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Cost accounting aims to capture total production costs by measuring variable costs of each phase and fixed costs like leases. It was first introduced during the industrial revolution when producers monitored fixed and variable costs to automate manufacturing and make rail and steel companies more competitive. A company uses cost accounting to define variable and fixed costs associated with manufacturing, calculate and report these costs, and compare costs to production to assess performance and inform busin
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