Target costing implementation in Malaysian automotive industry: an exploratory study / Hussein H. Hamood, Normah Omar and Suzana Sulaiman

Increasing competition coupled with changes of customers’ expectations has led many automotive companies to constantly upgrade its management accounting practices such as Target Costing (TC). This study aims to explore TC implementation in Malaysian automotive industry. Semistructured interview and...

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Main Authors: Hamood, Hussein H., Omar, Normah, Sulaiman, Suzana
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description Increasing competition coupled with changes of customers’ expectations has led many automotive companies to constantly upgrade its management accounting practices such as Target Costing (TC). This study aims to explore TC implementation in Malaysian automotive industry. Semistructured interview and site-visit approaches are employed by which the basic implementation stages of TC are explored. The results indicated some clear differences in the methods used to achieve TC by Malaysian automotive companies than the US and Japanese companies. The differences have been noted in determining selling prices and estimated costs as well as the less involvement of suppliers in the TC practices. The factors of intense competition, functional knowledge of employees and cooperation between departments has been found to be the most influential factors of TC implementation. The results have been ultimately used as a constructive validity method to enhance knowledge on the topic of interest and develop the questionnaire survey for future research.
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spelling my.uitm.ir-297002022-07-05T03:48:58Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29700/ Target costing implementation in Malaysian automotive industry: an exploratory study / Hussein H. Hamood, Normah Omar and Suzana Sulaiman apmaj Hamood, Hussein H. Omar, Normah Sulaiman, Suzana Automobile industry and trade Malaysia Increasing competition coupled with changes of customers’ expectations has led many automotive companies to constantly upgrade its management accounting practices such as Target Costing (TC). This study aims to explore TC implementation in Malaysian automotive industry. Semistructured interview and site-visit approaches are employed by which the basic implementation stages of TC are explored. The results indicated some clear differences in the methods used to achieve TC by Malaysian automotive companies than the US and Japanese companies. The differences have been noted in determining selling prices and estimated costs as well as the less involvement of suppliers in the TC practices. The factors of intense competition, functional knowledge of employees and cooperation between departments has been found to be the most influential factors of TC implementation. The results have been ultimately used as a constructive validity method to enhance knowledge on the topic of interest and develop the questionnaire survey for future research. Universiti Teknologi MARA 2013-06 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29700/1/AJ_HUSSEIN%20H.%20HAMOOD%20APMAJ%20B%2013.pdf Target costing implementation in Malaysian automotive industry: an exploratory study / Hussein H. Hamood, Normah Omar and Suzana Sulaiman. (2013) Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Journal (APMAJ) <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Asia-Pacific_Management_Accounting_Journal_=28APMAJ=29/>, 8 (1). pp. 1-24. ISSN 2550-1631 http://arionline.uitm.edu.my/ojs/index.php/APMAJ/article/view/46
spellingShingle Automobile industry and trade
Malaysia
Hamood, Hussein H.
Omar, Normah
Sulaiman, Suzana
Target costing implementation in Malaysian automotive industry: an exploratory study / Hussein H. Hamood, Normah Omar and Suzana Sulaiman
title Target costing implementation in Malaysian automotive industry: an exploratory study / Hussein H. Hamood, Normah Omar and Suzana Sulaiman
title_full Target costing implementation in Malaysian automotive industry: an exploratory study / Hussein H. Hamood, Normah Omar and Suzana Sulaiman
title_fullStr Target costing implementation in Malaysian automotive industry: an exploratory study / Hussein H. Hamood, Normah Omar and Suzana Sulaiman
title_full_unstemmed Target costing implementation in Malaysian automotive industry: an exploratory study / Hussein H. Hamood, Normah Omar and Suzana Sulaiman
title_short Target costing implementation in Malaysian automotive industry: an exploratory study / Hussein H. Hamood, Normah Omar and Suzana Sulaiman
title_sort target costing implementation in malaysian automotive industry: an exploratory study / hussein h. hamood, normah omar and suzana sulaiman
topic Automobile industry and trade
Malaysia
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29700/1/AJ_HUSSEIN%20H.%20HAMOOD%20APMAJ%20B%2013.pdf
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