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Activity Based Costing For Better Cost Management

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  • K. Mohan

    (School of Management, Pondicherry University, India)

  • George P. Babu

    (School of Management, Pondicherry University, India)

Abstract

Implementing change in management, successfully and profitably, is the greatest challenge for modern enterprises. Innovation in strategies, marketing performance, role of competition, change in technology, change in customer needs, management initiatives are all facts of life in the global environment today. Cost management works with its customer to manage change more profitably. Activity-Based Costing (ABC) is a new methodology of product costing which measures the cost of products more accurately. Overhead allocation is much more sophisticated under this system. This paper attempts to highlight the need, importance and methodology of ABC for better Cost Management in modern enterprises.

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  • K. Mohan & George P. Babu, 2006. "Activity Based Costing For Better Cost Management," The AMFITEATRU ECONOMIC journal, Academy of Economic Studies - Bucharest, Romania, vol. 8(19), pages 59-67, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:aes:amfeco:v:8:y:2006:i:19:p:59-67
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