Is Activity-Based Costing Worth It?
February 12, 2019
Manufacturing companies need to understand product costs accurately and in detail. This kind of information is essential for planning operations, pricing, and evaluating business margins. Activity-based costing helps manufacturers identify what products are truly profitable, the true costs of products for pricing, and what activities are driving costs. However, activity-based costing is known for being difficult to apply and labor-intensive due to the extensive data needs of the process. The trick to knowing if activity-based costing is worth the trouble is first finding a tool that can compute accurate product costs and has the capabilities to take the labor and data needs off your hands.
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