The authors have kept the text concise by focusing on the key concepts students need to master. Opening vignettes & 'in action' boxes show realistic applications of these concepts throughout. Comprehensive end-of-chapter problems provide students with all the practice they need to fully learn each concept.

Cost accounting is an essential management tool that can uncover profitability improvements and provide support for key business decisions. Cost Accounting Fundamentals shows how to improve a business with constraint analysis, target costing, capital budgeting, price setting, and cost of quality analysis. The book also addresses the essential tasks of inventory valuation and job costing, and shows how to create a cost collection system for these activities. In short, this book contains the essential tools needed to foster more profitable decision-making by management.

A direct, realistic, and efficient way to learn cost accounting. Fundamentals is short (approximately 700 pages) making it easy to cover in one semester. The authors have kept the text concise by focusing on the key concepts students need to master. Opening vignettes and In Action boxes show realistic applications of these concepts throughout. All chapters end with a “Debrief” that links the topics in the chapter to the decision problem faced by the manager in the opening vignette. Comprehensive end-of-chapter problems provide students with all the practice they need to fully learn each concept.

Introduce students to the essentials of cost accounting using the clear, concise and practical approach in PRINCIPLES OF COST ACCOUNTING, 17E. The book's unique 10-chapter format provides a thorough understanding of cost concepts, cost behavior, and cost accounting techniques as applied to manufacturing and service businesses. The authors ensure students master fundamentals before progressing to more complex topics. Students begin with job order costing, and advance to process costing before delving into specialized topics, such as budgeting, standard costing and variance analysis, costing for service businesses, and cost analysis for management decisions. The book introduces concepts in small, manageable sections that are immediately reinforced with proven questions, demonstration problems, exercises, and self-study quizzes. Updated examples and current data keep the content relevant to todays times. Students learn how to determine the costs of products and services and set selling prices. Students also discover how to bid on products and analyze the relative profitability of products and services. In addition, the book teaches how to measure the performance of managers, design an accounting system, and use accounting to further organizational goals. Count on PRINCIPLES OF COST ACCOUNTING, 17E for the most logical, relevant approach to your cost accounting course. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

Cost accounting is one of the most essential tools used by managers to fine-tune operations and improve profitability. Cost Accounting is designed for the college student who needs in-depth coverage of all cost accounting concepts, incorporating practical advice regarding their real-world usage. The text goes well beyond the traditional cost accounting topics of inventory valuation and cost analysis to also cover inventory management, price setting, target costing, constraint analysis, and budgeting. The material is designed to give the student exposure to how these topics are dealt with in a business environment.

Horngren's "Cost Accounting" defined the cost accounting market and continues to innovate today by consistently integrating the most current practice and theory. This acclaimed, number one market-leading book embraces the basic theme of " different costs for different purposes." It reaches beyond cost accounting procedures to consider concepts, analyses, and management. This latest edition of "Cost Accounting "incorporates the latest research and most up-to-date thinking into all relevant chapters. Professional issues related to Management Accounting and Management Accountants are emphasized. Chapter topics cover the accountant' s role in the organization to performance measurement, compensation, and multinational considerations. For future accountants who want to enhance their understanding of-and ability to-solve cost accounting problems.