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Discuss how lean versus traditional production might affect a management accountant trying to calculate a company's costs. How would the information a management accountant would use to determine company costs change depending on type of production?

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Management accounting for traditional productions is examined.

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The 21st Century has brought about a new era of rapid, dynamic and sometimes turbulent changes. This change has also transformed the way work is performed organizations. However, it has been hard for some organizations to keep up with the constant changes.

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There are two forces at work in the global economy and sometimes the forces conflict with one another. Companies have no choice, however, but to operate in the global economy. Every day, more and more challenges emerge, but greater economic dependence and collaboration are also necessary. Companies have to be ...

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