cost accounting

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The key is a method called true cost accounting, which examines the economic, environmental, social and health impacts of food production and consumption to produce a broader picture of its costs and benefits.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2024

Using true cost accounting as a guide, policymakers could reallocate some of these vast sums of money toward production methods that deliver net-positive benefits, such as expanding organic agriculture, agroforestry and sustainable fisheries.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2024

Under so-called "amortized cost" accounting, total returns from fixed income products are spread out evenly, with the goal of delivering steady gains irrespective of bond price fluctuations.

From Reuters • Dec. 14, 2022

Once you have that completed, you will apply your preferred cost accounting method to those classifications.

From Encyclopedia.com • Jun. 26, 2018

The all-embracing term machine shop is divided into departments for drafting, designing, accounting, production, flow of work control, cost accounting and many other divisions.

From Industrial Progress and Human Economics by Hartness, James