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Activity-based management: a tool to complement and quantify continuous quality improvement efforts

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  • 1Home Health Care Financial Management, Jeffersonville, PA, USA.

Journal of Nursing Care Quality
|January 1, 1996
PubMed
Summary
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Activity-based cost management integrates quality and cost management using performance measures. This system helps businesses evaluate operations and set strategic actions to improve performance for customers.

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Area of Science:

  • Business Management
  • Operations Research
  • Quality Management

Background:

  • Traditional cost management systems often fail to capture the full scope of operational costs.
  • Integrating quality and cost management is crucial for competitive advantage.
  • Activity-based costing (ABC) offers a framework for detailed cost analysis.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present an activity-based cost management system as a framework for integrating quality and cost management.
  • To highlight the role of performance measures in this integrated system.
  • To demonstrate how this system aids management in strategic decision-making.

Main Methods:

  • Development of integrated performance measures.
  • Focus on measuring operations from both internal and external customer perspectives.
  • Utilizing the measurement process for strategic evaluation and planning.

Main Results:

  • Successful integration of quality and cost management disciplines.
  • Establishment of comprehensive performance metrics.
  • Enhanced ability for management to assess current status and future goals.

Conclusions:

  • Activity-based cost management provides a robust framework for operational improvement.
  • Performance measurement is key to bridging the gap between current and desired operational states.
  • The integrated approach supports strategic alignment with customer needs.