AFTER STUDYING THIS CHAPTER, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO:
1. Describe the basics of plantwide and departmental
overhead costing.
2. Explain why plantwide and departmental overhead
costing may not be accurate.
3. Provide a detailed description of activity-based
product costing.
4. Explain how the number of activity rates can be
reduced.
5. Describe activity-based system concepts including
an ABC relational database and ABC software.