Dr. Karen Braun’s Excel projects for managerial accounting. She has created seven Excel projects on various topics in managerial accounting, complete […]
Continue reading7 Excel projects for your managerial accounting course
Ready or not, welcome to the fall semester! I thought I would repost this information as you are getting ready to kick off the new semester. If you teach managerial accounting, you may want to look at Dr. Karen Braun’s Excel projects for managerial accounting. She has created seven Excel projects on various topics in […]
Continue reading7 Excel projects for your managerial accounting course
Welcome to spring semester! I thought I would repost this information as you are getting ready to kick off the new semester. If you teach managerial accounting, you may want to look at Dr. Karen Braun’s Excel projects for managerial accounting. She has created seven Excel projects on various topics in managerial accounting, complete with […]
Continue readingKaren Braun’s 7 Excel projects for managerial accounting
If you teach managerial accounting, you may want to look at Dr. Karen Braun’s Excel projects for managerial accounting. She has created seven Excel projects on various topics in managerial accounting, complete with step-by-step student instructions and instructor solutions. The topics include: Job costing Cost behavior CVP analysis Process costing Budgeting Flexible budgeting Division evaluation […]
Continue readingHow would process costing work for gummy bears to be produced at the new US Haribo manufacturing plant?
Haribo has manufactured gummy bears, since 1920. Those bears are currently made in 16 plants around the world. Starting in 2020, those gummy bears will also be made in the US when Haribo opens a new plant in Wisconsin. Worldwide, about 100 million gummy bears are made by Haribo per day. The ingredients in gummy […]
Continue readingWould job costing or process costing be used by the manufacturer of the dye used to turn the Chicago River green for St. Patrick’s Day?
Since 1962, members of the Plumbers Local have been dyeing the Chicago River green in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. Similar river dyeing occurs in Tampa, Austin, and elsewhere. In 1961, the mayor of Chicago wanted to find out where raw sewage was being dumped into the Chicago River. He directed that a special green […]
Continue readingWould Wilson Sporting Goods use job costing or process costing for its footballs?
Footballs for the National Football League (NFL) are made by the Wilson Sporting Goods Company. Wilson makes about 700,000 footballs for NFL games each year, including the Super Bowl. The footballs are made at a Wilson factory in Ada, Ohio. Every Super Bowl football has been made at this small factory. The equipment used to […]
Continue readingWould Yogurt Vi use job costing or process costing in calculating the cost of a customer’s cup of frozen yogurt and toppings?
Yogurt Vi (pronounced vee) is a frozen yogurt restaurant with several locations in Ohio. Customers will select the flavor of frozen yogurt they want and fill their cup from the self-serve machine with the desired amount of the frozen yogurt. Next the customer will proceed to the toppings bar, where they can select from a […]
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