Fundamentals of Cost Accounting 3e

A direct, realistic, and efficient way to learn cost accounting. Fundamentals is short (approximately 700 pages) making it easy to cover in one semester. The authors have kept the text concise by focusing on the key concepts students need to master. Opening vignettes and In Action boxes show realistic applications of these concepts throughout. All chapters end with a ?Debrief? that links the topics in the chapter to the decision problem faced by the manager in the opening vignette. Comprehensive end-of-chapter problems provide students with all the practice they need to fully learn each concept.Updated examples and end-of-chapter problem material throughout.The opening vignettes now tie to one of the In Action items in the chapter to highlight the relevance of cost accounting to today?s business problems.New material on Lean Accounting added to chapter 1.Revised discussion of Microsoft Excel to estimate regression.New discussion of productivity and measuring productivity in Chapter 18.NEW! McGraw-Hill?s Connect uses end-of-chapter material pulled directly from the textbook to create static and algorithmic questions that can be used for practice, homework, quizzes, and tests. All new texts come bundled with Connect Plus at no additional cost.