Essays about: "Management Accounting and Efficiency"
Showing result 26 - 30 of 30 essays containing the words Management Accounting and Efficiency.
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26. Managing Product Development – Mapping efficient resource allocation
University essay from Lunds universitet/ProduktionsekonomiAbstract : Backgrund Product development (PD) in the plant breeding industry is characterized by long development cycles and decisions framed with uncertainty concerning key questions such as likely future competitor actions or the market outlook 10-15 years from now. In many ways the contemporary picture of the industry is changing rapidly; new technologies are developed to shorten the length of PD cycles and time-to-market, competing with proven methods to deliver on key objectives such as sufficient properties in resistance and quality traits. READ MORE
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27. Assessing the practical relevancy of environmental cost accounting for industrial waste Waste accounting, process efficiency, and cleaner production
University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutetAbstract : The main purpose of the Thesis work is to conduct an assessment of both the way companies currently account for their waste costs, and of the potential relevancy of engaging in a more comprehensive cost accounting for waste in terms of achieving industrial waste minimisation and cost optimisation. In order to do so, literature about environmental and cost accounting was reviewed, an empirical study was conducted with 20 Swedish industrial companies and production sites, as well as a case study with one of the companies previously interviewed. READ MORE
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28. Determinants for Effective Application of Software in Computer Assisted Auditing Techniques (CAATs)
University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för managementAbstract : The purposes of this study are to get an over all picture of the general objectives and awareness of auditors for the adoption of CAATs and the current level of involvement of auditors in the application of CAATs in the audit process, which software and techniques they use and the possible causes for non use or less efficient use of CAATs. Once the determinant factors are identified, their implications for audit firms and to employees in the auditing profession are also discussed. READ MORE
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29. Internal Benchmarking at IKEA - Continuous improvements in the Store Development Process
University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Problem IKEA uses a standard store concept when building IKEA stores. Developing a standard store concept simplifies the procedure to build many similar stores in a more efficient way. However, a difficulty in the process of establishing and using a standardised concept is how to continuously update the concept itself. READ MORE
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30. Performance Measurement and Management Control Systems - Profit-Oriented Corporations vs. Non-Profit Organazations
University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : In profit-oriented companies, success is most commonly measured by the amount of profit earned. This thesis aims to probe corresponding measures of success available and employed in non-profit organizations, and to find out the possibility of applying the same or similar techniques in both kinds of organizations. READ MORE
