Activity based costing is a widely used method to reshape the traditional
accounting systems into management information systems providing a
reliable guidance for decision makers. The currently applied logistics
costing procedures can also be further developed by using this
methodology. Doing so calculation distortions preventing the exact costbenefit
evaluation of logistics or supply chains – and their components –
can be reduced significantly. The paper aims to identify the related
problems and propose a solution for logistics costing by adopting the
activity based approach. The corresponding basic mathematical formulas
are elaborated, too. As the recommendations are derived from a theoretical
point of view, additional practical validations of the model are intended to
be developed in the near future.