De nombreuses recherches sont effectuées dans le domaine de la santé et concernent plus particulièrement les hôpitaux. Ceux-ci sont de vastes organisations et recensent de multiples métiers, de nombreuses activités autres que celle du soin apporté au patient. L’originalité de cette recherche consiste à se positionner vis-à-vis de l’une des fonctions support, la logistique hospitalière, et d’analyser en quoi celle-ci peut contribuer à l’amélioration de la performance financière de nos hôpitaux, ainsi qu’à la résolution des défis de nature économique qui lui sont posés. Cette thèse étudie d’abord comment définir et évaluer la performance logistique hospitalière. Elle analyse également les outils de gestion traitant de la performance logistique présents au sein des établissements de santé français. Suivent des monographies de nature exploratoire et une étude statistique auprès d'une centaine de responsables logistiques d’hôpitaux afin d’observer les pratiques développées et les difficultés rencontrées par ces professionnels. Nous appliquons enfin la méthode Time-Driven Activity Based Costing au service de transport d’un établissement ; des équations de temps nous permettent d’affiner les coûts et optimisent le contrôle de gestion opérationnel de l'activité logistique. Les réponses apportées par le contrôle de gestion aux lacunes observées au sein de la littérature et exprimées dans l’étude statistique sont analysées / A lot of researches have been done in the health sector and particularly about hospitals. These are large organizations which include different activities, many others than the care given to the patient. The originality of this research is to study a support activity, hospital logistics, and analyze how it can contribute to improve the financial performance and to solve economic challenges of our hospitals. This thesis studies how to define and evaluate the hospital logistics performance. It also analyzes the management tools dealing with logistics performance present in the French health institutions. Follow exploratory monographs and a statistical study with a hundred logistics managers of hospitals, to observe the practices developed and difficulties encountered by these professionals. Finally, we apply the Time-Driven Activity Based Costing method to the transportation service of one hospital; time equations allow us to refine costs and optimize operational management control of the logistics activity. The answers given by the management control to the gaps in the literature and expressed in the statistical study are analyzed

The purpose of the study was to investigate a modification of a managerial accounting technique, Activity-Based Costing (ABC), as a tool for addressing Information Resource Management (IRM) concerns within business processes. To indicate that ABC has been adapted for the IRM context, this study called the tool "Activity-Based Analysis" (ABA). ABA includes ABC's costing methodology as well as additional methods to address broader issues. The research method was a single-site case study at a property and casualty insurance company. The unit of analysis was a business process consisting of activities needed to provide claims handling services for workers' compensation insurance. Four questions guided the study: 1. Did ABA identify management information required to monitor process effectiveness and efficiency? 2. Did ABA support outsourcing decision making by identifying IRM cost components within business processes? 3. Did ABA identify information resources; that are sharable? 4. Did ABA identify differences between Company organizational characteristics andIRM department organizational characteristics?

The value of cost allocation comes from its initial purpose; decision support. In other words, cost allocation is considered a vital part of management, as it generates valuable information concerning efficiency and profitability. By applying Time Driven Activity Based Costing (TDABC) in a financial service company, this pilot study aims to learn from the consequences of the application, and discuss the lessons learned. The application resulted in a two-step allocation using Traditional Cost Allocation in the first step and TDABC in the final step, wherethe overhead cost of four support departments were allocated down to products. To build the model, interviews were conducted with personnel and internal documents were used. The application's most important lessons are thedifficultyofidentifying and measuring activities, the model’s requirement of high-quality data and the complexity of the capacity measures.

The diploma thesis deals with the demonstration of the influence of the allocation method of common costs on the own production evaluation in an industrial company; which means the assessment of traditional allocation methods of common costs and alternative application (modern) method of cost allocation methods for using Activity-Based Costing in the metalworking industry. The literature review introduces concepts of cost, traditional calculation methods, modern cost alloca-tion methods and their comparison. Literature review is followed by the survey, on the basis of which has been found a representative group to which the comparison of traditional and modern methods will be implemented in practice. Finally, the conclusion states it is appropriate to use the modern method for companies in the metalworking industry and what impact has the allocation method of common costs for the economic activities.

