WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- In the wake of corporate downsizing, massive layoffs and reorganization, companies are turning to a more efficient accounting system to help them further reduce costs and ...

Activity-based costing, or ABC, is a costing method that managers can use for internal cost reporting and decision making. While ABC isn't allowed for external financial reporting, companies may find ...

Data alone does not serve many useful purposes. Processed data, however, results in the creation of information and knowledge. In order to develop effective AI solutions, making objective, consistent, ...

Kaplan, Robert S., Jonathan B. Schiff, and Stanley Abraham. "MiCRUS: Activity-Based Management for Business Turnaround." Harvard Business School Case 101-070, March 2001. (Revised April 2001.) ...

The economy is always a hot topic, whether it’s a boom or a bust. While it moves in cycles, there are ways to help your company thrive amid the fluctuation. One of those, Justin Springer said, is an ...

Product-based costing is a relatively simple form of allocating direct and indirect costs to individual units of product. Activity-based costing is a more intricate system that assigns costs to ...

Narayanan, V.G., and Jeremy Cott. "Activity-Based Management at W.S. Industries (B)." Harvard Business School Case 102-063, February 2002. (Revised November 2002.) ...

The Activity Based Costing (ABC) system, despite its spread in the developed countries and the recognition of its importance in the developing countries, is not adopted in the service industry in ...