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Following are three separate events affecting the managerial accounting systems for different companies.
Match the management concept(s) that the company is likely to adopt for the event identified.
There is some overlap in the meaning of customer orientation and total quality management and,
therefore, some responses can include more than one concept.
Event Management Concept
_______ 1. The company starts measuring inventory turnover and discontinues elaborate a. Total quality management (TQM)
inventory records. Its new focus is to pull inventory through the system. b. Just-in-time (JIT) system
c. Continuous improvement (CI)
_______ 2. The company starts reporting measures on customer complaints and product returns from customers. d. Customer orientation (CO)

_______ 3. The company starts reporting measures such as the percent of defective products
and the number of units scrapped.

The following calendar year-end information is taken from the December 31, 2005, adjusted trial balance
and other records of Plaza Company.

Advertising expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 30,750
Depreciation expense?Office equipment . . . . . . . . . 9,250
Depreciation expense?Selling equipment . . . . . . . . . 10,600
Depreciation expense?Factory equipment . . . . . . . . 35,550
Factory supervision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104,600
Factory supplies used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,350
Factory utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,000
Inventories
Raw materials, December 31, 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . 168,850
Raw materials, December 31, 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . 184,000
Goods in process, December 31, 2004 . . . . . . . . . 17,700
Goods in process, December 31, 2005 . . . . . . . . . 21,380
Finished goods, December 31, 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . 169,350
Finished goods, December 31, 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . 138,490
Direct labor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677,480
Income taxes expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235,725
Indirect labor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58,875
Miscellaneous production costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,425
Office salaries expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,000
Raw materials purchases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 927,000
Rent expense?Office space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,000
Rent expense?Selling space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,100
Rent expense?Factory building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78,800
Maintenance expense?Factory equipment . . . . . . . . 37,400
Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,527,000
Sales discounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,500
Sales salaries expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394,560

Required
1. Prepare the company's 2005 manufacturing statement.
2. Prepare the company's 2005 income statement that reports separate categories for (a) selling
expenses and (b) general and administrative expenses.

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The solution explains the matching of managerial concepts and definition and preparation of a manufacturing statement and income statement.

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Ex 18-5

1. (b) as it relates to pull system used in JIT
2. (a), (c), and (d)
3. (a) and (c) this does not include d as it is not focused on customer

Problem 18-8A
Part 1

PLAZA COMPANY
Manufacturing Statement
For Year Ended December 31, 2005
Direct materials
Raw materials inventory, December 31, 2004 $ 168,850
Raw materials purchases 927,000
Raw materials available for use 1,095,850
Less raw materials inventory, December 31, 2005 184,000
Direct materials used $ 911,850
Direct labor 677,480
Factory ...

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