Horngrenâ™s Cost Accounting,16th Edition (Paperback)

Horngrenâ™s Cost Accounting,16th Edition (Paperback)Cost accounting provides key data to managers for planning and controlling, as well as costing. products, services, even customers. Cost Accounting, 16e focuses on how this discipline wouldhelp managers make better decisions, as cost accountants are increasingly becoming integra"members of company's decision making teams. In order to emphasize this prominence in decision"making, the authors have used the 'different costs for different purposes' theme

Cost accounting provides key data to managers for planning and controlling, as well as costing.products, services, even customers. Cost Accounting, 16e focuses on how this discipline wouldhelp managers make better decisions, as cost accountants are increasingly becoming integra"members of company's decision-making teams. In order to emphasize this prominence in decision"making, the authors have used the 'different costs for different purposes' theme throughout this"book. focusing on basic concepts, analyses, uses, and procedures instead of procedures alone,"they have recognized cost accounting as a managerial tool for business strategy and"implementation. This textbook also prepares students for the rewards and challenges they face in"the professional cost accounting world of today and tomorrow."Ideas based on academic research regarding the weights to be placed on performance"measures in a balanced scorecard."Details on the transfer pricing strategies used multinational technology firms such as Apple and Google to minimize income taxes."Evolution of enterprise resource planning systems and newer simplified costing systems that practice lean accounting."New material around recent trends in big data and data analytics in predicting costs and when making demand forecasts.