Comments on: Cost Accounting http://www.scottcorner.org/2008/cost-accounting/ A Notebook of Ideas and Experiences Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:53:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: George Redinger http://www.scottcorner.org/2008/cost-accounting/#comment-3425 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:31:00 +0000 http://www.scottcorner.org/2008/cost-accounting/#comment-3425 "Total Quality Control for Management:Strategies and Techniques from Toyota and Toyoda Gosei" by Massao Nemota I have been interested in the methods used by Toyota for the last few years. In general, they eschew cost accounting for "throughput accounting", so, a 1% loss so you can spend time elsewhere sounds like a resonable trade off when accounting for the performance of the total "James Scott" system. Or even for the CWC system. If you are making money, you don't much care about pig Latin or exchange rates. If you are not... "Total Quality Control for Management:Strategies and Techniques from Toyota and Toyoda Gosei" by Massao Nemota

I have been interested in the methods used by Toyota for the last few years. In general, they eschew cost accounting for "throughput accounting", so, a 1% loss so you can spend time elsewhere sounds like a resonable trade off when accounting for the performance of the total "James Scott" system.

Or even for the CWC system. If you are making money, you don't much care about pig Latin or exchange rates. If you are not...

]]> by: Mary (Scott) Thomas http://www.scottcorner.org/2008/cost-accounting/#comment-3423 Sat, 08 Mar 2008 06:16:52 +0000 http://www.scottcorner.org/2008/cost-accounting/#comment-3423 I found your website, and I am almost certain we are related. John Scott was my (not sure how many) Great Grandpa. Thanks for having this website avaiable. Oh, and we are also neighbors, I live in Eastern WA...... I found your website, and I am almost certain we are related. John Scott was my (not sure how many) Great Grandpa. Thanks for having this website avaiable. Oh, and we are also neighbors, I live in Eastern WA......

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