scholarly journals Activity-Based Costing (ABC) and Its Implication for Open Innovation

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
Patricia Quesado ◽  
Rui Silva
Keyword(s):  
Research Performance ◽  
Indirect Costs ◽  
R Package ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Activity Based Costing ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
Costing System ◽  
Traditional Costing ◽  
Over Time

Activity-based costing system, commonly known as the ABC system, emerged as a costing method capable of overcoming the limitations of traditional costing systems in face of economic and technological developments, namely, the arbitrary and imprecise allocation of indirect costs from distortions in the imputation criteria. In the current context, the development of an adequate costing system is of extreme importance in organisations because they feel the need to properly manage the resources at their disposal and control their costs to achieve efficient and effective management. Thus, this study aims to analyse international publications on the activity-based costing system in recent years, identifying trends in evolution and future research opportunities. Based on bibliometric techniques, the outputs obtained in the Web of Science (n = 752) and Scopus (n = 1107) databases were analysed in bibliometrix R package to make a systematic mapping and review of the literature. After removing duplicates, we obtained a final output of 1419 articles. The analysis of these publications points to a growing trend in the publication of articles on ABC, highlighting publications in partnership and their dispersion in magazines from different areas. The bibliometric analysis carried out results on the authors’ global research performance over time, and we highlighted the pioneering publications every five years and analysed the general evolution. When analysing based on publication authors over time, we highlighted the main research themes and countries where studies had been carried out. On the other hand, we also highlighted the collaborative network between institutions, authors, and countries over time.

scholarly journals An Analysis of the Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing System in Foundation Higher Education Organizations

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2Pt2) ◽  
pp. 537-549
Author(s):  
Burçin Tutcu
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Cost Management ◽  
Vocational School ◽  
Activity Based Costing ◽  
Scarce Resources ◽  
Service Production ◽  
Costing System ◽  
Program Costs ◽  
Traditional Costing ◽  
Higher Education Organizations

Changes in globalization and technology have made the competition in the education sector more in-tense. This change in competition has reduced the profit margins of educational organizations. In order to maintain their market share and maintain their assets under these conditions, organizations have had to put greater stress on cost management. Today, cost management has moved beyond simply being a sub-system of accounting and has become one of the main tasks of business management. Higher education organizations need to use scarce resources effectively and efficiently to achieve their goals, develop long-term strategies, and maintain their existence. The extent to which resources are used by whom and for what time should be determined correctly. The outputs obtained during this process should be checked and interpreted correctly. This study was designed as a case study and conducted in a vocational school of a foundation university in Istanbul. The aim of this study is to examine the service production process in foundation vocational school with different costing methods and to compare the results. For this purpose, the costs of the vocational school for the 2016-2017 accounting period were calculated by using both the traditional costing method and the time-driven activity-based cost-ing method. These two methods were then compared to find out their degree of accuracy in calculating the program costs.

scholarly journals Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing in the Assembly Industry

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 3-23
Author(s):  
Olga Vedernikova ◽  
Lorena Siguenza-Guzman ◽  
Johanna Pesantez ◽  
Rodrigo Arcentales-Carrion
Keyword(s):  
Printed Circuit Boards ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Unit Cost ◽  
Labor Cost ◽  
Circuit Boards ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Activity Based Costing ◽  
Accounting Systems ◽  
Costing System ◽  
Traditional Costing

Costs and their determination play a critical role in all manufacturing companies. The traditional costing system has received criticism resulting from the arbitrary allocation of indirect manufacturing costs. As an important initiative to address its weaknesses, new costing methods such as the Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing (TDABC) have emerged. Unfortunately, up to our knowledge, no investigations have been applied in analyzing assembly companies thoroughly nor considering all the processes necessary to obtain the final products. This article explores the TDABC application in the assembly industry through comparison with traditional volume-based costing by focusing on manual and semi-automatized production. Since the research is descriptive, a multiple-case study design was implemented in the assembly of televisions, motorcycles, and printed circuit boards. The developed methodology allowed determining the existence of factory overhead and direct labor cost variances between two different cost accounting systems, which also affected the unit cost of the products. Findings also highlight the benefits of TDABC application in the assembly industry, along with the shortcomings and future potential of research in this area.

scholarly journals PENERAPAN ACTIVITY BASED COSTING SYSTEM DALAM PENENTUAN HARGA POKOK TARIF PENYEWAAN JASA KENDARAAN PADA PT. SERASI AUTORAYA

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fricilia Kindangen ◽  
Jenny Morasa ◽  
Lidia M. Mawikere
Keyword(s):  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Indirect Costs ◽  
Simple Calculation ◽  
Activity Based Costing ◽  
Product Service ◽  
Costing System ◽  
Vehicle Activity ◽  
Calculation System ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Keywords Cost

