A study of some aspects of the use of management accounting for achieving an effective control of costs in some firms of the South African flexible packaging industry

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dc.contributor.advisorTaylor, Ien_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBeattie, R N Cen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-13T14:07:36Z
dc.date.available2015-03-13T14:07:36Z
dc.date.issued1980en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe packaging industry in South Africa is a large and diversified one. To classify all the applications would be well nigh impossible. Flexible packaging forms a very important part of the packaging industry and is itself divided into three basic groups, namely, the suppliers of basic materials, the converters and the product manufacturers who produce their own flexible packages. This thesis is concerned with the most prominent of these groups, namely the converters, that is, with those firms who convert basic materials into various forms of flexible packages, for product manufacturers. Flexible packages are now considered an integral part of the finished product and with the extensive application of flexible packaging for a very wide range of consumer products, they form part of the cost structure of these consumer products. The cost of flexible packaging is dependent upon a number of factors, such as the cost of the many different types of raw materials supplied to the converters and the cost of the highly specialised labour used. However the ability of converters to control costs, that is, to keep production costs within acceptable, limits is the most important factor. The effective control of costs is to a large degree dependent upon the successful application of management accounting techniques. This thesis attempts, as its prime object, to evaluate the use of such techniques in helping to achieve an effective control of costs in the converting firms.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationBeattie, R. N. C. (1980). <i>A study of some aspects of the use of management accounting for achieving an effective control of costs in some firms of the South African flexible packaging industry</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,College of Accounting. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12599en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationBeattie, R N C. <i>"A study of some aspects of the use of management accounting for achieving an effective control of costs in some firms of the South African flexible packaging industry."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,College of Accounting, 1980. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12599en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBeattie, R. 1980. A study of some aspects of the use of management accounting for achieving an effective control of costs in some firms of the South African flexible packaging industry. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Beattie, R N C AB - The packaging industry in South Africa is a large and diversified one. To classify all the applications would be well nigh impossible. Flexible packaging forms a very important part of the packaging industry and is itself divided into three basic groups, namely, the suppliers of basic materials, the converters and the product manufacturers who produce their own flexible packages. This thesis is concerned with the most prominent of these groups, namely the converters, that is, with those firms who convert basic materials into various forms of flexible packages, for product manufacturers. Flexible packages are now considered an integral part of the finished product and with the extensive application of flexible packaging for a very wide range of consumer products, they form part of the cost structure of these consumer products. The cost of flexible packaging is dependent upon a number of factors, such as the cost of the many different types of raw materials supplied to the converters and the cost of the highly specialised labour used. However the ability of converters to control costs, that is, to keep production costs within acceptable, limits is the most important factor. The effective control of costs is to a large degree dependent upon the successful application of management accounting techniques. This thesis attempts, as its prime object, to evaluate the use of such techniques in helping to achieve an effective control of costs in the converting firms. DA - 1980 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1980 T1 - A study of some aspects of the use of management accounting for achieving an effective control of costs in some firms of the South African flexible packaging industry TI - A study of some aspects of the use of management accounting for achieving an effective control of costs in some firms of the South African flexible packaging industry UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12599 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/12599
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationBeattie RNC. A study of some aspects of the use of management accounting for achieving an effective control of costs in some firms of the South African flexible packaging industry. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,College of Accounting, 1980 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12599en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentCollege of Accountingen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherManagement Accountingen_ZA
dc.titleA study of some aspects of the use of management accounting for achieving an effective control of costs in some firms of the South African flexible packaging industryen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
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