ACTIVITY-BASED MANAGEMENT - ABM
Undertakings whose origins may be traced back to the 1980's for analyzing the business' processes and identifying its weaknesses and strengths. Particularly, activity-based management looks for sections wherein the business is losing money in order for it to be improved or eliminated and increase the profitability. The ABM inspects the costs of overhead, distribution, equipments, employees, facilities and other factors within a business to identify and allocate activity costs.
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Cracking
Method of breaking down a larger product into smaller by-products. Used in the oil and gas industry, this can be accomplished by employing various ...
Claims Adjuster
Insurance agent evaluating the amount of compensation that should be paid following an individual made a claim on his insurance policy. These handl ...
Turnkey Solution
Solution that can be easily executed into current business processes or systems, which is immediately ready to be implemented. It aims to fulfill a ...
Deed
A legal document that grants the bearer a right or privilege, provided that he or she meets a number of conditions. In order to receive the privile ...
Closing Quote
Final regular-hour trading price of a security in a trading day. Because of supply and demand, closing quote of the previous day is not necessarily ...
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