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Managerial Accounting
, 2002 Edition
Belverd E. Needles, Jr., DePaul University
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Chapter 4: Cost Systems: Process Costing
Instructions:
Use one of the following web search engines to search for businesses that you think might use a process 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 process costing system, and a brief description of the accounting process and documents used to track costs, 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:
The Sherwin-Williams Company
Extended Research Activity
Instructions:
Use the following business periodicals' web sites to search for an article about process costing. Write a short summary of the article. Be sure to identify the article's title, author(s), and publication date.
Business Periodical Web Sites:
CNNfn
Forbes
U.S. News & World Report
BusinessWeek
MSNBC Commerce
Barron's
USA Today Money
Fortune
Time
Financial Times
Either print out your answers for submission or email them to your instructor.
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