Throughput Accounting

Abstract

This chapter illustrates some aspects of the theoretical and practical implications of TA for optimizing the profit of an entity. The main objectives of this chapter are to present a comparative analysis of the managerial implications between throughput accounting and some managerial accounting methods, hybridization attempts with other methods, as well as its advantages and limitations in the current context of implementation and profit optimization an economic entity. Based on the literature, the authors present the main approaches and the historical evolution of the throughput accounting, the principles of TA and TOC, as well as a comparative analysis between traditional accounting and TA. The chapter ends with the authors' conclusions on throughput accounting and its implications on management accounting methods, opening up new directions of future research aimed at highlighting various theoretical and methodological aspects encountered in academia or business environment.