cost accounting discussions

post 1

• develop an argument supporting the use of flexible-budget variance analysis to control the costs of activity areas in ABC systems. Evaluate the differences in the application of the variances in the nonmanufacturing and service industries with manufacturing.
• Evaluate the efficacy of overhead cost variances in the nonmanufacturing and service industries on capacity planning and profitability.

post 2 

• Justify the method of writing off the production-volume variance to the cost of goods sold, as compared to allocating the variance to work-in-process and finished goods inventories.
• Evaluate the limitations that the production-volume variance has on capacity planning decisions by management, indicating how the impact of such limitations may be minimized.