Following things should be taken into consideration while installing a costing system:

-Nature of the Product is a very important deciding factor in installing an effective costing system.

-Nature of the Organisation should be considered before installing costing system.

-Objectives of the Organisation should be met with the installed costing system.

-Manufacturing Process: Before installing the costing system the technicalities of the manufacturing process should be studied carefully.

-Technical Details of the business must be studied before introducing new costing system.

-The system should be informative and simple. The system should be simple and easy to use in order to maintain various cost records.

-Reporting Systems: The costing system should be designed in such a way that reports are generated in a proper way to facilitate the cost control decisions.

-The costing system should be elastic and capable of adapting according to the changing environment.