Below are links to a crossword puzzle to review job costing in managerial accounting. Both links are to the same puzzle, but one has a solution enabled and the other does not. Job costing crossword puzzle: Share this link with your students to have them work on the puzzle without access to the solution. Job […]
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Would job costing or process costing be used for gummy bears produced at the US Haribo manufacturing plant?
September 27, 2022 
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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 readingWould sweetFrog use job costing or process costing in calculating the cost of a customer’s cup of frozen yogurt and toppings?
September 6, 2022 8 Comments
sweetFrog is a frozen yogurt restaurant franchise with over 300 locations in the United States and several more international locations. Customers 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 […]
Continue readingA job cost mini-dashboard for a quick data analytics exercise
April 13, 2022 5 Comments
Looking for a quick data analytics exercise for introductory managerial accounting? You can give your students the link for this job cost analysis dashboard and then ask a series of questions. There is no software for students to install; the dashboard is hosted on Tableau Public and can be accessed by anyone with the link […]
Continue reading7 Excel projects for your managerial accounting course
January 5, 2018 0 Comments
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
August 23, 2017 0 Comments
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 readingWould Wilson Sporting Goods use job costing or process costing for its footballs?
February 7, 2017 2 Comments
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?
June 23, 2016 0 Comments
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 […]
Continue readingWould a Pizza Studio franchisee need to use job-costing or process costing for its made-to-order pizzas?
February 20, 2015 0 Comments
Pizza Studio is a relatively new pizza chain that takes the made-to-order model used by Chipotle and Subway and applies it to pizzas. At a counter, customers order their pizzas with exactly the crust, sauce, cheese, and toppings they want – and then watch as the pizza travels through a conveyor-belt oven, being blasted with […]
Continue readingWould R.S. Owens, the manufacturer of Oscar statues, use job costing or process costing?
March 21, 2014 0 Comments
The Academy Awards is an annual American awards ceremony honoring achievements in the film industry. Winners receive a statue officially named the “Academy Award of Merit.” However, these statues are much better known by the nickname of “Oscars.” Each Oscar statue weighs 8.5 pounds and takes three to four weeks to manufacture. The statues have […]
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