Division recognized the inadequacy of the existing, traditional cost systems to estimate the cost of production. Describes innovation based on a system that has been developed to more accurately track the overhead of separate products. Provides students the opportunity to critique the standard cost system and estimate the characteristics of the proposed system, which tracks the cost of production activities. "Hide
by Robert S. Kaplan, Artemis March Source: Harvard Business School 19 pages. Publication Date: 04 May 1987. Prod. #: 187107-PDF-ENG
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