How many cost pools should a company use when allocating costs to divisions, channels, and customers?

why companies switched from traditional costing to activity based costing?

Discuss the components of the Contribution Margin Income Statement, how does management use this in the decision making process?

Cost accounting provides management with a variety of cost classifications that can be used for different decision-making processes. Write your opinion on how management could use each of the following cost classification for decision making: Direct and indirect costs. Fixed, variable, and mixed costs. Period and product costs. Manufacturing and selling costs. Standards and actual costs.

which cost allocation method to use to serve better support direct cost to producing departments?