2023 Assignment 1 Activity Based Costing ABC in Service Industries Research a U S company in the service industry with | Assignments Online

Assignment 1: Activity-Based Costing (ABC) in Service Industries

Research a U.S. company in the service industry with e-commerce activities.

Write a six (5) page paper in which you:

 

1. Describe the company you researched in one to two (1-2) paragraphs.
2. Discuss how a time driven ABC cost system can be implemented in the company you researched and the benefits that the use will yield to the business performance.
3. Assess how using an ABC system can provide a competitive advantage to the company in the market space it operates and the resulting impact to the business performance.
4. Examine the potential impact of time-driven ABC costing on services provided online with those provided through traditional channels, considering how this knowledge will impact decisions made by management about these services.
5. Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

 

• Analyze the concepts of job order costing, process costing, and activity-based costing.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in managerial accounting.
• Write clearly and concisely about managerial accounting using proper writing mechanics.