EBK CORNERSTONES OF COST MANAGEMENT
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Chapter 12, Problem 21E
Activity-based management includes both process value analysis and activity-based costing. Which of the following features is primarily associated with process value analysis?
- a. Defining root causes of each activity
- b. Identifying cost objects and activity drivers
- c. Calculating activity rate
- d. Assigning costs to cost objects
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