TY - JOUR AB - The first step in sound business management is to realize that accounting reports complying with tax rules are improper for profit control as quicker and higher frequency reporting is a must together with a different kind of expenses filing. The second step is to choose, for controllership purposes, between absorption, direct or activity based costing. Outlines the reasons why direct costing is the key to effective profit control. VL - 9 IS - 3 SN - 0954-478X DO - 10.1108/09544789710169028 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/09544789710169028 AU - Esculier Guy G. PY - 1997 Y1 - 1997/01/01 TI - Using improper costing methods may lead to losses T2 - The TQM Magazine PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 228 EP - 230 Y2 - 2024/09/25 ER -