Westminster retirement residence (Westmount) located in London; Ontario in Canada was a retirement home established in 1997. However, its profitability was low because of the cost accounting model they were using. The changing external environment was slowly forcing it out of business, and they sought to find out the best cost account mechanism for them to maintain their business. This essay aims at analysing the existing internal and external factors that influence the business and give recommendations on the best cost accounting method to apply for effective and efficiency cost allocation.
Helen Roswell, the administrator of Westmount noticed constraints of ...