Cost of Quality Report This year, Finn Corporation implemented programs designed to assess the costs of quality for the company. However, the company recently suffered a data loss, and some of its records have been either partially or completely erased. The accounting intern for Finn Corporation has located a copy of a recent cost of quality report, shown as follows, but the quality activity analysis used to create the report has been lost. Finn Corporation Cost of Quality Report Quality Cost Classification Quality Cost Percent of Total Quality Cost Percent of Total Sales Prevention $198,400     62%           12.4%        Appraisal 54,400     17              3.4           Internal failure 38,400     12              2.4           External failure 28,800     9              1.8           Totals $320,000     100%           20.0%        Quality Activity Analysis As mentioned on the Cost of Quality Report, Finn Corporation recently suffered a data loss, and some of its records have been lost. After reviewing the Cost of Quality Report, recreate the quality activity analysis in the following table from which the cost of quality report was created. Quality Control Activities Activity Cost Rework   Inspecting incoming raw materials   Warranty work   Process improvement effort   Total activity cost $320,000

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Selecting Chart of Accounts

The company’s accounting intern is new and has confused the Finn Corporation’s regular chart of accounts with the proposed chart of accounts for the lean accounting system.

Review the charts of accounts on the Chart of Accounts I and Chart of Accounts II, and then answer the following question.

Which chart of accounts should Finn Corporation most likely implement if they want to use lean accounting principles? (chart of accounts I, chart of accounts II, both will work equally well)

 
 

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Cost of Quality Report

This year, Finn Corporation implemented programs designed to assess the costs of quality for the company. However, the company recently suffered a data loss, and some of its records have been either partially or completely erased. The accounting intern for Finn Corporation has located a copy of a recent cost of quality report, shown as follows, but the quality activity analysis used to create the report has been lost.

Finn Corporation
Cost of Quality Report

Quality Cost Classification

Quality Cost
Percent of Total
Quality Cost
Percent of
Total Sales
Prevention $198,400     62%           12.4%       
Appraisal 54,400     17              3.4          
Internal failure 38,400     12              2.4          
External failure 28,800     9              1.8          
Totals $320,000     100%           20.0%       

Quality Activity Analysis

As mentioned on the Cost of Quality Report, Finn Corporation recently suffered a data loss, and some of its records have been lost. After reviewing the Cost of Quality Report, recreate the quality activity analysis in the following table from which the cost of quality report was created.

Quality Control Activities Activity Cost
Rework  
Inspecting incoming raw materials  
Warranty work  
Process improvement effort
 
Total activity cost $320,000
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