Managerial Accounting: The Cornerstone of Business Decision-Making
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ISBN: 9781337115773
Author: Maryanne M. Mowen, Don R. Hansen, Dan L. Heitger
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 13, Problem 23BEA
Norris Company implemented a quality improvement program and tracked the following for the 5 years:
By cost category of sales for the same period of time:
Required:
- 1. Prepare a bar graph (hat reveals the trend in quality cost as a percentage of sales (time on horizontal axis and percentages on the vertical). Comment on the message of the graph.
- 2. Prepare a bar graph for each cost category as a percentage of sales. What does this graph tell you?
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