Activity-based costing implementing

Hicks, D. T. (1992), Activity-Based Costing for Small and Mid-Sized Businesses An Implementation Guide, John Wiley Sons, New York. 

ABC Implementation Describes issues faced and results from implementing activity-based costing in six manufacturing companies... 

Cooper, R., Implementing an activity-based costing system. Journal of Cost Management (1990). 

Even so, most of the practical options available to individuals are low-cost, simple, and based on widely available information and resources. At the individual level, alternatives are most commonly implemented by growing ground covers other than turfgrass-either by simply aUovmig secondary succession to establish whatever diverse herbaceous, shmb, and tree species grow on a neglected plot, or instead by actively planting new communities, especially of native species. ... 

The SGX Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) is based on an Oracle database platform. As an enterprise level relational database, Oracle is robust and can be expanded to meet any future needs. The expense to implement and maintain the database and to create the tools to retrieve the data stored within, including an administrator dedicated to managing the system, can be significant. At SGX, use of the LIMS to monitor all of our scientific activities reduces the incremental cost to the beamline to an acceptable level. 

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