Business, Management and Education, Vol 9, No 1 (2011)

Material Flow Cost Accounting (MFCA) – Tool for the Optimization of Corporate Production Processes

Jaroslava Hyršlová (Institute of Chemical Technology, Czech Republic)
Miroslav Vágner (Institute of Chemical Technology, Czech Republic)
Jiří Palásek (Institute of Chemical Technology, Czech Republic)

Abstract


The paper focuses on the Material Flow Cost Accounting method (hereinafter the “MFCA”). It presents an application of the MFCA within a manufacturing plant of the largest manufacturer of ceramic tiles in the Czech Republic – the company Lasselsberger. It shows the importance of data acquired from the MFCA system as well as their application for an optimization of manufacturing processes for specific conditions of a manufacturing plant of the company.

Article in: English

Article published: 2011-06-22

Keyword(s): material flow; cost accounting; material flow cost accounting; production; material costs

DOI: 10.3846/bme.2011.01

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