Activitybased Cost Management An Executives Guide Cokins by Cokins, Gary instant download after payment.

1 online resource (ix, 374 pages) :, Back when Henry Ford was producing Model Ts in one black, all-purpose model, traditional cost allocation gave a fairly accurate picture of a company's expenses. But today, the very nature of doing business has radically changed. Overhead expenses are displacing direct costs. And the complexity of most organizations has increased dramatically. Companies produce more products in greater variation and diversity than ever before, and they service more, and different, types of customers. Add to that the sea change created as the Internet spawns more e-trading market exchanges with auctions and bid, Includes bibliographical references and index, Removing the blindfold with ABC/M -- Management accounting framework: a taxonomy -- Are all of your trading partners \"worth it\" to you? -- Internet, E-commerce, supply chain management, and digital economies: where does ABC/M fit in? -- The Holy Grail: performance measure systems that produce the correct behavior -- How ABC/M is the foundation for shared services -- ABC/M integrates with other software tools -- Predictive costing -- Implementing ABC/M through rapid prototyping -- Stage five cost systems: the future of ABC/M -- Appendix -- Index, Print version record