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ADVANTAGES OF COST ACCOUNTING . . . . . . . . . .
ACTIVITY DETAILS . . . . . . . . . . .
ACTIVITY OBSERVATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . .
KEY LEARNINGS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ACTIVITY DETAILS . . . . . . . . . . .
ACTIVITY OBSERVATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Advantages of Cost Accounting

1. Cost accounting can lead to significant savings.
The potential to lower costs and enhance cost-efficiency without reducing production is perhaps the most significant benefit of introducing cost accounting. It can assist uncover waste elements like wasted time or excess resources by streamlining procedures. You'll be able to save money and increase the efficiency of your operations by doing so.
2. An effective budget plan is built on the foundation of cost accounting.
Budgeting is the most important component of resource planning, and cost accounting is the bedrock of any effective budget. It can serve as a framework for calculating the true costs of all business operations, each department's costs, operating costs, and production costs. These can be combined to provide accurate information for company's budgeting.
3. Cost accounting can help you make better decisions.
You can comprehensively assess all tactics within your organisation using cost accounting, including cost-volume-profit analysis, investment appraisals, level of production, and product profitability. This can help with decision-making since precise assessments of all financial aspects will drive financial decisions. Making a decision on whether to manufacture or buy from a third party
Costing data assists management in determining if in-house manufacture of a product is lucrative or whether it is more cost effective to purchase the product from a third party. As a result, management can avoid incurring significant losses as a result of poor decisions.
The potential to lower costs and enhance cost-efficiency without reducing production is perhaps the most significant benefit of introducing cost accounting. It can assist uncover waste elements like wasted time or excess resources by streamlining procedures. You'll be able to save money and increase the efficiency of your operations by doing so.
2. An effective budget plan is built on the foundation of cost accounting.
Budgeting is the most important component of resource planning, and cost accounting is the bedrock of any effective budget. It can serve as a framework for calculating the true costs of all business operations, each department's costs, operating costs, and production costs. These can be combined to provide accurate information for company's budgeting.
3. Cost accounting can help you make better decisions.
You can comprehensively assess all tactics within your organisation using cost accounting, including cost-volume-profit analysis, investment appraisals, level of production, and product profitability. This can help with decision-making since precise assessments of all financial aspects will drive financial decisions. Making a decision on whether to manufacture or buy from a third party
Costing data assists management in determining if in-house manufacture of a product is lucrative or whether it is more cost effective to purchase the product from a third party. As a result, management can avoid incurring significant losses as a result of poor decisions.

Advantages of Cost Accounting

4. Cost classification and subdivision
Cost accounting allows us to describe costs by department, process, product, activity, and service, simply add up any organization's net profit or loss figures without any cost classification or sub-division.
5. Determine an appropriate selling price
In difficult marketing conditions or during a slump, costing can assist in determining the best selling price for a product, one that is neither too high nor too cheap.
6. A fair comparison
Cost accounting allows us to compare products and services within and outside of an organization to market-available products and services. It also aids in achieving the lowest product cost while maintaining the highest level of operational efficiency.
Cost accounting allows us to describe costs by department, process, product, activity, and service, simply add up any organization's net profit or loss figures without any cost classification or sub-division.
5. Determine an appropriate selling price
In difficult marketing conditions or during a slump, costing can assist in determining the best selling price for a product, one that is neither too high nor too cheap.
6. A fair comparison
Cost accounting allows us to compare products and services within and outside of an organization to market-available products and services. It also aids in achieving the lowest product cost while maintaining the highest level of operational efficiency.

Banana Shake (Activity Details)
AIM: To Analyse both Eatery’s and Homemade Food/Beverage and to make a report out of it.
Recording cost spending of direct and indirect materials of both of the ways in a cost sheet and to find out which is the best way in terms of costing and expenses.
EATING JOINT: THE LONDON SHAKES
BEVERAGE CHOSEN: SPECIAL BANANA MILKSHAKE
HOW I MADE IT IN HOME:
· Bought Ripe Bananas
· Bought Sugar, ice cream, milk, dry fruits, chocolate syrup and all other necessary ingredients for the shake for the homemade one.
· Went to Market and bought readymade special Banana Shake.
· Made Banana Shake at home with the same ingredients.
· Prepared cost sheet and analysed both the ways.
· Made report and e-book on the basis of both the outcomes.
· Analysed home and Eatery’s expenses by doing all the activities mentioned above.
Recording cost spending of direct and indirect materials of both of the ways in a cost sheet and to find out which is the best way in terms of costing and expenses.
EATING JOINT: THE LONDON SHAKES
BEVERAGE CHOSEN: SPECIAL BANANA MILKSHAKE
HOW I MADE IT IN HOME:
· Bought Ripe Bananas
· Bought Sugar, ice cream, milk, dry fruits, chocolate syrup and all other necessary ingredients for the shake for the homemade one.
· Went to Market and bought readymade special Banana Shake.
· Made Banana Shake at home with the same ingredients.
· Prepared cost sheet and analysed both the ways.
· Made report and e-book on the basis of both the outcomes.
· Analysed home and Eatery’s expenses by doing all the activities mentioned above.


Ingredients
200 ML MILK
2 TBS SUGAR
2 BANANAS
20 GMS DRY FRUITS
10 GMS CHOCOLATE SYRUP
1 CUP VANILLA ICE CREAM
2 TBS SUGAR
2 BANANAS
20 GMS DRY FRUITS
10 GMS CHOCOLATE SYRUP
1 CUP VANILLA ICE CREAM