Despite its theoretical superiority over traditional volume-based costing models, the Activity-Based Costing (ABC) model has failed to replace traditional volume-based costing models in most organisations. In response to the problems of the model, Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing (TDABC) and...

During Peter Drucker’s talk entitled "From Computer Literacy to Information Literacy" he discusses information systems and how they impact individual enterprises and workers. During his lecture, he talks about: the changing labor force, organization structure, command and control structure,...

During Peter Drucker’s talk entitled "From Counting to Measurements" he discusses accounting and measurement. During his lecture, he talks about: activity based accounting, the Coca-Cola Company and independent bottlers, automobile companies, the cluster concept, Procter & Gamble and Sam...

Companies from industrialised nations are faced with the threat of competition from low-cost countries. Wesuggest Industrial Product Service Systems (IPS²) as a possible answer. But as the development andproduction can be quite expensive for the supplier, the question arises how the net...

Ziel dieser Diplomarbeit ist es, Grundlagen über das „Supply ChainManagement“ zu vermitteln und das Beschaffungskostenmanagement als dessen Teilbereich näher zu beschreiben. Eine nachhaltige Kostensenkung kann dabei durch den „Sourcing-Diamanten“ erreicht werden, der somit den Hauptteil...

Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es, dem Leser die Vorteile bzw. Nachteile von Target Costing und Kaizen Costing näher zu bringen.Dazu wird sich der erste Teil dieser Arbeit mit der Kostenrechnung befassen. Es werden nur die wichtigsten Teile erklärt, weil eine genauere Erläuterung der Kostenrechnung...

An opportunity to study the technical and organizational impact of management accounting system changes has emerged with companies' adoption of activity-based costing (ABC). This paper provides a structured account of experimentation with, and adoption and adaptation of ABC in General Motors...

The teething problems associated with cost management as a crucial aspect of management control system has been surmounted in developing countries as a result of integrating IT control systems. This paper utilised the task-technology fit framework to provide evidences on the significance of cost...