Asian Review of Accounting Emerald Article: Implementation of activity based costing in Malaysia: A case study of two companies Jamaliah Abdul Majid‚ Maliah Sulaiman Article information: To cite this document: Jamaliah Abdul Majid‚ Maliah Sulaiman‚ (2008)‚"Implementation of activity based costing in Malaysia: A case study of two companies"‚ Asian Review of Accounting‚ Vol. 16 Iss: 1 pp. 39 - 55 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/13217340810872463 Downloaded on:
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Introduction Riordan Manufacturing currently maintains four different locations that specialize in manufacturing and corporate operations. Each of the locations has continued to operate using the same business systems they had when they were acquired and folded into Riordan. This presents a challenge to the management at Riordan as they have a multitude of different systems to deal with when managing the operations. Not only do they have to worry about compatibility issues between the systems but
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Introduction Hugh McCaughley‚ Chief Operations Officer of Riordan Manufacturing has requested a new system for the Human Resources department of their company which would be implemented and utilized at three plant locations and the company headquarters. To build the new human resources system properly‚ information must be collected from various areas of Riordan Manufacturing‚ and the information will be collected in a variety of ways. This information must then be used to determine such items as
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(Y2K)‚ Many companies were engaged in implementations of standard business software applications‚ the enterprise systems particularly such as ERP‚ and supply chain management systems. While these software systems solved the immediate problem of Y2K compliance‚ they were typically implemented with an emphasis on speed and the need to fix the Y2K problems. The scope of data conversion from the legacy to the new systems was not sufficient. Focus on business processes was required in order to leverage the
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Although the benefits of being active seems to be of interest to many people in today’s world‚ the numerous reasons often go unannounced because of the stress that is put on physical image rather than overall health. Physical activity includes any action that strengthens muscles or strengthens the cardiovascular system. It can be performed by aerobic exercises such as sports and other activities that increase cardiovascular endurance or anaerobic exercise such as weight training that focus on increasing
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INTRODUCTION Retrospectively‚ policy implementation was seen to be less problematic and for that matter minimal academic attention was allocated to the implementation stage in policy making (Dorey 2005; Fixsen et al 2005; Exworthy and Powell 2004‚). However practical experiences led to the realization of how policy implementation shapes and determines policy success or failure and from the 1970s‚ implementation’s relevance and influence on policy making were increasingly witnessed (Dorey 2005).
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Activity Based Costing Implementation for a Not-For-Profit Darrell Ament‚ Author The author was tasked with setting up an activity based costing (ABC) system for a not-for-profit organization. The first thing done by the author was to use the internet to research the use of ABC systems for non-profits. The result was the conclusion by the author that QuickBooks’ class feature could be used to track expenses‚ revenues and balance sheet costs for the implementing ABC. Income‚ Revenue and Balance
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Benefits of using the Internet Today the internet is one of the most used elements in our daily lives. With its continued development and ever growing data base the internet has become an important part of our daily function‚ from banking to reminders to take the kids to their practices. There are so many benefits to using the internet. A fact to start with is the ease of use today as appose to several year ago. As we know‚ a long time ago it was really hard to communicate with each other
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Service Request SR-rm-022 Part Two Jennifer Wherley BSA/375 July 2nd‚ 2012 Joseph Duer Introduction Riordan Manufacturing is seeking a new system that will consolidate all of their Human Resource related data. Currently‚ the data that will be a part of the new system is spread out through different departments of the company. The new system will allow this data to be saved in a central location‚ while only allowing viewing access to certain employees. The access will be much the same
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* Tsehay Kassa * Personal Ethics Statement * * Ethical perspective is very important any were. People distinguish between acceptable and unacceptable behavior in different situations. These behaviors originated from family‚ village‚ religious institutions‚ schools‚ and the like. To be a good member of profession it is good to know a set of expectations. Different organizations have their own understanding about what it means to be a good employee. This shows there is a need of ethical
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