The phone division has been using the same accounting system for over 10 years. The company has include so many product line . Their product demand will be different in the market. The problem arise is they not know about actual product cost. The computer technology has change time to time it is easier to collect and use detailed information that will allow to assign cost more accurately.
factors determine new cost accounting system
I think that our manufacturing environment has changed. Over the years, we have added a lot of different product lines. Some of these products make very different demands on our manufacturing overhead resources. We trace—or attempt to trace—overhead costs to the different products using direct labor cost, a unit-based cost driver. We may be doing more allocation than tracing. If so, then we probably don’t have a very good idea of our actual product costs. Also, as you know, with the way computer technology has changed over time, it is easier and cheaper to collect and use detailed information—information that will allow us to assign costs more accurately.”