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What Is Absorption Costing?

Learn how absorp­tion cost­ing dif­fers from direct or vari­able cost­ing meth­ods and how absorp­tion cost­ing can report finan­cial results that appear to con­flict with the aims of our lean man­age­ment efforts.

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Getting Started with Lean Finance

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How Continuous Improvement Helps the P&L

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How Continuous Improvement Reduces COGS

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How Continuous Improvement Reduces Inventory Carrying Costs

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How to Calculate Soft Savings

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How Lean Can Make a Company's P&L Look Worse

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Why Don't We See Financial Results from Our Improvements?

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Direct Costing vs. Value Stream Costing

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Make-to-stock, Make-to-order, And Deferred Revenue Recognition

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Next Video Why Move Away from Absorption Costing? 

One of the main ways finan­cial lead­ers can sup­port a lean trans­for­ma­tion is to make the shift from absorp­tion cost­ing to a method that more accu­rate­ly reflects the costs of a lean oper­a­tion. Learn the three main ben­e­fits and three main down­sides of mov­ing to direct cost­ing, vari­able cost­ing, val­ue stream cost­ing, or anoth­er method.