By the end of the project, you will be able to use both absorption costing and activity-based costing to determine the cost of a product your company is making. This will allow you to determine the pricing of your product. This is directly relevant for management accountants, performance managers, marketers, and owners of a business.


Introduction to Cost Accounting

Instructor: Bekhruzbek Ochilov, ACSI, IGCAP
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What you'll learn
Apply absorption costing to identify product cost
Apply activity-based costing (ABC) to identify product cost
Compare traditional and ABC costing methods
Skills you'll practice
- Category: Accounting
- Category: Management Accounting
- Category: Cost Accounting
- Category: Performance Management
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Cost Accounting Fundamentals
Absorption costing methods
Activity-based costing methods
Traditional costing and ABC comparison
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