__________ (3) Raw materials inventory
__________ (4) Customer orientation
__________ (5) Just-in-time manufacturing
__________ (6) Goods in process inventory
__________ (7) Lean business model
__________ (8) Balanced scorecard
__________ (9) Prime costs
__________(10) Raw materials inventory turnover
(a) An idea that rejects the notions of “good enough” and “acceptable” and challenges
employees and managers to continually experiment with new and improved business
practices.
(b) Goods a company acquires to use in making products.
(c) Reveals how many times a company sells its raw materials inventory during a period.
(d) A system that acquires inventory and produces only when needed.
(e) An approach that aids continuous improvement by augmenting financial measures with
information on the drivers or indicators of future financial performance along the four
dimensions of (1) financial, (2) customer, (3) internal business processes; (4) learning and
growth.
(f) Expenditures directly associated with the manufacture of finished goods; includes direct
materials and direct labor.
(g) An idea that means that employees understand the changing needs and wants of their
customers and align their management and operating practices accordingly.
(h) Products in the process of being manufactured but not yet complete.
(i) A model whose goal is to eliminate waste while satisfying the customer and providing a
positive return to the company.
(j) An activity that provides financial and nonfinancial information to an organization’s
managers and other internal decision makers.
138. For each of the characteristics below, identify whether it is a focus of financial accounting
or managerial accounting. Use the letter F to identify financial accounting and M to identify
managerial accounting.