The emphasis of Managerial Accounting, 12th edition, is on teaching
students to use accounting information to best manage an organization.
Consistent with the practice Hilton pioneered in the first edition, each
chapter is written around a realistic business or focus company that
guides the reader through the topics of that chapter. Known for balanced
examples of Service, Retail, Nonprofit and Manufacturing companies,
Hilton/Platt offers a clear, engaging writing style that has been
praised by instructors and students alike. The 12th edition of
Managerial Accounting offers significant coverage of contemporary topics
such as activity-based costing, target costing, the value chain,
customer profitability analysis, and throughput costing while also
including traditional topics such as job-order costing, budgeting and
performance evaluation.