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1、Referenceforbusiness,EncyclopediaofBusiness.2nded,CosDesCostcontrolRogerJ.BinderAbstractCostcontrol,alsoknownascostmanagementorcostcontainment,isabroadsetofcostaccountingmethodsandmanagementtechniqueswiththecommongoalofimprovingbusinesscost-efficiencybyreducingcosts,oratleast
2、restrictingtheirrateofgrowth.Businessesusecostcontrolmethodstomonitor,evaluate,andultimatelyenhancetheefficiencyofspecificareas,suchasdepartments,divisions,orproductlines,withintheiroperations.Controlofthebusinessentity,then,isessentiallyamanagerialandsupervisoryfunction.Cont
3、rolconsistsofthoseactionsnecessarytoassurethattheentity'sresourcesandoperationsarefocusedonattainingestablishedobjectives,goalsandplans.Control,exercisedcontinuously,flagspotentialproblemssothatcrisesmaybeprevented.Italsostandardizesthequalityandquantityofoutput,andprovidesma
4、nagerswithobjectiveinformationaboutemployeeperformance.Managementcomparesactualperformancetopredeterminedstandardsandtakesactionwhennecessarytocorrectvariancesfromthestandards.Keywords:Costcontrol;Applications;Controlreports;Standards;StrategicCostcontrol,alsoknownascostmanag
5、ementorcostcontainment,isabroadsetofcostaccountingmethodsandmanagementtechniqueswiththecommongoalofimprovingbusinesscost-efficiencybyreducingcosts,oratleastrestrictingtheirrateofgrowth.Businessesusecostcontrolmethodstomonitor,evaluate,andultimatelyenhancetheefficiencyofspecif
6、icareas,suchasdepartments,divisions,orproductlines,withintheiroperations.Duringthe1990scostcontrolinitiativesreceivedparamountattentionfromcorporateAmerica.Oftentakingtheformofcorporaterestructuring,divestmentofperipheralactivities,masslayoffs,oroutsourcing,costcontrolstrateg
7、ieswereseenasnecessarytopreserve—orboost—corporateprofitsandtomaintain—orgain—acompetitiveadvantage.Theobjectivewasoftentobethelow-costproducerinagivenindustry,whichwouldtypicallyallowthecompanytotakeagreaterprofitperunitofsalesthanitscompetitorsatagivenpricelevel.Somecostcon
8、trolproponentsbelievethatsuchstrategiccost-cuttingmustbeplannedcaref