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throughput accounting

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  • October 25, 2017 at 11:27 am #413142
    adarsh1997
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    The following information is available for a single product:
    Units produced 500
    Time taken 200 hours
    Maximum time available 200 hours
    Materials purchased 1,000 kg costing $3,000
    Materials used 800 kg
    Labour costs $2,000
    Overheads $1,500
    Sales $9,000.

    What is the throughput accounting ratio for this product?

    1. The answer is 1.70
    2. Material purchased rather than material used has been used to calculate throughput.
    – Could you explain why?

    October 25, 2017 at 4:20 pm #413184
    John Moffat
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    Because we should use the material purchased. (Throughput does assume no inventories of material are held and so in a ‘perfect world’ the material used and purchased would be the same anyway)

    However it is a minor point and unlikely to be relevant in the exam.

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