Originally published in 1916, this book provides a comprehensive overview of cost systems for manufacturing businesses. It covers topics such as materials, labor, overhead, and how to allocate costs in order to determine the true cost of a product. This is a must-read for anyone in the manufacturing industry looking to optimize their cost accounting practices. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Excerpt from Fundamentals of a Cost System for Manufacturers, July 1, 1916 It is necessary to-day for the business man's success that he know on what articles he is making a profit and on what he loss. Competitive conditions are seriously disturbed on one or more articles are recovered by profits on other articles. It is obvious that a manufacturer should not only know the cost of each article he manufactures but that he should see that every arti'cle manufactured bears its proper share of factory and general overhead. Most manufacturing plants have grown to a size which renders personal supervision impossible. The only reliable way, therefore, by which an executive can judge of the efficiency of an organization is through a system of periodical statistical reports. These reports can only be accurately obtained when a good cost system is in operation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.