Planning and Cost Control: A Study About the Practices Adopted by Industrial Companies of Caxias Do Sul - RS

Authors

  • Marcos Antonio de Souza
  • Fernando Batista Fontana
  • Caroline Dal Sotto Boff

Keywords:

Cost Management, Standard Costing. Target Costing.

Abstract

This article aims to investigate the practices of planning and cost control adopted by industrial companies located in Caxias do Sul city. The basic motivation to the study is the recognition that the market competitiveness increase and the change in the costumer’s behavior have induced the companies to search more effectiveness instruments to cost management, aiming the disclosure of useful information to the demands for a qualified decision process. This is an exploratory and descriptive study with qualitative approach. The data were obtained from questionnaires sent to professionals of 10 big industries located in the Caxias do Sul city. The main results indicate the expressive adoption more recently developed practices to planning and control of costs, such as target-cost. On the other hand, the standard-costing, despite the criticism that has received in the context of the strategic cost management, is the practice more used by the companies for those traditional functions for what it was developed.

Published

2010-06-28

How to Cite

SOUZA, M. A. de; FONTANA, F. B.; BOFF, C. D. S. Planning and Cost Control: A Study About the Practices Adopted by Industrial Companies of Caxias Do Sul - RS. Contabilidade Vista & Revista, [S. l.], v. 21, n. 2, p. 121–151, 2010. Disponível em: https://revistas.face.ufmg.br/index.php/contabilidadevistaerevista/article/view/888. Acesso em: 24 nov. 2024.