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Target costing

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  • This topic has 3 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 10 years ago by John Moffat.
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  • September 7, 2015 at 8:27 pm #270286
    maan87
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    Hi john sir..how r u..

    John sir how intagibilty and hetrogeniety in service industry is a problem for target costing approach? ..i read on this but no clear concept still..

    September 8, 2015 at 8:16 am #270336
    John Moffat
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    Think, do example, about a dentist doing fillings on teeth, which is a service.

    Because it is intangible it is not possible to measure each unit in the same way as we can with a product that is manufactured.
    Also, the fact that each filling will be different (some will take longer and some will be faster) i.e. they are heterogenous, we can’t have a standard cost for one filling as we can when we are manufacturing lots of identical units.

    September 8, 2015 at 8:53 am #270348
    maan87
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    Great..got it

    September 8, 2015 at 9:01 am #270354
    John Moffat
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    Great 🙂

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