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Article: XBRL GL by industry: construction and job costing.(XBRL)
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- Strategic Finance
- Article date:
- September 1, 2007
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There are certain industries in which each company's products are unique and often made for a target market of one. Companies that are job or project oriented, such as those in construction-related fields, need to track costs by project, and the XBRL Global Ledger framework (XBRL GL) may be an important tool in running these companies more efficiently.
This month's column, the third in the XBRL GL by Industry series, is focused on the construction industry and job costing. Previous columns looked at the financial services and wholesale distribution industries. Each industry in the series was chosen because it helps highlight different, distinct features of XBRL ...
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