Cost Management: A Strategic Emphasis
Cost Management: A Strategic Emphasis
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Author: Edward Blocher, David Stout, Paul Juras, Gary Cokins
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Provide the characteristics of the company that are responsible to use process costing.

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Process Costing: It is a method of cost accounting used by an enterprise with processes categorised by continuous production. The cost for manufacturing those products are assigned to the manufacturing department before the averaged over units are being produced.

A Company which manufactures and sells homogenous product and pass through series of similar processes or department make use of process costing. The company using process costing engages in continuous mass production of similar products. Examples of process costing are paint, leather, plastics, paper and flour manufacturing company.

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