Activity Based Costing
Maximizing Efficiency Through Cost Control
TCT provides an innovative Activity-Based Cost Accounting System designed specifically
for credit unions. Activity-Based Cost Accounting is a system that analyzes the
activities of all departments within your credit union in order to provide focused
information and improve strategic decision making. The primary objectives of ABC
are to:
- Assess why costs are incurred rather than how much is incurred;
- Form
a basis for controlling costs by monitoring underlying causes; and
- Align costs
with activities in order to improve efficiency product/service pricing.
ABC CU ™ ;
is a tool you can use to bring about significant changes in expenditure patterns,
operational processes, overhead activities, and organizational structure. It provides
you will specific measurable benefits such as:
- Helping you address the real issues
of how and why costs are incurred, not simply recording the expenditure and allocating
it arbitrarily to cost centers or products;
- Providing a different dimension to
cost information to focus management’s attention on the underlying factors of credit
union operations; and
- Significantly improving efficiency and profitability, and
enhancing value.