A Comparative Analysis and Implementation of Activity Based Costing (ABC) and Traditional Cost Accounting (TCA) Methods in an Automobile Parts Manufacturing Company: A Case Study

Nitin Kumar; Dalgobind Mahto

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Nitin Kumar
Dalgobind Mahto

Keywords:

activity based costing, cost drivers, traditional cost accounting

Abstract

Activity based costing (ABC) is a method for determining true costs; which has become an important aspect of manufacturing/service organizations and can be defined as a methodology that measures the cost and performance of activities, resources and cost objects. It can be considered as an alternative method to traditional cost accounting systems. In this paper we have shown a comparative analysis of application of ABC method with traditional cost accounting (TCA) method in an automobile parts manufacturing company; which would like to increase the sales due to increased demand. For this reason the company needs to know the true cost of the parts prior to deciding as which item is to be produced more. In this case study the results are obtained between the two cost accounting methods by comparing TCA margin % and ABC margin % and these results are used to identify the low-priced and over-priced parts of the company.

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A Comparative Analysis and Implementation of Activity Based Costing (ABC) and Traditional Cost Accounting (TCA) Methods in an Automobile Parts Manufacturing Company: A Case Study. (2013). Global Journal of Management and Business Research, 13(22), 29-37. https://journalofbusiness.org/index.php/GJMBR/article/view/

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