Activity based costing (ABC) : a theoretical proposition and a case study of an aerospace manufacturing company in Singapore

A major concern of any business is its cost structure and management. To maintain competitiveness in any industry, a company's costing must be as accurate as possible. Changes in manufacturing environment such as the application of Advance Manufacturing Technology (AMT) and the global competiti...

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Main Authors: Lim, Meng Ann, Oh, Chong Ho, Seow, Kim Koon
Other Authors: B.C. Ghosh
Format: Theses and Dissertations
Language:English
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/20140
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:A major concern of any business is its cost structure and management. To maintain competitiveness in any industry, a company's costing must be as accurate as possible. Changes in manufacturing environment such as the application of Advance Manufacturing Technology (AMT) and the global competitiveness in all industries also contribute to a drive towards more accurate costing. To address this, companies are looking more and more into Activity Based Costing (ABC) as a possible solution. This project gives an example of such a company in the aerospace manufacturing industry.