Flow Cost Accounting, an Accounting Approach Based on the Actual Flows of Materials
Flow Cost Accounting, an Accounting Approach Based on the Actual Flows of Materials
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流量成本核算,一种基于物料实际流动的核算方法
DOI:
10.1007/0-306-48022-0_5
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发表时间:
2002
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影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
Carsten Redmann
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作者:
Markus Strobel;Carsten Redmann
Flow cost accounting is an essential instrument in a new management approach known as flow management (see also Strobel, 2001; LfU, 1 1999). The aim of flow management is to improve the management of production companies by overcoming compartmental thinking and instead to see one's organisation as a system that channels and transforms flows of materials2 and information from beginning to end. These flows are to be structured in an efficient, goal-oriented manner. Flow management, with the goal of having a company that is both profitable and environmentally sound, has three main components: the'flow model','flow cost accounting', and'flow organization'. Flow modelling makes the materials and informational flows transparent, while directing attention to materials losses. With the help of flow cost accounting, all costs within a company will be assigned to specific materials flows. To perform flow cost accounting successfully, existing information systems (such as SAP R/3) and available databases must be used.Technical measures are frequently insufficient to reduce flow costs on a long-term basis because of existing organizational barriers. The flow-oriented restructuring of the organization that is needed for this–the flow organization–has links with a flow-oriented version of process-engineering. Co-ordination of the different elements requires effective