Articles Tagged ‘planning’

Management control as an essential tool for financial mission

One of the biggest problems that organizations have today is the lack of tools that allow you to permanently assess the possible deviations that occur within its core operations, it is essential to forge a set of tools to help to improve their work in front of the whole enterprise. Economic organizations and institutions designed for people to achieve individual and collective ends, have at present a great challenge in front of the control systems that apply to the activities of their daily operation, it becomes feasible to establish some points of support provide the tools necessary to have a good system of inspection and verification, which in the short term give us lights to assess whether procedures are being implemented are adequate and that we provide the most benefit. Since organizations can plan and implement changes in its fundamental nature and structure of the above, take on great importance the concepts of efficiency as they affect relations between the organization an...

Conceptual elements concerning accounting and cost management

In the present work shows an analysis of the literature and other sources in order to clarify the main conceptual issues involved in research that takes as its object of study costs. Costs are defined from the standpoint of ancient, given by classical and from the current view and the approaches taken by different authors in the context of corporate accounting, as important elements for business excellence and quality. 1.1 Cost Accounting Cost accounting is part of the accounting system and provides information for both financial accounting (preparation of income statements) and to management accounting (calculation of equilibrium points, contribution margins, budgets, etc.). Cost accounting is the subsystem that identifies, measures, processes and communicating objective information about the cost of producing goods or providing a service. Some of the objectives of cost accounting are: • Determine the cost of producing goods or providing a service. • Establish a managemen...

The economic and financial analysis and management tool, General

In the present circumstances being experienced by the country's economy is facing a full recovery, to thereby improving efficiency in social productivity should become the main way to ensure economic development. In this regard Carlos Lage in 1997 to introduce the Draft Resolution Economic the V Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba said: "The efficiency concept must change economic course of action, control and demand, where they manage to every worker. Socialism, as well as justice, efficiency and quality. What is not efficient is not socialist and what is not have quality should not be produced. " From the above one can infer the importance at the present time for the development of the country's economy that companies properly manage the material, financial and labor with a view to achieving economic efficiency, which is the fundamental basis of business improvement . For this reason, the necessary condition for the proper functioning of any system is the "Economic and Fin...

Importance and necessity of analysis of financial statements

The analysis and interpretation of financial statements is useful in achieving several objectives: 1) The evaluation of past performance 2) The assessment of current status 3) The prediction of future potential 4) Take the right decisions to maximize profits and resources Being basically historical in nature, the financial statements are more convenient for the first two purposes. However, most readers of the financial statements are interested in the future, ie by the Company's ability to grow and prosper and the availability of the company to adapt to varying conditions. Properly used, the analysis of financial statements can provide a basis for projecting future and clues about how the company will respond to these future situations. From an internal perspective of the company, analysis of financial statements provides many advantages to the administration: 1) In planning the short and long term, when choosing between alternatives, objectives, policies, procedures and prog...

Learning to plan and eliminate superfluous expenses

When you're in the midst of a financial crisis the first thought of many major expenses will be cut. This may help if you're willing to make sacrifices and change your habits, but in reality it is necessary to take such drastic measures. Be more careful with those small daily expenses can save you a lot of money along the way that can serve for any unexpected events or changes that may occur with your income. The things you get used and do not pay too much attention could be driving down your budget more than you think. Eating out or ordering food by phone is usually a cross that busy, and really cut the budget. Even if you order food just twice a month will spend about $ 100. That's about $ 1,200 a year by ordering food. Reducing the cost to once a month you would save about $ 600 a year. Save at the supermarket is another key. The morning coffee paid with credit card at the local coffee shop is another convenience that quickly adds up incredible expenses. Spending $ 3.50 a day...