Application of activity-based costing to the logistics cost system of organic vegetables in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
Main Article Content
Abstract
The research finding indicated that the logistic costs based on the activity-based costing of organic vegetables in Nakhon Pathom had averaged the costs of logistic system of 38,568 baht per rai, and the order quantity costs or total production order was 17,753 baht per rai (46.03%) including total transportation costs of 20,500 baht per rai (53.15%), total warehouse costs was 300 baht per rai (0.78%) and the information process costs was 15 baht per rai (0.04%). It is involved with the guideline of the logistic cost reduction by gathering the network members of organic vegetable growers with the producing plan under the supporting agency including the setup for the production distribution center.
Article Details

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
References
Adhikari, R. K. (2011). Economics of organic rice production. Journal of Agriculture and Environment, 12:97-103.
Baykasoglu, A. and Kaplanoglu, V. (2008). Application of activity-based costing to a land transportation company: A case study. International Journal of Production Economics, 116:308-324.
Bokor, Z. and Markovits-Somogyi. (2015). Applying activity-based costing at logistics service providers. Periodica Polytechnica Transportation Engineering, 43:98-105.
Chitkamkhang, C. (2008). Increasing with competitive effectiveness on wrapped lettuce producing management in royal project. Unpublished (Master's Thesis), Chiangmai University.
Cooper, R.G. (1988). The new product process: A decision guide for management. Journal of Marketing Management, 3:238-255.
Dong, A. L. and Li, Y. H. (2007). Analysis on the Application Condition of Activity-based Costing in China. Sci-Tech Information Development & Economy, 4:160-161.
Duran, O. and Afonson, P. S. L. P. (2020). An activity-based costing decision model for life cycle economic assessment in spare parts logistic management. International Journal of Production Economics, 222:107499.
Global Organic Trade. (2021). Organic Thailaand. Retrieved from https://globalorganictrade.com/country/thailand
Gosselin, M. (2006). A Review of Activity-Based Costing: Technique, Implementation, and Consequences. Handbook of Management Accounting Research, 2:641-671.
Institute for Small and Medium Enterprises Development (ISMED). (2020). Hot organic trend in the market world with high growth in every year. Retrieved from https://www.ismed.or.th/SPR291162.php
Junkrajai, N. (2011). Application of activity based costing analysis to study the logistics cost of farmer rice in Chiang Mai province. Unpublished (Master's Thesis), Chiang Mai University.
Kaplan, R. and Bruns, W. (1987). Accounting and management: A field study perspective.
Karot, T., Tharawetcharak, P. and Pornsing, C. (2018). Analysis and logistics cost reduction for organic vegetables in the west of Thailand. Srinakharinwirot University (Journal of Science and Technology), 10:75-91.
Kerdsriseam, C. and Suwanmaneepong, S. (2015). Organic agricultural producer strategies in supply chain of sustainable agriculture network, Chachoengsao Province, Thailand. Journal of Agricultural Technology, 11:1731-1742.
Khuptawatin, A., Promsapeth, P. and Chowmali, W. (2016). The study of logistics costs with activity-based costing system: A case study of pineapples farmers in Chaiyaphum province. Panyapiwat Journal, 8:89-98.
Lambert, D. M., Stock, J. R. and Ellram, L. M. (1998). Fundamentals of logistics management, Irwin/McGraw-Hill, Boston, MA.
Milford, A. B., Lien, G. and Reed, M. (2021). Different sales channels for different farmers: Local and mainstream marketing of organic fruits and vegetables in Norway. Journal of Rural Studies, 88:279.288.
Santana, A., Afonso, P., Zanin, A. and Wernke, R. (2017). Costing models for capacity optimization in Industry 4.0: Trade-off between used capacity and operational efficiency. Procedia Manufacturing, 13:1183-1190.
Stock, J. R. and Lambert, D. M. (2001). Strategic logistics management (4th ed.). New York: USA: McGraw-hill.
Onsanit, S. (2012). Reduction cost analysis of using activity-based costing (ABC) case study: Johnson Control & Summit Interioros LTD. Sripatum Journal Chonburi, 9:115-122.
Taylor, D. H. and Fearne, A. (2006). Towards a framework for improvement in the management of demand in agri-food supply chains. Supply Chain Management, 11:379-384.
Termsombatbaworn, B. (2015). Study of Logistic Analysis in Shallot Supply Chain. Unpublished (Master's Thesis), Chiangmai University.
Thaocharee, S. and Chanwiang, W. (2014). Cost structure of durian agriculturists in Chantaburi Province. Unpublished (Master's Thesis), Rambhai Barni Rajabhat University.
Wittayachareonpong, P. (2017). Logistic cost of agriculturist groups for tea in Maephaluang Sub-District in Chiangrai province. Unpublished (Master's Thesis), Chiangmai University.
Wu, X., Xiong, J, Li, H. and Wu, H. (2019). The myth of retail pricing policy for developing organic vegetable markets. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 51:8-13.
Zang, J., Zhang, K. and Zhao, R. (2008). Application of activity-based costing to the logistics cost management of agricultural products. 2008 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics, 2008:2862-2865.
Zakic, V. and Borovic, N. (2013). Application of activity-based costing in agricultural enterprises. Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics, pp.289-296.