Resource Consumption Accounting
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Welcome to the RCA Institute website, the comprehensive online source for information and services related to Resource Consumption Accounting (RCA).
On this site public browsers will find:
- Information/Webcasts on the RCA Institute (Scroll down to RCA News for links to short webcasts)
- Information on adopting RCA (including an Adopter Evaluation Survey)
- Information on training, certification and assurance services the RCA Institute provides.
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Thanks you for your interest,
Larry White, CMA, CFM, CGFM, CPA
Executive Director
RCA Institute
News:
RCA Rated in International Federation of Accountants Publication
In July 2009, Resource Consumption Accounting is recognized in the new International Federation of Accounting’s International Good Practice Guide: Evaluating and Improving Costing in Organizations, and in the companion piece to the IGPG, A Costing Levels Continuum Maturity Model, RCA was evaluated as the most sophisticated costing approach on the continuum.
RCA Education by Webcast
The RCA Institute is producing a series of pre-recorded webcasts that will provide an introduction to Resource Consumption Accounting. Five introductory webcasts are now available, click on the links below. Institute members will be notified as additional podcasts become available. The topics are:
Part 1: What is Resource Consumption Accounting? (7 minutes)
Part 1.B: What is the Resource Consumption Accounting Institute? (7 minutes)
Part 2.A: Resource Consumption Accounting Modeling Principles, Part 1 (9 minutes)
Part 2.B: Resource Consumption Accounting Modeling Principles, Part 2 (10 minutes)
Part 3: Resource Consumption Accounting Overview (8 minutes)
Open Source RCA Modeling Tool
An open source template for RCA is being developed by RCA Institute Member, Alta Via Consulting. It is called ROSA for RCA Open Source Application. It uses an open source business intelligence software called PALO, published by Jedox (www.jedox.com). The template and an instruction manual for the RCA template will available on the RCA Institute web site in September. Keep checking for its availability. Members will receive notification as soon as the template is available.