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Assignment 1: Activity-based Costing (ABC) in Service Industries

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DATE: Research a U.S. company in the service industry with e-commerce activities.

The American Express Company which is also known as AmEx is one of the greatest

multinational financial services corporations that is based at Three World Financial center

Manhattan, New York, United State. The company was founded in 1850 as one of the 30

components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (Plunkett, 2007). The company originally

begun as an express mail business that was located in Buffalo, New York during the year 1850.

AmEx is famous for its charge card, credit card and traveler’s cheque businesses. The

AmEx cards accumulate to roughly 25% of the total dollar volume of the credit card transactions

in the United States. The company was ranked as the 22

most valuable brand internationally by

Interbrand and Businessweek. The company’s logo was adopted in the year 1958, which is a

centurion who image is seen on all the company’s charge cards, credit cards and travelers’

cheques.

American express company has successfully integrated with several E-commerce

activities that have greatly improved its performance. Currently, the company has designed a

payment gateway. The payment gateway allows or rather enhances the easy integration with

most of the company’s shopping carts and payment types. The Payment Gateway is designed to

simplify the integration with most sites for developers which are properly equipped with a team

of able and available affiliates to assist users with any technical issues (Plunkett, 2007).

Discuss how a time driven ABC cost system can be implemented in the company you

researched and the benefits that the use will yield to the business performance.

It is always very difficult for many organizations to implement the traditional Activity

based costing successfully due to the high cost and expenses that are incurred while

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ACTIVITY BASED COSTING NAME: COURSE: COLLEGE: TUTOR: DATE: Research a U.S. company in the service industry with e-commerce activities. The American Express Company which is also known as AmEx is one of the greatest multinational financial services corporations that is based at Three World Financial center Manhattan, New York, United State. The company was founded in 1850 as one of the 30 components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (Plunkett, 2007). The company originally begun as an express mail business that was located in Buffalo, New York during the year 1850. AmEx is famous for its charge card, credit card and traveler's cheque businesses. The AmEx cards accumulate to roughly 25% of the total dollar volume of the credit card transactions in the United States. The company was ranked as the 22nd most valuable brand internationally by Interbrand and Businessweek. The company's logo was adopted in the year 1958, which is a centurion who image is seen on all the company's charge cards, credit cards and travelers' cheques. American express company has successfully integrated with several E-commerce activities that have greatly improved its performance. Currently, the company has designed a payment gateway. The payment gateway allows or rather enhances the easy integration with most of the company's shopping carts and payment types. The Payment Gateway is designed to simplify the integration with most sites for developers which are properly equipped with a team of able a ...
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