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COSTING
What is A B C
Innovative method against the conventional system of
costing.
Used for accurately allocating overheads to products and
services.
In ABC multiple activities are identified in production
process that is associated with the incurrence of costs.
Cost of a product is the sum of the costs of all activities
required to manufacture and deliver the product.
Products do not consume costs directly.
Basics of A B C
ABC assigns Costs to Products by tracing expenses to
activities. Each Product is charged based on the extent to
which it used an activity
The primary objective of ABC is to assign costs that
reflect/mirror the physical dynamics of the business
Provides ways of assigning the costs of indirect support
resources to activities, business processes, customers,
products
OBJECTIVES OF ABC
To Improve Product Costing
To identify non-value adding activities in the production
process
To provide required information for decision making
To reduce the nonessential use of common resources
To encourage managers to evaluate the efficiency of services
To calculate full cost of products for financial reporting
purpose
Identify activities
Activities are the major tasks or group of tasks involved in
the production process. These are associated with the cost of
operation or job.
ABC: ADVANTAGES
ABC: DISADVANTAGES
High Overheads
Customer Diversity
Service Diversity
Stiff Competition
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