This dissertation investigates two broad management accounting questions in the context of electric utility industry: How do regulators for electricity industry use the information generated from accounting systems to make pricing decisions? What are the economic consequences of these decisions? In Chapter 2, I review regulatory reforms and discuss existing issues of using DEA models for efficiency benchmarking in four aspects. Suggestions are given for improving the use of DEA models based on the review and discussion. In Chapter 3, I empirically investigate the effect of incentive regulation with DEA benchmarking on operational efficiency using a panel of electricity distribution firms in Brazil. In Chapter 4, I examine the effect of restructuring and retail competition on cost reduction using a sample of US investor-owned electric utilities. The effects of privatization, industrial restructuring, incentive regulation and benchmarking are effectively disentangled from one another using the research setting in Brazil and US electricity industry. In Chapter 5, I combine the idea of activity based costing and data envelopment analysis to further develop a detailed benchmarking model for incentive regulation. / Business Administration/Accounting

Measuring the success of Activity Based Costing (ABC) is part of a more general challenge of measuring the success of any major change in managerial methods. The past thirteen years have seen accelerated rates of change in the South African Post Office (SAPO). However little is known about `'Measuring the successful implementation of ABC in (SAPO)''. The objectives of this study is to research the perceptions of staff regarding the successful implementation of ABC, the benefits of ABC implementation and the conditions that affect the potential benefits from the successful implementation of ABC. This will allow organisations and provide them with relevant information that will enable them to make better decisions with regard to measuring the successful implementation of ABC. To achieve these objectives a questionnaire was prepared and handed out to the finance staff of the SAPO. They were asked to respond to the questionnaire on their experience and their perceptions on the implementation of ABC. 121 questionnaire were returned generating a 38% response rate. The findings in this study highlighted that top management fails in giving active support to the implementation of ABC and the technical factors were perceived as standing in the way of the successful implementation of ABC. These were training, the high cost of implementing ABC, the lack of software packages, the lack of data requirements and co-operation between departments. From the finding the recommendation was made were general strategies were suggested for the SAPO for measuring the successful implementation of ABC. / Business Management / M.Tech. (Business Administration)

Measuring the success of Activity Based Costing (ABC) is part of a more general challenge of measuring the success of any major change in managerial methods. The past thirteen years have seen accelerated rates of change in the South African Post Office (SAPO). However little is known about `'Measuring the successful implementation of ABC in (SAPO)''. The objectives of this study is to research the perceptions of staff regarding the successful implementation of ABC, the benefits of ABC implementation and the conditions that affect the potential benefits from the successful implementation of ABC. This will allow organisations and provide them with relevant information that will enable them to make better decisions with regard to measuring the successful implementation of ABC. To achieve these objectives a questionnaire was prepared and handed out to the finance staff of the SAPO. They were asked to respond to the questionnaire on their experience and their perceptions on the implementation of ABC. 121 questionnaire were returned generating a 38% response rate. The findings in this study highlighted that top management fails in giving active support to the implementation of ABC and the technical factors were perceived as standing in the way of the successful implementation of ABC. These were training, the high cost of implementing ABC, the lack of software packages, the lack of data requirements and co-operation between departments. From the finding the recommendation was made were general strategies were suggested for the SAPO for measuring the successful implementation of ABC. / Business Management / M.Tech. (Business Administration)

The thesis, Survey of the methods of costing of hospitalization, deals with the characteristics of the classification system DRG used for costing of hospitalization. The first half of the theoretical part of this work describes the Czech health care in general and specific ways of financing it. We focus on the costs related to the emergency care in hospitals which are classified by the DRG system. The second half of the theoretical part studies the actual principles of costing of hospitalization. The method chosen for this is called Activity Based Costing (ABC). It defines the procedures of costing which are being used in hospitals. At the end, we provide a description of the current and suggested procedures of costing of hospitalization and how they are utilized to set up parameters of the reimbursing mechanism. The practical part of this thesis maps the situation of hospitalization financing in Klatovska nemocnice, a. s. We suggest a new way of financing based on the methodology DRG Restart. Base on the data obtained in Klatovska nemocnice, a. s. we summarize and compare the results of the new method to the current one.

