From clean toilets to working computers, your company incurs many costs that it cannot assign to one particular "cost object" -- a product, project, department or service. You must nonetheless cover ...

Cost allocation serves several purposes. Also referred to as cost apportionment, this practice of identifying the source of an expense and assigning the cost accordingly is an important factor in ...

Federal regulations require that similar costs be treated consistently as either direct costs or indirect costs, in like circumstances. This regulation imposes a requirement on the University to ...

My first article in this series, “Ten Steps to Modifying User Behavior and Reducing IT Costs,” described 10 steps IT departments could take to negotiate the road to demand management by modifying user ...

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Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer ...

Not-for-profit entities (NFPs) are under constant pressure to devote an increasing portion of their expenditures to accomplishing their mission programs. While this goal sounds appealing, the NFP must ...

Transmission lines here have started construction or are near ready, among others set to add about 15% of added capacity to help decarbonize U.S. power systems, says a new analysis. At least 36 ...

The transition to green energy is often seen through two different lenses: a burden or an opportunity. Grid modernization refers to a comprehensive transformation of the traditional power grid to ...