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To Build or To Buy: Comparing Custom and Off-The-Shelf Software Applications

A guide to deciding the best solution for business systems.

The Cost of Poor Costing

Knowing your true production cost is made easier when manufacturers implement an Enterprise Cost System.

Cost Analytics: Competing with Data

Process manufacturers must develop a robust costing analytics process to confidently predict the effects of cost when making business decisions.

Understanding the Cost of Profitability

Since there are only two variables that determine profits, many manufacturers focus on cost reduction as the optimal method to increase profitability.

Improving Subcontractor Cost Performance

Profits can hide in the supply chain, and a better view of the costs associated with subcontractors and vendors could unlock more value.

Manufacturing-Free Costing

For companies who outsource production, understanding the costs of their manufacturing partner is vital to the success of the partnership.

Centralized Cost System Critical to SOX Performance

Sarbanes-Oxley section 404 places strict requirements on public companies on how they calculate, track, audit and record financial data, including product costs.

2003 Survey of Management Accountants

Ernst & Young along with the Institute of Management Accountants compiled feedback from 2,000 respondents on the changing role of management accounting.