One of the first tasks when managing a project is the cost estimate. A cost estimate must be accurate, transparent and reliable. These factors are particularly important for a small business because ...

And wouldn’t you know it; the need for more operational data is at the heart of it. “A couple of people sent me letters from shippers during that [pre-ELD] time which said, ’We’re so grateful for all ...

Cost accounting and product costing are two accounting methods for determining the cash needed to create goods and services. A company's decision to use either accounting technique can have lasting ...

Costing, the process by which an organization's costs are determined, is one of the most useful policy-making and management tools available to higher education leaders throughout the world. Yet ...

Standard costing offers considerable appeal for manufacturers. With standard costing, specific values are assigned to each finished product for each component of material, labor, direct overhead and ...

One of the seminal challenges of our healthcare profession is to measure actual costs in real time. All payers (e.g. the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, employers, consumers/patients, etc.) ...

Retail businesses have unique accounting challenges. Here's a guide that will get you through the basics. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who ...

Value in health care is defined as outcomes achieved per dollar spent, and understanding cost is critical to delivering high-value care. Traditional costing methods reflect charges rather than ...

To meet increasing demand for cancer genetic testing and improve value-based cancer care delivery, National Cancer Centre Singapore restructured the Cancer Genetics Service in 2014. Care delivery ...