The system of account and control of logistics costs

• Main Author: Khayrullin Rustam Zinnatullovich
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (MGSU)
• Series: Vestnik MGSU
• Subjects: construction field; unit of measurement; accounting; logistic costs; software; control
• Online Access: http://vestnikmgsu.ru/files/archive/issues/2014/12/ru/19.pdf

The process of organization of civil engineering provides the delivery of construction materials, equipment to the civil engineering objects in the required quantities at the specified time. Effective tool for solving this problem is logistics. The basic components of logistics costs, which occupy the largest share in the sum of all logistics costs, are transportation costs and storage costs. The civil engineering industry is very promising for the use of outsourcing. The main part of works on providing material and technical resources in most cases is transferred to the outsourcing of other companies, including the group of companies forming the holding. In large holding companies the chain of movement of materials, goods and productions: purchase of materials and goods, completion materials, production structures, storage, movement, transportation, etc. may include several companies belonging in holding. The goods can be moved from one warehouse to another, with or without change of the owner of goods. Each company is obliged to show each movement of goods in their financial accounting. During the goods’ movement within a group of companies from one storage to another, from one owner to another, the total costs of the goods rise. Sales within a group of companies lead, as a rule, to a gain by one of the companies and the logistic expenses of another company. Selling to a consumer provides a profit to the seller company. Therefore, the problem of adequate allocation of logistics expenses and profits between separate legal entity and the task of continuous accounting and control of logistics costs and earnings in large companies, is vital. The automated system for accounting and controlling of logistics costs is suggested. The developed system allows controlling logistics costs of refining, storage and transportation for each ton, pieces, linear or square meters of the shipped cargoes. The System is based on complex algorithms of distribution of the total cost to costs of objects. Some results of approbation of the System in a large metal trading company are given. The System for the generation of financial and logistic reports on flow of materials, goods and production is suggested. The System provides the greatest efficiency in case of implementation in large holding companies.