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Managerial Accounting , Fifth Edition
Belverd D. Needles, Jr., DePaul University
Marian Powers, Northwestern University
Sherry K. Mills, New Mexico State University
Henry R. Anderson, University of Central Florida
Research Activities



Job Order Costing



Instructions: Use one of the following www search sites to search for businesses which you think might use a job order costing system. Prepare a report as specified in the text which identifies the name of the business, the process of starting and completing a job, a brief description of the accounting process and documents used to track a job etc. A linked www site is summarized below as an example.


WWW Search Sites:
  1. Yahoo
  2. Excite
  3. Lycos
  4. Infoseek
  5. AltaVista




Sample Site:

Newport News Shipbuilding 

Extended Research Activity

  • Locate a business article about a company that you believe would use a job-order costing system. Prepare a short report that includes the company's name, its product(s) and a description of its production jobs. Bring this information to class to share with your classmates. Be sure to identify the article's title, author(s), and publication date.




Either print out your answers for submission or email them to your instructor.

   


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