Course: Degree project in Logistics, the Business Administration and Economics Programme, 4FE19E, VT16 Authors: Marcus Lundgren and Tobias Nilsson Supervisor: Peter Berling Examiner: Helena Forslund Title: Product Costing in Small Craft Companies – A Case Study at Gemla Fabrikers AB Background: Today a competitive price is no guarantee to keep a company profitable. Cost control has become more central and especially cost control considering work put in to the product and tradeoffs connected to the product in question has become central to secure the company’s competitiveness. A useful tool to secure the competitiveness is product costing when making profit analysis, setting price levels as well as other decision making. The challenge is to find a product costing method which fits right and distribute the direct and indirect costs in a fair manner. Purpose: The purpose of this study is by constructing a flowchart over the production process adapt a model for product costing that supports pricing and decision making of the product assortment at Gemla Fabrikers AB, and theoretically raise the discussion of the adapted models suitability in a context of small time manufacturers that is characterized by an artisan production. Method: The study is conducted as a case study at Gemla Fabrikers AB and uses a research strategy containing both qualitative and quantitative approaches. Collected data is mainly obtained via unstructured interviews, direct observations and time studies. A process mapping was made as a start to serve as a foundation for other parts of the study. A product costing method was later adapted to fit the parameters and way of working in a company with high levels of craftsmanship. Conclusions: After mapping the process of the company it was clear that the production was characterized by a time-consuming manufacturing process with a large number of activities. This resulted in an adapted product costing method, which origins from the activity based costing model, in order to distribute the costs in a more correct way based v on the actual time consumption. The adapted model is designed with a distinct activity based distribution on product level where every activity cost is established at a given volume of production, resulting in guidance and basis for cost control and when setting prices. Based on the company in the case study the conclusion was made that this way of working with product costing can be used in other companies with similar production and high level of craftsmanship, merging support activities together and focus on the value adding activities. The cost allocation is made using cause and effect based on the actual time put into the activities where a smaller number of time related cost drivers are used. The model is therefore to consider suitable for increased cost control as well as serving as a foundation for product pricing and decision making. / Kurs: Examensarbete i logistik för Civilekonomprogrammet, 4FE19E, VT16 Författare: Marcus Lundgren och Tobias Nilsson Handledare: Peter Berling Examinator: Helena Forslund Titel: Produktkalkylering i mindre hantverksföretag – En fallstudie på Gemla Fabrikers AB Bakgrund: Ett konkurrenskraftigt pris är i dagsläget inte tillräckligt då även en noggrann kostnadskontroll som tar hänsyn till arbetskraftsinsatsen och produktrelaterade avvägningar krävs för att säkerställa konkurrensförmågan. Ett användbart verktyg för detta är upprättandet av produktkalkyler som grund för lönsamhetsanalyser, prissättningsstrategi och beslutsunderlag. Svårigheten ligger dock i att finna rätt kalkyleringsmetod gällande detaljeringsnivån som fördelar en verksamhets direkta och indirekta kostnader på ett rättvisande sätt. Syfte: Syftet med studien är att genom en kartläggning av tillverkningsprocessen anpassa en produktkalkyl för prissättning och beslutsfattande av produktsortimentet på Gemla Fabrikers AB, samt teoretiskt lyfta diskussionen om anpassad modells lämplighet i en kontext för mindre tillverkande företag som karaktäriseras av en hantverksmässig produktion. Metod: Studien utförs enligt en fallstudie på Gemla Fabrikers AB med en flerfaldig forskningsstrategi av kvalitativ art med kvantitativa inslag. Datainsamlingen bygger främst på ostrukturerade intervjuer, direkta observationer och tidsstudier. En processkartläggning genomfördes till en början för att utgöra ett underlag för resterande