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If the unit-level activity is a single journey in an airplane, then the batch-level activity would be costs associated with the plane itself - salaries of maintenance workers that perform work on the plane, safety inspections of the plane, rental space in a hangar, etc. The product-level activities are costs of operating each of the airline's many routes (LAX-JFK).

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What is difference between unit-level and batch-level activities?

Unit-level activity have costs that are incurred for every single unit that is produced. Batch-level activity have costs that are incurred for each batch that the company is going to produce, no matter if 3 or 30 units are being produced (e.g. setup costs). This is the explanation I received from my accounting professor at least.


How can cost management system help companies determine the profits and costs?

Determining Costs: Use of Activity-Based costing in the management cycle where the main focus is managing activities rather than costs. Value Chain and Supply Chain analysis in the activity management. Identification of Value-Adding activities and eliminating Nonvalue-Adding activities. Eventually, from the cost hierarchy (Unit level, Batch level, Product/Service level and Operations level) the bill of activities are computed; and then the product unit costs are calculated.


What would be classified batch level activity?

Batch level activity defines the costs that are incurred when a new product batch begins production in a company. Financial managers, who understand the costs of running batches, may choose to manipulate the costs by running longer batches to cut costs. Understanding the costs of batch production also assures more accurate end product pricing.


What are third level activities?

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What is Product-level activity?

Product - Level Activities relate to specific products and typically must be carried out regardless of how many batches are run or units of product are produced of sold. For example, activities suck as designing a product, advertising a product, and maintaining a product manager and staff are all product -level activities. Managerial Accounting, 14th Edition, Garrison, (2012)

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What is difference between unit-level and batch-level activities?

Unit-level activity have costs that are incurred for every single unit that is produced. Batch-level activity have costs that are incurred for each batch that the company is going to produce, no matter if 3 or 30 units are being produced (e.g. setup costs). This is the explanation I received from my accounting professor at least.


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What are second level activity?

Second level activities are activities that have to do with manufacturing.


What would be classified batch level activity?

Batch level activity defines the costs that are incurred when a new product batch begins production in a company. Financial managers, who understand the costs of running batches, may choose to manipulate the costs by running longer batches to cut costs. Understanding the costs of batch production also assures more accurate end product pricing.


How is second level activities different from third level activities?

Second-level activities is is taking once thing and changing it to another. But third-level activities is delivering it. For example second-level activities is manufacturing (or the large-scale production of goods by hand or by machine) manufacturing may turn corn crops into corn flakes for your cereal. And third-level activities is taking the corn flakes and delivering it to your local grocery stores.


What is setting up a machine to fill an order for a particular product is an example of?

Batch-level activity.


What are activity levels?

Second level activities are activities that have to do with manufacturing.


What are the differences among students in a particular batch?

There are so many differences among students in a particular batch. The differences may be in their color, race, intelligence level, physical attributes and so much more.


What are third level activities?

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