Question: Cost management systems have three primary purposes. For each of the decisions listed next, indicate the purpose of the CMS being applied.
a. A production manager wants to know the cost of performing a setup for a production run in order to compare it to a target cost established as part of a process improvement program.
b. Top management wants to identify the profitability of several product lines to establish the optimum product mix.
c. Financial managers want to know the manufactured cost of inventory to appear on the balance sheet of the annual report.