delar. Vidare anpassades en produktkalkyl utifrån företaget och tillverkningens karaktär vilket slutligen utgjorde ett underlag för modellens lämplighet i en hantverksmässig tillverkningskontext. Slutsatser: Efter genomförd kartläggning av tillverkningsprocessen på fallföretaget framgick det att tillverkningen karaktäriseras av en tidskrävande process med ett stort antal ingående aktiviteter. Detta resulterade i att anpassad produktkalkyl utformades enligt en ABC-modell då slutsatsen blev att fördelningen av kostnaderna skulle göras iii mer rättvisande om dessa fördelades till respektive aktivitet baserat på det faktiska tidsutnyttjandet. Anpassad modell utformades genom en tydlig aktivitetsfördelning utifrån produktnivå där varje aktivitets kostnad fastställs vid en given produktionsvolym vilket möjliggör underlag för en ökad kostnadskontroll, prissättningsstrategi och beslutsunderlag. Baserat på studerat fallföretag drogs slutsatsen att anpassad modell görs lämplig för andra företag i en liknande hantverksmässig kontext utifrån att i högre grad göra sammanslagningar av aktiviteter med ett större fokus på de värdeadderande aktiviteterna. Kostnadsfördelningen sker via ett orsak-verkan samband utifrån det faktiska tidsutnyttjandet där ett mindre antal tidsrelaterade kostnadsdrivare används. Modellen blir då lämplig för ökad kostnadskontroll samt underlag för prissättning och beslutsfattande.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-12-04T11:45:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Angela_Sofia_Ferrari_Nunes.pdf: 845469 bytes, checksum: 738a6498786e96ea784eda259c1eb755 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2003-06-26 / The main aim of this work is to demonstrate in a practical-theoretical way the verification of the indirect cost of the products of na Insurance Partnership through the Costing Method ABC - Activity Based Costing and identify the advantages in comparison with the Costing Method used before. The theoretical reference about the insurance operations were based on the current laws issued by regulating institutions that are responsible for the Brazilian Insurance market rules; on the technical books; on the post graduation monographies, mentioned in the bibliography reference. The theoretical grounding on the ABC - Activity Based Costing and a brief theory on ABM - Activity Based Management - can be found in the chapter III of this work. The reasons why the company opted for another cost method and its consequent advantages on decisions taking can be foun in the conclusions. / The main aim of this work is to demonstrate in a practical-theoretical way the verification of the indirect cost of the products of na Insurance Partnership through the Costing Method ABC - Activity Based Costing and identify the advantages in comparison with the Costing Method used before. The theoretical reference about the insurance operations were based on the current laws issued by regulating institutions that are responsible for the Brazilian Insurance market rules; on the technical books; on the post graduation monographies, mentioned in the bibliography reference. The theoretical grounding on the ABC - Activity Based Costing and a brief theory on ABM - Activity Based Management - can be found in the chapter III of this work. The reasons why the company opted for another cost method and its consequent advantages on decisions taking can be foun in the conclusions. / O objetivo principal deste trabalho ?? demonstrar de uma maneira te??rico-pr??tica, a apura????o dos custos indiretos dos produtos de uma sociedade seguradora atrav??s do M??todo de Custeio ABC (Activity Based Costing) e identificar se houve vantagens em compara????o com o m??todo de custeio utilizado anteriormente. O referencial te??rico sobre as opera????es de seguro foram embasadas nas legisla????es vigentes, expedidas pelos ??rg??os competentes respons??veis pela atua????o do mercado segurador no Brasil, tamb??m nos livros t??cnicos, disserta????es de mestrado e teses de doutorado, citados nas refer??ncias bibliogr??ficas. O fundamento te??rico sobre o M??todo de Custeio ABC (Activity Based Costing), utilizado neste trabalho, bem como, uma breve teoria sobre o ABM, consta no cap??tulo III. Nas considera????es finais, constam as raz??es que levaram a empresa a optar por outro m??todo de custeio e as vantagens obtidas pela seguradora para a tomada de decis??es.