Activity-based costing in Singapore manufacturing companies.

• Main Authors: Alima Banu, Lee, Loon Siong, Sia, Chien Kiung
• Other Authors: Nanyang Business School
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Business::Accounting
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/55414
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Traditional accounting methods allocate costs to products based on the volume of production. With automation and the development of modern methods of production, direct labour was reduced and traditional volume-based methods of overhead allocation became outdated. Activity-based costing (ABC) was in...