Challenges and Solutions in Management Accounting - Implementation of Target Costing in the Industry of Equipment Production

Target costing management, although it has been around for a long time, has only recently attracted the attention of companies. Its adoption was imposed by the intense competition that characterizes today's markets. Nowadays it is imperative for the companies to get involved in setting the cost...

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Main Authors: Violeta Maria Isai, Cristina Geru
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Dunarea de Jos University of Galati 2020-12-01
Series:Annals of Dunarea de Jos University. Fascicle I : Economics and Applied Informatics
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Online Access:http://www.eia.feaa.ugal.ro/images/eia/2020_3/Isai_Geru.pdf
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description Target costing management, although it has been around for a long time, has only recently attracted the attention of companies. Its adoption was imposed by the intense competition that characterizes today's markets. Nowadays it is imperative for the companies to get involved in setting the costs of products and services in a more active and aggressive way from one year to the next. The purpose of the research in the present study is the analysis of the possibilities of implementing this method within the car manufacturing companies. Two research directions were pursued: a conceptual one, through the contribution brought to the increase of the knowledge of the managerial accounting and of the way of its organization and a practical one, by accessing and respectively the modernization of the cost calculation methodology in the mentioned sector.
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spelling doaj.art-19d8a5abf1d34961a78da577b1200aed2022-12-21T19:40:52ZengDunarea de Jos University of GalatiAnnals of Dunarea de Jos University. Fascicle I : Economics and Applied Informatics1584-04091584-04092020-12-012637579Challenges and Solutions in Management Accounting - Implementation of Target Costing in the Industry of Equipment ProductionVioleta Maria Isai0Cristina Geru1Dunarea de Jos University of Galati, RomaniaDunarea de Jos University of Galati, RomaniaTarget costing management, although it has been around for a long time, has only recently attracted the attention of companies. Its adoption was imposed by the intense competition that characterizes today's markets. Nowadays it is imperative for the companies to get involved in setting the costs of products and services in a more active and aggressive way from one year to the next. The purpose of the research in the present study is the analysis of the possibilities of implementing this method within the car manufacturing companies. Two research directions were pursued: a conceptual one, through the contribution brought to the increase of the knowledge of the managerial accounting and of the way of its organization and a practical one, by accessing and respectively the modernization of the cost calculation methodology in the mentioned sector.http://www.eia.feaa.ugal.ro/images/eia/2020_3/Isai_Geru.pdftarget priceprofit margintarget costtarget cost index
spellingShingle Violeta Maria Isai
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Challenges and Solutions in Management Accounting - Implementation of Target Costing in the Industry of Equipment Production
Annals of Dunarea de Jos University. Fascicle I : Economics and Applied Informatics
target price
profit margin
target cost
target cost index
title Challenges and Solutions in Management Accounting - Implementation of Target Costing in the Industry of Equipment Production
title_full Challenges and Solutions in Management Accounting - Implementation of Target Costing in the Industry of Equipment Production
title_fullStr Challenges and Solutions in Management Accounting - Implementation of Target Costing in the Industry of Equipment Production
title_full_unstemmed Challenges and Solutions in Management Accounting - Implementation of Target Costing in the Industry of Equipment Production
title_short Challenges and Solutions in Management Accounting - Implementation of Target Costing in the Industry of Equipment Production
title_sort challenges and solutions in management accounting implementation of target costing in the industry of equipment production
topic target price
profit margin
target cost
target cost index
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