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ACTUAL BUDGETED COST [4 records]

Record 1 2022-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
  • Management Operations
DEF

The actual cost of work done, compared to what was budgeted...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
  • Opérations de la gestion
CONT

Le coût réel du travail effectué fait partie des principaux paramètres de mesures utilisés en gestion de projet. Il permet de connaître précisément le budget consommé par un projet fini. Il ne s'agit donc pas d'un paramètre de planification, mais de calculs réels intervenant à la fin du parcours de réalisation du projet.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cost Accounting
DEF

The projected cost, usually based on normal production or operating conditions, of an activity, operation, process or unit of product, established as a basis for control and reporting.

CONT

The usefulness of a cost accounting system is increased when predetermined cost estimates for materials, labour, and factory overhead are included in the system to serve as bench marks against which actual costs may be compared. These predetermined cost estimates are called standard costs. A standard cost is the cost that should be incurred to produce a product or to perform an operation under realistic and achievable conditions.

OBS

Compare to "actual cost" and "budgeted cost".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité analytique
DEF

Coût d'une activité, d'une opération, d'un procédé, d'un produit ou d'un service, évalué a priori au moyen d'une analyse à la fois technique et économique.

CONT

La notion de coût standard correspond à ce que les coûts devraient être compte tenu de certaines normes d'efficacité à satisfaire dans l'utilisation des ressources. Le coût standard facilite certains traitements analytiques, permet le contrôle de gestion par l'analyse des écarts et facilite la présentation des résultats.

OBS

Les notions de «coût standard» et «coût normalisé» sont souvent confondues dans les sources canadiennes; selon nos conclusions, ces termes ne sont pas synonymes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contabilidad de costos
DEF

Pronóstico o predeterminación de lo que deberán ser los costos actuales en condiciones proyectadas, que servirá de base para el control de los costos y como medida de la eficiencia productiva (o estándar de comparación) cuando se comparen finalmente con los costos reales.

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Record 3 2010-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cost Accounting
DEF

[The] excess of standard or budgeted costs over actual cost...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité analytique
DEF

[...] excédent des charges prévues sur les charges réelles [...]

Spanish

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Record 4 1979-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Operations Research and Management
  • Organization Planning
  • Cost Accounting
OBS

Effective variance analysis requires not only the determination of variances but also a knowledgeable interpretation of these variances; in other words: it is not enough for management to know that a variance exists, the reason for the variance must be known in order to take appropriate action. Analysis of variances enables management to isolate the causes, to concentrate their attention on specific areas which have affected the profitability of the business and to assign responsibility for correction to the person or persons responsible.

OBS

cost variance : The difference between a budgeted cost or standard cost and comparable actual cost incurred during a period.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherche et gestion opérationnelles
  • Planification d'organisation
  • Comptabilité analytique

Spanish

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