TY - BOOK AU - Blocher, Edward J. AU - Juras, Paul E. AU - Smith, Steven TI - Cost management: A strategic emphasis SN - 978-1-266-88376-7 U1 - BCir. 658.1552 PY - 2024/// CY - New York PB - McGrawHill KW - Cost accounting N1 - Includes glossary and index; 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 ER -