Although there are many studies in the literature that explain modern costing approaches including activity-based costing (ABC), the number of studies that present real life applications is very few. This is especially true for logistics and transportation applications. One of the main difficulties in land transportation companies is to determine and evaluate true cost of their operations and s...

This study compares activity-based costing (ABC) model and traditional costing method in Malaysia. Activity based costing (ABC) which was developed into the manufacturing/service sectors in Malaysia. It calculates the cost and performance of activities, resources and cost objects. It can be considered as an alternative model to Traditional Cost-based accounting systems. In this study the result...

To realize an effective cost control, a practical and accurate cost accounting system is indispensable in hospitals. In traditional cost accounting systems, the volume-based costing (VBC) is the most popular cost accounting method. In this method, the indirect costs are allocated to each cost object (services or units of a hospital) using a single indicator named a cost driver (e.g., Labor hour...

The present study of 53 CFOs of corporate India captures the development in the cost management practices such as accounting for overheads, applications of budgetary control and standard costing. It addition to traditional cost management techniques it also deals with applications of contemporary management tools such as activity-based costing. The hypotheses in general deal with the difference...

This paper describes the application of activity-based costing (ABC) to cal­ culate unit costs for a healthcare or­ ganization in a developing country. It also describes the ways in which these calculations can provide infor­ mation for improving the efficiency and quality of healthcare services. The study was conducted from June 1, 1997 through May 31, 1998 at the MaxSalud Institute for High Q...

Activity Based Costing is an advanced accounting technique that widely discussed among cost controllers and managers. Through this study, attempt has been made to identify the recent trends in its evolution see further research prospects by doing analysis of numerous national international published researches related domain. By applying bibliographic technique, output extracted from Scopus dat...