Activity Based Costing (ABC) is a simple calculation system to determine the cost of a product / service on the basis that it is the activity that causes the cost to arise, not from the product and the product that consumes the activity, the indirect costs can be determined through the activity it passes and the costs for each activity are then charged the product on the basis of consumption of each product in the activity. The purpose of this study was to determine the application of the cost of vehicle rental using Activity Based Costing method at PT Serasi Autoraya. This study uses descriptive analysis method, which is done by interviews and documentation. The results showed a comparison between the methods used by PT Serasi Autoraya and the application of Activity Based Costing System. For the calculation of the cost of the rental vehicle using Activity Based Costing System, namely for the type of Avanza car Rp. 3,710,271 and for Innova cars Rp. 6,567,413. There is a lower price difference between the calculation of PT Serasi Auotaraya and the results of calculations using Activity Based Costing System, namely for the Avanza Rp. 1,864,750 and for the Innova type there is a difference in the price of Rp. 1,313,728.Keywords: cost of rental service vehicle, Activity Based Costing System

scholarly journals The concept of implementing the activitybased costing in multi-assortment manufacturing enterprise – theoretical aspects (part 1)

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (146) ◽  
pp. 295-303
Author(s):  
Daria MOSKWA-BĘCZKOWSKA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Unit Cost ◽  
Cost Calculation ◽  
Activity Based Costing ◽  
Traditional Methods ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Effective Cost ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Costing System ◽  
Calculation Procedures

Purpose: The main objective of the article is to develop and present a concept for the implementation of activity-based costing in a company dealing with multi-assortment production of bookbinding machinery. However, due to the publishing requirements, the article was divided into two parts – the first one describes the theoretical approach to the problem and the second one presents the case study. Therefore, the aim of this part of the considerations is to present the shortcomings of traditional methods of unit cost calculation in the light of the literature on the subject and to present the main assumptions and calculation procedures of the concept of activity-based costing. Design/methodology/approach: The main research methods used in this part of the considerations are: analysis of the literature on the subject and inference. Findings: The result of the research is the conclusion that the traditional methods of unit cost calculation, i.e. full costing and variable costing, are insufficient for effective cost management in the company. Originality/value: This part of the analysis presents in a synthetic way the identified main disadvantages of traditional unit costing methods. An alternative solution to the discussed problem was also presented here, i.e. the change of the applied costing system into an activity based costing system – analyzing its assumptions and calculation procedures. This content is directed both to persons dealing with these matters from the theoretical perspective, as well as company owners and heads of controlling or production departments.

scholarly journals A Guide to Implementation of Time- Driven Activity -Based Costing in Saudi Electronic University

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 68
Author(s):  
Salah Oraby
Keyword(s):  
Unit Cost ◽  
Academic Program ◽  
Academic Programs ◽  
Cost Driver ◽  
Accounting System ◽  
Activity Based Costing ◽  
Average Unit ◽  
Costing System ◽  
Traditional Costing ◽  
Unused Capacity

This research proposes a guide to implementation of time- driven activity -based costing (TDABC) in Saudi Electronic University (SEU) as an alternative to the traditional costing systems. It is worth mentioning that the cost accounting system should support mission and vision of the university by detecting any idle capacity and providing relevant information for rational decision-making as well as improving the quality of services provided to students and finally managing SEU’s resources efficiently and effectively. According to Saudi’s vision 2030, public universities in Saudi Arabia should act on both of revenue side and cost side. In the current costing system of SEU, there are no cost pools at colleges’ level, at academic departments’ level, at courses’ level, as well as at students’ level. Rather cost pools found at university’ level only. Therefore, the current costing system provides neither information on unit cost per student at any academic program nor information on the unused capacity at any resource centers. Despite the fact that TDABC theoretically overcomes the criticism to both traditional costing system that uses direct labor or machine hours as a cost driver and the traditional activity- based costing (ABC that uses many transactions cost drivers to allocate overhead costs to cost objects. The implementation of TDABC is still challenging particularly in universities by using the time as the primary cost driver for allocating resource costs to final cost objects in academic programs especially the human labor is considered the main resource in universities. The proposed guide to implementation TDABC provided SEU’s management information, including but not limited to, the average actual unit cost per student in each academic program either per semester, or per year, comparing actual fees students paid in each academic program to the actual average unit cost in each academic program to determine whether SEU covers all costs. In addition, comparing the average unit cost per student among all academic programs and investigating reasons of variations. The guide helps management determine the unused capacity in each resource center as well as preparing budgets of all resource centers accurately based on the actual used capacity.

scholarly journals Status of Activity Based Costing System in Selected Dairy Industries of Nepal

2013 ◽  
Vol 28 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 291-300
Author(s):  
Shankar Prasad Bhandari
Keyword(s):  
Activity Based Costing ◽  
Future Plan ◽  
Use Of Resources ◽  
Current Context ◽  
Costing System ◽  
Traditional Costing ◽  
Reducing Costs ◽  
Quality Of Products ◽  
Rate Of Profit

Profits and productivity both accelerate by reducing costs through better use of resources. In the current context of globalization, Nepalese Dairies should find out the ways to improve the quality of products along with the strategies of reducing existing costs. This study reveals that Dairy plants are using traditional costing system to recover their overhead cost. However, 37 percent were in favor of ABC in their future plan, 63 percent were satisfied with their existing system of cost accounting. They did not support implementation of ABC in future. Thus the existing system of costing in Dairy industry of Nepal is not effective neither to raise higher rate of profit nor productivity.

