Standard costing, according to various authors, is inconsistent with today'smanufacturing environment (e.g. Monden and Lee, 1993; Ferrara, 1995; Drury, 1999).Instead, to meet the intensely, competitive, global business environment, companiesshould use tools or strategies such as JIT, ABC, TQM, process reengineering, life cycleassessment and target costing. |