What benefits and drawbacks are there for a business that uses a Traditional Costing model? What benefits and drawback are there for a business that uses an Activity Based Costing (ABC) model? If you owned a small manufacturing business with relatively high volume and multiple product lines, would you implement an ABC model? Why? Apply the concept to a small business and explore how a standard/traditional costing or activity-based costing system would/could be used. What are the benefits and the risks – or how could you adapt it to get the best of both?
