Blocher, Edward J. <br/><br/>
Cost management :  A strategic emphasis / 
by Edward J. Blocher, Paul E.Juras, and Steven Smith 
 - New York :  McGrawHill,  c2024 
 - xxvii, 948 pages :   illustrated;  28 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes glossary and index. 
<br/><br/>Contents: Cost management and strategy--Implementing a strategy: the value chain, the balanced scorecard, and the strategy map--Basic cost management concepts--Job costing--Activity-based costing and customer profitability analysis--Process costing--Cost allocation: departments, joint products, and by-products--Cost estimation--Short-term planning: cost-volume-profit (CVP) analysis--Strategy and the master budget--Decision making with a strategic emphasis--Strategy and the analysis of capital investments--Cost planning for the product life cycle: target costing, theory of constraints, and strategic pricing--Operational performance measurement: sales, direct cost variances, and the role of nonfinancial performance measures--Operational performance measurement: indirect cost variances and resource-capacity management--Operational performance measurement: further analysis of productivity and sales--The management and control of quality--Strategic peformance measurement: cost centers, profit centers, and the balanced scorecard--Strategic peformance measurement: investment centers and transfer pricing--Management compensation, business analysis, and business valuation. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>978-1-266-88376-7 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cost accounting.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>BCir. 658.1552  / C823c