TY - BOOK AU - Boyd,Ken TI - Cost accounting for dummies / T2 - For dummies SN - 9781119856023 AV - HF5686.C8 B69 2022 U1 - 657.42 PY - 2022/// CY - Hoboken, New Jersey : PB - John Wiley & Sons, Inc., KW - Technology KW - Management & public relations KW - Accounting N1 - Includes index.; Understanding the fundamentals of costs -- Planning and control -- Making decisions -- Allocating costs resources -- Considering quality issues -- The part of tens -- Using cost-volume-profit analysis to plan your business results -- Estimating costs with job costing -- More activity, more cost: activity-based costing -- Planning and control -- What's the plan, stan? budgeting for a better bottom line -- Constant change: variance analysis -- Focusing on overhead costs -- What's on the shelf? inventory costing -- Making decisions -- Cost drivers and cost estimation methods -- Making smart business decisions with relevant information -- Making smart pricing decisions: figuring total costs -- Allocating cost and resources -- Analysis methods to improve profitability -- Behind the scenes: accounting for support costs and common costs -- Joint costs, separable costs, and using up the leftovers -- Tracing similar products with process costing -- Considering quality issues -- What a waste! getting the most from spoilage, scrap, and reworked products -- Making smart ordering decisions -- Quality: building a better mousetrap -- The part of tens -- The common costing mistakes and how to avoid them -- Ten ways to increase profits using costing. ER -