scholarly journals Spare Parts Cost Management for Long-Term Economic Sustainability: Using Fuzzy Activity Based LCC

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 1835 ◽  
Author(s):  
Orlando Durán ◽  
Paulo Afonso ◽  
Paulo Durán
Keyword(s):  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Spare Parts ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Activity Based Costing ◽  
Equipment Reliability ◽  
Triangular Numbers ◽  
Traditional Costing ◽  
Cost Parameters

The concept of life cycle sustainability assessment provides an interdisciplinary space to discuss the main challenges in addressing sustainability from a long-term perspective. However, uncertainty related to cost parameters constitutes one of the main challenges in LCC. This uncertainty prevents managers from precisely anticipating the exact values of important variables. These variables include the costs of spare parts inventories, which in some cases can constitute high percentages of the total cost of a product or service. We propose an activity-based costing model that handles uncertainty using triangular numbers, along with a matrix representation, and Weibull functions to incorporate the projected equipment reliability into the model. A case study based on a spare parts distribution center, which serves the mining industry in Northern Chile, is presented. The results obtained are compared with a traditional costing method. The advantage of using the proposed approach over the traditional one is evident. Future research is directed towards the implementation of a larger number of inventory policies, along with experimentation with other types of fuzzy numbers.

scholarly journals The Activity-based costing (ABC) in a Public Higher Education Institutions (HEI): Stakeholders perceptions

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 1125-1135
Author(s):  
Jamalludin Helmi Hashim
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Method ◽  
Public University ◽  
Public Higher Education ◽  
Activity Based Costing ◽  
University System ◽  
Branch Campuses ◽  
System Information ◽  
Costing System ◽  
Traditional Costing

The purpose of this study is to investigate the differences in perceptions, i)  on the usefulness of costing information produced by ABC and the traditional costing system, and ii) between users and preparers. The respondents were selected using disproportionate stratified random sampling method among staff in the biggest public university in Malaysia with a multi-campus university system. Twelve branch campuses across the country. The data was collected using structure postal questionnaires that were distributed to 153 respondents across all of their campuses. The results indicated that respondent perceived the information produced by ABC system as of higher functionality as compared to the traditional costing system information. The finding also showed that there was no significance difference between users and prepares with regards to the quality of ABC system, but users perceived the ABC information is of higher functionality than do the preparers.

scholarly journals Employee Training, Managerial Commitment And The Implementation Of Activity Based Costing; Impact On Performance Of SMEs

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Job Dubihlela ◽  
Rosebud Rundora
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Employee Training ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Activity Based Costing ◽  
Cost Information ◽  
Cost Performance ◽  
Effective Implementation ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Costing System ◽  
The Impact

This article examines the implementation of activity-based costing (ABC) in the SMEs sector in a developing country. The consequences of ABC on the evolution of management accounting and its impact on the accounting processes, particular as it relates to organizational cost performance has been a subject of discourse in the past two decades. This study provides some insight into the conspicuous paradox that in spite of the theoretical benefits of ABC, very few SMEs in South Africa adopt it and that a material number of those that employ ABC do not actually implement it. It is a preliminary study which begins by describing the differences between the traditional and the ABC cost systems; particularly examining the impact of employee training and managerial commitment to ABC implementation. An overview of some literature on ABC and the value of ABC implementation in SMEs sector is provided, reporting some experiences of South African SMEs in implementing ABC. A framework for the implementation of ABC in SMEs and impact on their performance is presented. Using survey data collected from SMEs (n = 149), the results and discussions indicate the prominence of both employee training and managerial commitment as precursors to effective implementation of ABC and that its implementation impacts on SME performance. Implementation of ABC precedes the creation of a costing system that provides management with reliable cost information. The paper concludes by providing, managerial implications, limitations and proposed future research.

scholarly journals Activity-Based Costing and Its Derivatives and Significance in the Cutting-Edge Environment

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 107
Author(s):  
Tito IM. Rahman Hakim
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Model Development ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
Activity Based Costing ◽  
Information Distortion ◽  
Costing System ◽  
Traditional Costing ◽  
Two Phases

The purpose of this article is to explore activity-based costing with its derivative, that is time-driven activity-based costing and fuzzy time-driven activity-based costing via some relevant researches and observe significance of this systems in sophisticated business environment. Activity-based costing is a costing system with two phases that track cost from activity to product. The emergence of activity-based costing is driven by irrelevance calculation of traditional costing system that cause information distortion. Therefore, activity-based costing emerges as a alternative problem solving of this distortion. But activity-based costing as a system has its drawbacks. These drawbacks try to be covered later with the emergence of model development of former activity-based costing. Through time-driven activity-based costing, activity-based costing that previously complex and expensive become simpler and more economic. Subsequently, through uzzy time-driven activity-based costing, calculation of time-driven activity-based costing that previously in-absolute and ambiguity become less. Through three tradeoff analysis, that is cost-benefit, complexity-simplify, and first-secondary, it is known that activity-based costing and its derivative still have a great significance in business environment that full of sophistication and recency.

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