Activity Based Costing

Course Description

Today an emerging focus is to become a “learning organization.” Unlike traditional accounting reports to which managers react by being happy or sad, ABC data makes them smarter!

Critics have claimed that traditional managerial accounting is at best useless and at worst dysfunctional and misleading. Today’s general ledger and budgeted spending systems support departmental and “stovepipe” managerial philosophies.

In contrast, activity-based costing (ABC) information supports process-based thinking. ABC is a key component of the increasingly popular enterprise and corporate performance management (EPM/CPM) systems.

Activity-based costing (ABC) is mostly used in the manufacturing industry since it enhances the reliability of cost data, hence producing nearly true costs and better classifying the costs incurred by the company during its production process.

ABC is used to get a better grasp on costs, allowing companies to form a more appropriate pricing strategy.

The ABC calculation is as follows: 

• Identify all the activities required to create the product.
• Divide the activities into cost pools, which includes all the individual costs related to an activity—such as manufacturing. Calculate the total overhead of each cost pool.
• Assign each cost pool activity cost drivers, such as hours or units.
• Calculate the cost driver rate by dividing the total overhead in each cost pool by the total cost drivers.
• Divide the total overhead of each cost pool by the total cost drivers to get the cost driver rate.
• Multiply the cost driver rate by the number of cost drivers.

In this CPE Webinar on costing, we will take you through the practical aspects of each step one by one.

Major topics covered in this online CPE course:

• Best Practices & Procedures of ABC
• How ABC can bring truly accurate fact-based measures and visibility to costs
• Measure channel and customer profitability
• Discover how to reduce costs and improve productivity

Learning Objectives

• To analyze how activity based costing works and where it can bring the best results.
• To describe the differences between traditional methods of applying overhead and activity based methods as well as the four critical factors to consider.
• To observe the three critical steps for implementing and using activity based costing in your organization.
• To analyze how to select the most appropriate costs driver to apply activity based costs pools.
• To distinguish the types of activities, including unit, batch, product and facility costs, their hierarchy and relationship to one another.

Recommended For

• This CPE course is recommended for CPAs, CMAs, CVAs, CFAs, ABVs and any other professional who is interested in getting an understanding of the concept of ABC Costing.
• This CPD course is also good for Canadian CPAs and Finance Professionals.
• This CPE webinar will be useful for CFOs, Financial officers and controllers, Managerial and cost accountants, Financial and business analysts, Budget managers, Strategic planners, Marketing and sales managers, Supply chain analysts Risk managers, CIO, and Board of Directors.

Who Should Attend?

Webinar Qualifies For

• 1 CPD Credit for Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA Canada)
• 1 PL Credit for Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
• 1 CPD Credit for CA - ICAEW
• 1 CPE Credit for Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA)
• 1 CPE Credit of Finance for Certified Public Accountants (CPA-US)
• 1 CPE Credit for Certified Management Accountants (CMA)
• 1 CPD Credit for Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV)
• 1 CPE Credit for Certified Business Appraiser/Master Certified Business Appraiser (CBA/MCBA)
• 1 CE Credit for Certified Fiduciary & Investment Risk Specialist (CFIRS)
• 1 CE Credit for Certified Wealth Strategist (CWS)
• 1 General Credit for Accountant/Bookeeper
• 1 CPD Credit for Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
• 1 CPD Credit for Chartered Accountants - Scotland
• 1 CPD Credit for Chartered Accountants - Ireland (CAI)
• 1 CPD Credit for CPA - Ireland

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