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Managerial Accounting
, 2002 Edition
Belverd E. Needles, Jr., DePaul University
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Chapter 3: Cost Systems: Job Order Costing
Instructions:
Use one of the following web search engines to search for businesses that you think might use a job order costing system. Prepare a report that identifies the name of the business, the product(s) it produces, an explanation of why the company would use a job order costing system, and a brief description of the accounting process and documents used to track a job, etc. A linked web site is included below as an example.
Web Search Engines:
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Yahoo!
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Excite
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Lycos
4.
Go.com
5.
AltaVista
Sample Site:
Newport News Shipbuilding
Extended Research Activity
Instructions:
Use the Business Periodicals Web Links
site to search for an article about job order costing. Write a short summary of the article. Be sure to identify the article's title, author(s), and publication date. Bring this information to class to share with your classmates.
Either print out your answers for submission or email them to your instructor.
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