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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

Process Costing



Instructions: Use one of the following www search sites to search for businesses which you think might use a process costing system. Prepare a report as specified in the text which identifies the name of the business and describes the production process. 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:

Dreyers Ice Cream

Take a tour of the Dreyers ice cream production process.

Extended Research Activity



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

For example see "Looking for fat profits" in CNNfn.



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

   


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