Management Accounting: Types, Reports, and Benefits

This presentation provides an overview of management accounting, including the types of accounting systems, different accounting reports, and the benefits of using management accounting in business operations. It also includes a critical evaluation of reporting systems and their integration with organizational processes. The presentation is based on the case of UCK Furniture, a company focused on designing qualitative products for maximizing profit.

Management Accounting
PART 1

Covered content
• Introduction
• Various types of management accounting system
• Different types of accounting reports
• Benefits of using MA system
• Critical evaluation of reporting system
• Conclusion
• References

Introduction
Management accounting is an essential aspect for every
business organisation. The primary role of managers is to
make use of these accounting systems in order to manage
their overall financial transaction those are being done in
their regular course of operations.

Various types of management accounting
system
In every business whether related with manufacturing or any
other segment they need to record their every day
transactions which will be incur during an accounting
period of time. Management accounting is an utmost
important process of measuring, identifies, analyses and
communicated financial data in order to attain
organisation goals.

Importance of using accounting system
• It is will helpful in future forecasting: It has been seen that
manager need a system that assists them to manage their
operation and other production activities in best suitable
manner.
• It assists in making better operational decision: The
important aspects of using this system are to control
performance of managers and employees those are working at
operational level.

Types of accounting system
• Cost accounting system: It refers to be an effective
system which assists managers in recording, categorising,
summarising and evaluating best suitable alternative
aspects those are being utilised for the controlling costs.

Price optimisation
There are techniques to attract maximum number of
customers toward their product and services. This system
is more reliable in examine overall perception of
customer about various prices which is being set by the
company for their products. This is done to determine
overall reaction of the people regarding their pricing
policies.

Inventory management system
This is an essential system which is helpful in determining
and evaluating total stock position of the UCK furniture.
This can be done through using various bills, invoices and
opening and closing records of inventory those are being
ordered by the company during an accounting year.

Job costing system
This is one of the most effecting costing system which is more
useful in assigning overall manufacturing cost an individual
product rather than a process. Generally, the job order costing
is assessing only those situation in which a products produce
are significantly different from one another. The benefits of
using this system us to set a benchmarking for process costing.
It would deliver positive access to all expenses those are
incurring on every job at the time of manufacturing process.

Various types of accounting reports
Management accounting reports is all about managing cost
or funds which are going to incurred at workplace in
order to run a business entity in an appropriate manner.
Along with this company needs to focus on their
expenses by preparing an appropriate reports which aids
managerial team while implementing all the activities.

Budget report
According to this element it has been analysed that UCK
furniture needs to prepare an effective plan by
considering relevant facts or figures in order to reduce
chances of loss. Along with this, main objective of this
report is to control unusual cost which may affect the
profit of an association.

Job cost report
:- In corporate world number of employees are engaged in performing
various business operations in order to acquire more or more
revenue for living their life their life. In fact company needs to
estimate cost of specific job by considering several necessary data or
information such as; salary of an employee for performing particular
job role, additional expenses and other benefits requisite to staff
members while performing their occupational target.

Inventory and manufacturing
Stock maintenance is also indispensable for UCK furniture
because it helps company to prevent their materials from
various damages as well as wastage. In fact, company
needs to make design an appropriate or special report for
product management which helps in controlling extra
expense.

Accounts receivable aging
It is very difficult for managing this report because it shows
the extended credit that is offered by companies to their
consumers. In fact , it may unbalance the consumer
record which resulted in breaking down of entire flow.
Along with this, most of aging reports are having their
separate columns for invoices which are of around 30
days.

Benefits of using management accounting
system
In business operation, it is vital for any managers to make use of
available resources for the betterment of an organization.
There are various advantages of using this particular
accounting system. Some of them are discuss underneath:
Advantages of Job costing system: It will be crucial for UCK
group of company in order to reduce of all types of cost
throughout of production process.

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Price optimisation:
Benefits: UCK Group can easily determine the attitude of
people those are demanding various price of their
products. It would help in increasing total operating gains
with best suitable costs. By the help of this, company can
easily make segmentation of their market as well as their
close customers.

Critical evaluation of using reporting
system
After making value study about various accounting
reporting systems, it is vital to make use of those reports
in systematic manner in their business operations. This
would assist in determining total impacts which is made
on the performance of an organisation.

Valuable integration with organisational
processes
• By the help of budgeting reports an organisation process
associated to UCK group and budgeting reports can make
clear path for company to make on their set targets.
• In case of account receivable report the integration among
organisational activity of UCK group. These reports can help
in attaining overall aims by making efforts towards the timely
collection of outstanding amounts.

Conti..
• Inventory and production report provides better management of
stock level and products costs. While estimating for the
required level of purchase orders to be placed in more effective
manner.
• Performance report: The assists an organisation to manage their
plan for estimating future production and cost maximisation
which is leading to a cost benefits through enhancing
productivity of an organisation.

Conclusion
From the above report it has been summarized that management
accounting is playing a major role in company success or
development because it aids managers while decision making process
by highlighting various facts or figures. Thus, above report was based
on UCK furniture which is an association whose main motive is to
design qualitative products for maximizing their company profit in
minimum time frame. Hence, various methods of finance and
accounting tools are also mentioned in previous information which
helps company during their budget preparation.

References
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Simulation Analysis of Biases in Costing Systems (Vol. 664). Springer
Science & Business Media.
Schermann, M., Wiesche, M. and Krcmar, H., 2012. The role of
information systems in supporting exploitative and exploratory
management control activities. Journal of Management Accounting
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Weygandt, J. J., Kimmel, P. D. and Kieso, D. E., 2015. Managerial
accounting. Wiley.

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