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Activity-Based Costing (ABC)

Activity-Based Costing (ABC) ditches traditional methods that spread overhead costs evenly across products. Instead, ABC identifies specific activities that drive costs (e.g., machine setups, order processing). It then assigns a portion of the overhead cost to each product based on how much of that activity it uses. This provides a more accurate picture of what products are profitable by revealing hidden costs and inefficiencies.

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