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In accounting and Finance what is a service department?

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Question ajoutée par Rehan Qureshi , Financial Consultant , Self Employeed
Date de publication: 2014/01/10
Rehan Qureshi
par Rehan Qureshi , Financial Consultant , Self Employeed

A service department is usually associated with a manufacturer. A service department is part of the factory operations, but does not produce the factory's output. Rather, it provides services to the factory's production departments. Some examples of service departments include the factory maintenance department, quality control, factory information technology departments, and the purchasing department. The head of each service department is held responsible for the costs incurred in his or her service department. In traditional cost accounting each service department's costs are then allocated to the production departments. The service departments' costs become a production department's indirect factory overhead which is then allocated to the output of each production department. The various methods of allocating service departments' costs are covered in cost accounting textbooks.

Khaled Abdelrehim ACCA DipIFR CMA
par Khaled Abdelrehim ACCA DipIFR CMA , Financial Analysis Assistant General Manager , Khalda Petroleum Company

Service department is not engaged directly in the production of the product like the support services departmnts.

Subhranshu Ganguly
par Subhranshu Ganguly , Quality Analyst. , WIPRO

Services dept is the dept that assists in production. Quality control dept would be a services dept.

mukkur srinivasan varadhan
par mukkur srinivasan varadhan , Chartered Accountant , Chartered Accountant in practice

When Accounting and Finance Services company is taken up,  Travel and Ticket booking, liasin work with clients can be considered service departments.HR, their own Accounts departments are staff departments.

Ahmed Hamdy Mohamed Mohamed Mohamed
par Ahmed Hamdy Mohamed Mohamed Mohamed , Assistant Financial Manager , El Shahd Contracting, Export and Import

No gain. Only losses

Utilisateur supprimé
par Utilisateur supprimé

The main issure in regard to the Service department, is how to allocate the cost related to the product.

The cost allocation will affect many aspects in the organisation, for example Product Pricing, Interdepartment pricing, Responsibility centers and Manager compensation.

Cost driver for service department used for cost allocation vary, Ex Space used by service Dep.,  Power usage, etc.

 

 

Aziz ur Rehman ur Rehman
par Aziz ur Rehman ur Rehman , Assistant Manager Finance , Central Power Puchasing Agency (CPPA)

A service department is a cost that provides services to the rest of a company. The manager of a service department is responsible for keeping costs down, or meeting the costs stated in a budget. The services provided by a service department are then allocated to the other departments of a business that use these services

Buwet Junadar
par Buwet Junadar , Sales Manager , Citi - Singapore

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