Product Life Cycle Costing-Its Importance, Characteristics,Benefits and Stages

Product life cycle costing has grown in importance as this methodology/approach is able to provide a long term picture of product life in terms of:

  • profitability;
  • feedback on the effectiveness of life cycle planning and
  • cost data to clarify the economic impact of alternatives chosen in the design, engineering phase,etc.

As such, many cost accountants consider it as a way to enhance control of the manufacturing costs at each stage of a product life’s cycle.

Life cycle costing enable costs to be more visible it ensure costs for each individual product can be reportd and compared with produc revenues generated in later periods.

The main characteristics of product life cycle costing comprises: Continue reading Product Life Cycle Costing-Its Importance, Characteristics,Benefits and Stages

Basics Of The SWOT Analysis

The SWOT Analysis is a very common analytical tool frequently used to generate strategic alternatives from a situation analysis. It is particularly useful when we need to concentrate on issues that potentially have the most impact but we have very limited amount of time available to address a complex strategic situation. SWOT analysis has commonly being found in the corporate level, business unit level and frequently in marketing plans

SWOT analysis classifies …

  • the internal aspects of the company as strengths or weaknesses and
  • the external situational factors as opportunities or threats.

By understanding these four aspects of its situation, a firm can better leverage its strengths, correct its weaknesses, capitalize on golden opportunities, and deter potentially devastating threats. Continue reading Basics Of The SWOT Analysis

Malaysia IPO Listing

Statistics from Malaysia Bursa Saham’s website showed a decrease in new listing since 2006. (Table 1)
As at 18 th August 2008, Malaysia has 982 listed companies : 637 on Main Board; 221 on Second Board and balance of 124 on Mesdaq Market

Table 1-Number of New Listings
(as [...]

2008 IPO:Opening Price Versus Issue Price

Append below summarized some recent IPO listing for 2008. Speculators or those who seek solely capital gains might find it quite disappointing which is quite obvious in view of rising oil prices,etc

Company Name

Issue Price

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