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P1: Management accounting concept and their essential requirements

Management accounting: It is such a practices of bringing out an important data through using various accounting systems in order to enhance the value of an organisation so as to sustain in competitive market for longer period of time. It will also help stakeholders to get ensure about getting maximum return on their investment through showing them true and fair financial reports. Such value data and information can be provided with the help of using various management accounting system which be briefly described after making comparison between financial and management accounting:

Comparison between management and financial accounting

• It is an activity of maintaining valuable information of all departments through using various accounting system due to which the management are bale to make a profitable decisions for company.
• It is related with finance thus preparing only financial accounts in order to assess the actual financial position of company in market.
• They are liable to provide financial as well as non-financial data so as to make an effective plans and policies.
• It only provides financial related information thus tool less time as compared to Financial accounts.
• It helps in preparing accounts of all department in order to provide sufficient information to internal management of company.
• They are wholly liable to prepare financial accounts which help stakeholders and investors to make investment decision in order to get profitable income in return.
• Such management accounting, documents are prepared only when there is need to requirements of an organisation.
• Finance department is liable to make decision regarding preparation of financial report on annual basis.

Importance of management accounting in decision making process

Determination of aim: The aim can be determined with the help of information available through using various management accounting system.

Helps in formulation of plans: Availability of information includes financial as well as no financial will help management of various departments to make a better decisions and suitable plans to execute business activities in more effective and efficient manner (Endenich, Brandau and Hoffjan, 2011).

Measurement of performance: With the help of accounting systems, all the informations about employee’s performance, daily business transactions etc. help management in identifying and measuring the actual performance through comparing actual with desired performance and thus able to make corrective actions if any deviations found.

Different management accounting systems

Tech (UK) has different options of using management accounting systems which are briefly explained as below:

Cost management system: It refers to such management accounting system Job costing method: Such management accounting system is used with the purpose of allocating cost to particular product or group of products. Such system is more profitable when the company produce products of different nature. Through such system, the management are able to track cost which includes material, labour cost etc. which are incurred in production process. Allocation of cost is based on the future outcomes from particular products. For example, if Tech (UK) produce chargers of two and three pin then such systems becomes more profitable to company (Gond and et. al., 2012).

P2: Different types of managerial accounting reports along with their importance

The management of Tech (UK) should able to make an effective plans and policies on the basis of information available through using various types of management accounting reports. Such types of reports includes:

Budget report: It includes all important information regarding the aspects and elements which are required to produce quality products and services for the customers. Such kind of reports helps management in allocation of cost to specific business activities after analysing the outcomes that may received in future. It is prepared on the basis of previous year budget in order to avoid any discrepancies occurred in executing business activities in previous years.

Account receivable report: Such reports is prepared to record all information about the unpaid debtors of an organisation with an aim of recovering unpaid amount from them on particular data. In order to assess the unpaid amount, the management need to make segmentation of bill invoices according to their due date. This wilt direct managers to make changes in their credit polices so that debtors should not delay in making payments to company.

Performance report: It is such kind of reports which is prepared to record the performance of each departments of an organisation so as to confirm whether they are performed according to the pre-determined plans or not. It helps management in finding out the deviations if any which restricts employees to give their best. For example, to main financial performance of Tech (UK), the management can use various financial tools such as Key Performance Indicators, Balance Scorecard Approach etc.

Inventory management report: Such reports helps in updating management about the inventory level the company have at present and on the basis of which they took decision whether need to placed order of inventory to suppliers or not in order to meet needs and demands of market. This will help in supplying adequate level of stock in market so as to avoid situation of shortage (Nixon and Burns, 2012).

Benefits or importance of management accounting reports

Reduction of cost: It helps management in identifying the aspects which may affect the business operations due to which the cost of company may increased. Such reports directs management to make a suitable plans to eliminate such aspects in order to run business more successful and execute as per the standards so as to reduce cost of operations.

Decision making: It helps management in getting information about financial and non-financial transactions due to which management can easily able to find out the actual financial position of company. It further help in formulating an effective plans, enhancing performance of employees, and handle risk factors which makes positive impact on company’s productivity and profitability (Renz, 2016).

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