Cost Accounting System
Cost Accounting System
COURSE DESCRIPTION
How You Will Benefit
Apply cost accounting methods to identify profitable products and services
Analyze reports to make sound pricing decisions
Compare cost systems and choose the one that’s right for your company
Evaluate results against budgets with greater accuracy
Use cost accounting methods to optimize the use of people, resources and materials
What You Will Cover
Relating cost accounting to financial accounting and the planning and control process
Budgets as a tool within both traditional and ABC cost systems
Enhancing budgeting accuracy
Product costing systems and accounting for overhead
Activity-based costing for management control
Standard costing and variance analysis
Variance analysis for material, labor and overhead variances
Requirements for establishing a direct costing system
PARTICIPANT
Accountants, accounting managers, cost accountants, cost analysts, budget analysts, systems analysts, auditors and financial planners.
COURSE OUTLINE
Introduction to Cost or Managerial Accounting
Understand the Place of Cost or Managerial Accounting in Relationship to Financial Accounting
Understand the Planning and Control Process and Its Relationship to...