Called TDABC (time-driven activity-based costing), it attempted to relate the measurement of cost to time.
The development of business accounting software programs has made the introduction of activity-based costing more feasible.
Introducing activity-based costing is not a simple task it is by no means as easy as ABC.
In 2007 Kaplan brought out a new book that tried to make activity-based costing easier.
Activity-based costing became popular in the early 1980s largely because of growing dissatisfaction with traditional ways of allocating costs.
Cunningham: Tumblr will have an activity-based ad product, same with Foursquare and Twitter.
Setting up an activity-based costing system is a prerequisite for improving business processes and for any re-engineering programme (see article).
If these more robust, activity-based selection hurdles sound like a lot to coordinate, consider introducing a psychological assessment to predict degree of candidate fit.
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Physical activity levels were much higher among children, where the recommended level is 60 minutes each day, including school-based activity.
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U.S. lenders report loan and credit-card activity to credit bureaus based on billing addresses, but that activity could stop if you change your credit-card accounts and loans to a foreign address.
Strava is far from being the only firm to offer sensor-based activity stats.
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The idea behind Wandant is similar to that of any number of accelerometer-based activity trackers available on the market from Fitbit, Nike, Striiv, the resurrected Jawbone Up and others.
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Massachusetts is one state that the CDC had identified as having high activity of influenza-like illness based on the week ending December 29, but downgraded it to "moderate" activity in Friday's update.
While that approach ensured that ISPs did not take an active role in monitoring or filtering Internet-based activity, the recent move toward a two-tiered Internet - one in which the ISPs themselves dream of distinguishing between different content as a new revenue source - revived the notion that ISPs could be called upon to play a more active role in monitoring and blocking content.
The Mountain View-based group said it collects and compiles data about its users based on their activity on its various sites -- from its search page to Gmail to YouTube to phones running its Android operating system.
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In addition to simple notification, the activity streams data could also include payloads of information that could be used by the device or the cloud-based service to perform activity.
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PayWizard supports transactions made on multiple devices -- including online, iPads and other tablets, smart phones, connected TVs and digital set-top boxes -- and features a unique, web-based management dashboard that provides detailed real-time activity reports as well as valuable, actionable marketing information on viewer behaviour.
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This new wave of impromptu-activity apps will have to compete against the gold standard of location-based services: Foursquare, which is a free smartphone app that tells friends where you're hanging out.
The data "show a broad-based recovery in housing activity and prices across the country, " said Michael Gapen, an economist at Barclays Capital.
Kevin Cavanaugh, VP, Business and Technical Strategy, IBM Collaboration Solutions, said that there will be native activity stream applications on mobile devices and tablets that will communicate with a cloud-based service that does the aggregation and helps figure out which activity streams are important to you.
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Setup is straightforward: connect the camera(s) to your network, set up the shooters in your places of interest -- and then monitor all activity on your WiFi-enabled devices. iWatchLife's cloud-based server displays all your cameras, and other users can grant you access to their cams.
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So there should be broad-based support for this kind of activity, if we can get it done by the U.S. Congress.
The survey shows a lot of BYOD (bring your own device) activity as well when it comes to use of cloud-based services.
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We remain comfortable being somewhat below the Street given our conservative assumptions surrounding municipal financing activity and the inherent quarterly variability present in this project-based business model.
They spell out the fact that the company collects and compiles data about its users based on their activity on its various sites -- from its search page to Gmail to YouTube to phones running its Android operating system.
Deal activity from the region slowed this year with only 12 China-based companies debuting with U.S. listings vs. 40 offerings in 2010.
In addition, other, formerly separate, elements, like loyalty programs, gift cards, and location-based services, can now be folded into the main activity stream.
In addition to plant-based diets and strong communities, near-constant moderate physical activity is the norm in these areas.
The San Francisco-based company makes the Fitbit Ultra, which monitors exercise and activity as well as sleep patterns.
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