Toward an activity-based costing system for product families and product platforms in the early stages of development

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 99-130

  Park, Jaeil ^a   Simpson, Timothy W ^b  

^a Ajou University   (South Korea)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity based costing (ABC); Cost modularization; Platforms; Product families

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DECISION MAKING; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCTION; SALES;

ACTIVITY BASED COSTING (ABC); COST ESTIMATIONS; COST MODULARIZATION; MARKETPLACES;

COST EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 36249000655     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540600825240     Document Type: Article

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