Financial and Managerial Accounting


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Financial and Managerial Accounting provides students with a clear introduction to fundamental accounting concepts beginning with the building blocks of the accounting cycle and continuing through financial statements. This product is ideal for a two-semester Financial and Managerial Accounting sequence where students spend equal time learning financial and managerial accounting concepts as well as learn the accounting cycle from a corporate perspective.







Managerial Accounting


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Managerial Accounting provides students with a clear introduction to fundamental managerial accounting concepts. One of the major goals of this product is to orient students to the application of accounting principles and techniques in practice. By providing students with numerous opportunities for practice with a focus on real-world companies, students are better prepared as decision makers in the contemporary business world.




Managerial Accounting


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This resource presents the key accounting concepts that managers must know in order to make informed decisions. The fourth edition includes expanded Incremental Measurement and You Get What You Measure sections in each chapter. These hallmark features help them focus on real issues. New demo problems have been added as well to show how the concepts are applied. The end-of-chapter problems and Links to Practice sections have been revised and updated to connect the techniques to the business world. Case studies also enable managers to gain critical and applied thinking skills that are especially important in today’s competitive environment.







ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERS


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Decision-making is a pivotal function of any manager. A knowledge of Accounting, insofar as it affects decision-making, is very important for a manager. And very often, students find Accounting as one of the ‘tough’ subjects to handle. This book strives to make Accounting intelligible and easily comprehensible to students. The text gives a comprehensive coverage of the three branches of Accounting – Financial Accounting, Management Accounting, and Cost Accounting. It focuses on the various methods and techniques followed in the Management Reporting System. The text deals, in detail, with various accounting transaction procedures, methods of costing, ratio analysis, budgeting, forecasting, accounting errors, funds flow and cash flow statements, trial balance and balance sheet, and so on. It equips the students with the knowledge in the preparation, analysis, evaluation, and interpretation of financial statements, which will enrich their managerial competence and decision-making skills. KEY FEATURES  Emphasises the various accounting and decision-making techniques.  Provides a number of problems and their solutions, besides giving notes, working notes, and exercises, to help the students understand the concepts better. This book is intended as a text for the postgraduate students of Management (MBA/MIB), financial courses (MFC), and undergraduate and postgraduate students of Commerce and those pursuing MCA. In addition, the book will be very useful to practising managers who wish to develop effective and result-oriented decision-making skills.




EBOOK: Management Accounting


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A modern and contemporary approach to Management Accounting, this brand new textbook written specifically for courses in the UK and Europe provides an essential grounding for students studying both traditional and new Management Accounting techniques. Importantly, this complete text takes its readers beyond just the traditional accounting techniques, to place accounting information and the role of the Management Accountant in a broader organizational context. The text will provide a definitive education for tomorrow's "business-partner" Management Accountants and finance-literate business managers.




American Accountant


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Toyota Production System


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A bestseller for almost three decades, Toyota Production System: An Integrated Approach to Just-In-Time supplies in-depth coverage of Toyota's production practices, including theoretical underpinnings and methods for implementation. Exploring the latest developments in the Toyota Production System (TPS) framework at Toyota, this new edition updates the classic with new material on e-kanban, mini-profit centers, computer-based information systems, and innovative solutions to common obstacles in TPS implementation. Yasuhiro Monden, instrumental in introducing the JIT production system to the United States, explains the logic and methodologies of the TPS. Extending the humanized aspect of production introduced in the third edition, Toyota Production System: An Integrated Approach to Just-In-Time, Fourth Edition explains how to cultivate the culture and way of thinking needed to establish the TPS holistically across your organization. Exploring the link between kaizen methods and calculation methods in TPS, this edition includes new chapters on: The goal of TPS One-piece production in practice Kaizen costing Material handling in an assembly plant Smoothing kanban collection Determination of the number of kanban New developments in e-kanban Cultivating the spontaneous kaizen mind Following in the footsteps of its bestselling predecessors, the fourth edition provides easy-to-follow guidance for implementing the TPS in your organization. It explains how Toyota has adapted and reacted to recent fluctuations in demand, quality problems, and recalls. It also includes an appendix that considers the recent tsunami in Japan and investigates how to reinforce the JIT system to ensure supply chain flow during sudden stoppages at individual locations within the chain.