ACC 570 Assignment 1: Activity-Based Costing (ABC) in Service Industries
Subject: Business / Accounting
Question
Assignment 1: Activity-Based Costing (ABC) in Service Industries
Due Week 3 and worth 300 points
Research a U.S. company in the service industry with e-commerce activities.
Write a five to six (5-6) page paper in which you:
1. Describe the company you researched in one to two (1-2) paragraphs.
2. Discuss how a time driven ABC cost system can be implemented in the company
you researched and the benefits that the use will yield to the business
performance.
3. Assess how using an ABC system can provide a competitive advantage to the
company in the market space it operates and the resulting impact to the business
performance.
4. Examine the potential impact of time-driven ABC costing on services provided
online with those provided through traditional channels, considering how this
knowledge will impact decisions made by management about these services.
5. Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note:
Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch
margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific
format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name,
the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the
reference page are not included in the required assignment page length. The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are: Analyze the concepts of job order costing, process costing, and activity-based
costing. Use technology and information resources to research issues in managerial
accounting. Write clearly and concisely about managerial accounting using proper writing
mechanics. Click here to view the grading rubric.
Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic/organization of the
paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.
Points: 300 Criteria 1. Describe the
company you
researched in one to
two (1-2) paragraphs.
Weight: 10% Assignment 1: Activity-based Costing (ABC) in Service Industries Unacceptable
Below 70% F Did not submit or
incompletely
described the
company you
researched in one
to two (1-2)
paragraphs. Fair
70-79% C Proficient
80-89% B Partially described Satisfactorily
the company you described the
researched in one company you
to two (1-2)
researched in one
paragraphs.
to two (1-2)
paragraphs. Exemplary
90-100% A Thoroughly
described the
company you
researched in one
to two (1-2)
paragraphs. 2. Discuss how a time- Did not submit or Partially discussed Satisfactorily
Thoroughly
driven ABC cost
incompletely
how a time-driven discussed how a discussed how a
system can be
discussed how a ABC cost system time-driven ABC time-driven ABC
implemented in the
time-driven ABC can be
cost system can be cost system can be
company you
cost system can be implemented in implemented in implemented in
researched and the
implemented in the company you the company you the company you
benefits that the use the company you researched;
researched;
researched;
will yield to the
researched; did
partially discussed satisfactorily
thoroughly
business performance. not submit or
the benefits that discussed the
discussed the
Weight: 25%
incompletely
the use will yield benefits that the benefits that the
discussed the
to the business
use will yield to use will yield to
benefits that the performance.
the business
the business
use will yield to
performance.
performance.
the business
performance. 3. Assess how using an Did not submit or
ABC system can
incompletely
provide a competitive assessed how
advantage to the
using an ABC
company in the market system can
space it operates and provide a
the resulting impact to competitive Partially assessed
how using an
ABC system can
provide a
competitive
advantage to the
company in the Satisfactorily
assessed how
using an ABC
system can
provide a
competitive
advantage to the Thoroughly
assessed how
using an ABC
system can
provide a
competitive
advantage to the the business
performance.
Weight: 25% advantage to the market space it
company in the company in the
company in the operates and the market space it
market space it
market space it
resulting impact to operates and the operates and the
operates and the the business
resulting impact to resulting impact to
resulting impact to performance.
the business
the business
the business
performance.
performance.
performance. 4. Examine the
Did not submit or Partially
Satisfactorily
Thoroughly
potential impact of
incompletely
examined the
examined the
examined the
time-driven ABC
examined the
potential impact potential impact potential impact
costing on services
potential impact of time-driven
of time-driven
of time-driven
provided online with of time-driven
ABC costing on ABC costing on ABC costing on
those provided through ABC costing on services provided services provided services provided
traditional channels, services provided online with those online with those online with those
considering how this online with those provided through provided through provided through
knowledge will impact provided through traditional
traditional
traditional
decisions made by
traditional
channels,
channels,
channels,
management about
channels,
considering how considering how considering how
these services.
considering how this knowledge
this knowledge
this knowledge
Weight: 25%
this knowledge
will impact
will impact
will impact
will impact
decisions made by decisions made by decisions made by
decisions made by management
management
management
management
about these
about these
about these
about these
services.
services.
services.
services. 5. 3 references
Weight: 5% No references
provided Does not meet the
required number
of references;
some or all
references poor
quality choices. Meets number of
required
references; all
references high
quality choices. Exceeds number
of required
references; all
references high
quality choices. 6. Clarity, writing
mechanics, and
formatting
requirements
Weight: 10% More than 6 errors 5-6 errors present 3-4 errors present 0-2 errors present
present
