A alocação de custos indiretos na indústria de calçados na Região do Vale dos Sinos (RS)estudos de casos

Resumo

The objective of this research was to investigate through an exploratory and descriptive study, the existing relationship among the procedures, techniques and methods adapted in the allocation of indirect costs in five industries of footwear in Vale dos Sinos, a region located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, and those pointed out in the literature of costs. In addition this research sought to obtain the testimonies of the main usuaries of cost information in the enterprises about the utility of indirect cost allocation in the process of management. This way an examination of the theorical fundamentals of Cost Accounting was preceeded, under the view of the Management Accounting, from which a Reference Plan was delineated; This Reference Plan oriented the stages of the research. Furthermore the methodology used was presented justifying the reason for its employment, as well as the inherent limitations to this type of exploratory study. Based on the obtained data through interviews, the application of questionnaire forms and documentation analysis, a description of the mechanisms used by the referred companies in the allocation of indirect cost was done; moreover the testimonies of the managers interviewed about the utility of indirect cost allocation in relation to the necessity of management information, such as: the evaluation of the stocks, the determination of the results, the fixation of prices, control and evaluation of performance, planning and decision making were related. The results obtained allowed the comparative analysis of the practices adapted by the enterprises, having the theorical reference been previously researched. Moreover these results also leaded one to draw important conclusions, be sides providing out subsidies to some recommendations and suggestions to farther researches.

Ficha do documento

Tipo

Dissertação

Ano

1988

Instituição

Fundação Getulio Vargas

Fonte

Repositório da FGV

Idioma

Português

Acesso

Não informado

Identificador

oai:repositorio.fgv.br:10438/9510

Temas

Desenvolvimento Econômico

Palavras-chave

Administração de empresasContabilidade de custo