iii
.
A
ctivity
-
B
ased
C
osting
(ABC)
Methods
ABC is an economic model that identifies the cost pools or activity centers in an organization
and assigns costs to cost drivers based on the number of each activity used (Akyol et al., 2007
,
p.
1).
Activity
-
b
ased
costing
comes
from
the belief
that
products
are the
consumer
s of
activities
and
activities
also
consume
resources
.
In
this
method
,
the emphasis is
on the activity
as a
matter of
cost
as
it is
the main factor
of
the
cost
.
The method
assumes that the
co
st of
fathering
activities
and
outputs construct
the
demand for
activities
and for this reason
solve this problem
using
a
two
-
stage
cost
allocation method
. In this system the cost of production or providing service is
compared to cost standards and finally
by the analysis of
performance
of each activity,
Funds will
be allocated based on a workload of administration
(Sarmast & et al.,
2011
, p. 118).