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John Deere Component Works (A) (Spanish version)
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Reference: HBS-115S03
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Year: 1985
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Number of pages: 20
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Geographic Setting: United States
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Publication Date: May 4, 1987
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Fecha de edición: Nov 4, 1998
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Source: HBSP (USA)
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Type of Document: Case
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Industry Setting: Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting;Retail trade
Description
The division has recognized the inadequacies of its existing, traditional cost system for estimating product costs. Describes the innovative activity-based system that was developed to more accurately trace overhead costs to individual products. Provides students with the opportunity to critique a standard cost system and to assess the characteristics of the proposed system that traces costs to production activities.