Activity-Based Costing
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A 5 page paper discussing this method of identifying which activities are the most profitable for the company, thereby showing it where it needs to place the most emphasis of effort. It may be allocating too great a portion of resources to an activity that is less profitable than another receiving a smaller share. The ability to refine this cost-and-result approach can increase profitability without increasing revenues. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: KSactivBC.wps

Activity-Based Costing Applied to Marketing Costs
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A 3 page paper discussing the case of Colombo frozen yogurt and General Mills’ experience in dealing with the market shift from independent shops to impulse purchasing in a variety of locations. The paper provides a table more realistically assigning shipping and merchandising costs to each market type to reveal greater profitability than was apparent under a non-ABC approach to allocating costs. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: KSmktgABC.rtf

Activity-Based Costing as a Control Measure for Bally Total Fitness
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A 6 page paper discussing the benefits of activity-based costing, specifically as a proposed financial control measure the Bally Total Fitness. The company’s revenues plunged in a single year; this paper is a white paper furnished to a group of consultants that wants to approach Bally with its ideas for assistance. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: KSacctABCbally.rtf

Activity-Based vs Throughput Accounting
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A 4 page paper comparing activity-based and volume accounting. The throughput approach can provide a ballpark assessment of the costs of producing a specific product, but ABC can provide accurate cost figures of each of the steps of production. Volume accounting can be misleading in terms of identifying which products or activities are more profitable. ABC provides fuller, more accurate assessment of the true cost of activities, enabling the organization to focus on activities that truly are more profitable. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: KSacctABCthru.rtf

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