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target costing

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  • This topic has 3 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 8 years ago by John Moffat.
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  • November 2, 2017 at 9:51 am #414113
    adarsh1997
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    ” Cost control can begin at the design stage.”

    1.Could you explain how this statement is true?
    Isn’t target costing a cost reducing technique rather than a cost control one?

    November 2, 2017 at 4:11 pm #414143
    John Moffat
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    ‘controlling’ costs doesn’t only mean stopping them getting bigger. It also means keeping them to a minimum, and it is important that this happens at the design stage.

    November 2, 2017 at 4:43 pm #414151
    adarsh1997
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    https://opentuition.com/topic/target-costing-36/

    Please refer to that previous post.
    – From your explanation in that post, it seemed that Target costing is not a cost control technique.

    -Please make it clear for me.

    November 3, 2017 at 9:59 am #414193
    John Moffat
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    There is a difference between wanting to control costs right from the design stage to having a specific technique to control costs. Target costing itself is not a technique to control costs.

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