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 When it comes to assessing a company's current situation, knowing how it operates is more than fundamental. In the industrial sector, for example, knowing how much a company can produce from a factory allows for better decision making. These include inventory sizing, production and storage costs reduction, better use of inputs and raw materials, and optimization of employees' work routines. In addition, the productive capacity indicator serves to dimension the supply to the market and to adjust the company's commercial and financial planning. Producing less can mean loss of customers, directly benefiting the competition. On the other hand, producing the most generates higher costs, harming the company's operating cash flow.

There are different ways of classifying and analyzing the productive capacity of a company. The main ones are: Installed productive capacity Corresponds to the total productive capacity that the company has, according to its infrastructure. Installed capacity considers the maximum productive potential of the company, where all the factors of production (machines, inputs, raw material, employees) would be fully functioning - without interruptions, losses, faults or other unforeseen events. It is a hypothetical indicator, which serves as a reference for strategic decision making. Productive capacity available Tell us what productive capacity is available to the company at the right moment. That is, the calculation takes into account only the assets and inputs that can come into operation effectively at that moment. The available capacity also does not consider the losses, shortages or shutdowns for any reason. Effective productive capacity Represents the level of production that the comp...

The productive capacity of a company is a key indicator to analyze the operational flow of any company. But because it is an indicator that is directly related to the revenue and profitability of the business, many think that the higher the productive capacity, the better. However, this concept can be misleading - since normally the ideal productive capacity will be the one that is able to better match the level of production with the market demand, generating the lowest possible cost. What is productive capacity? Productive capacity is the maximum amount of products and services that a company is able to produce in a given period. That is, it is an indicator that represents the ratio between the operational speed of the company and the balance resulting from its activity in products and services.

Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency - Eletrobras - announced yesterday (21) to the market that the National Electric Energy Agency (ANEEL), through an order, decided to certify compliance by companies Amazonas Generation and Transmission of Energy SA - Amazonas GT and Amazonas Energy Distribution SA - AmD of the requirement to send documentation, concurring with the unbundling process of Amazonas Distribuição de Energia SA - AmE. "Eletrobras will keep the market informed about the subject matter of this announcement to the market," the company said. In other words, the notice referred to above by Eletrobras relays the information that Aneel approved the process of unbundling, that is, separation of operations, at Amazonas Energia, a subsidiary of the Eletrobras Group. With this in practice, the company will be divided into two parts: Amazonas GT, which will act in the generation and transmission of energy, and Amazonas D (or AmD) that will act offering the service of ener...

The number of micro and small enterprises (MPEs) with arrears in Brazil reached 5,174 million in June, a growth of 1% compared to May, when 5,122 million legal entities of the same size were in arrears, according to the second (13) to Serasa Experian. This is a new historical record, surpassing the previous high registered in May. In comparison with June 2017 (4,727 million), the increase reaches 9.5%. According to Serasa Experian economists, the increase in delinquency reflects "the slow recovery of growth in the Brazilian economy, the difficulty in generating cash from small companies and the increase in the cost of raw materials." Among the sectors, service companies accounted for 46.5% of total delinquents. Following are the negative trade CNPJs (44.5%) and industry (8.6%). Most of the micro and small companies with backlogs are still concentrated in the Southeast (54.3%). Northeast (16.1%), South (15.8%), Central West (8.7%) and North (5.2%) repeated in June the sequen...

The Federal Reserve's steady increases in interest rates are the best way to protect the US economic recovery and keep job market growth as strong as possible and inflation under control, the president said on Friday. of the US central bank, Jerome Powell. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell (Photo: Aaron P. Bernstein / Reuters) Fed Chairman Jerome Powell (Photo: Aaron P. Bernstein / Reuters) Fed Chairman Jerome Powell (Photo: Aaron P. Bernstein / Reuters) Endorsing the Fed's monetary policy stance a few days after US President Donald Trump criticized high interest rates, Powell used the annual Jackson Hole symposium to "explain today why my colleagues and I believe this gradual process. ..continued appropriate. " "The economy is strong. Inflation is close to our 2% target and most people who want a job are finding a ... If strong growth in income and the labor market continues, more gradual increases in the target for the interest rate will probably be appropriate....

Double taxation is a recurring theme within the investment market. This concern exists mainly when it comes to the distribution of profits, interest and royalties to shareholders and investors of a company. As the company pays taxes on its income, it is considered that taxation is already all done at source. Therefore, when distributing a portion of the profit in the form of dividends to its shareholders, it is presumed that they should not pay Income Tax on what was received. This is because if the company and the individual were taxed for the same dividend, the tax would be charged twice - which would be considered double taxation. Due to this logic, the double taxation on profits and dividends on individuals was extinguished in Brazil, through Law 9249/1995. However, this determination is far from being a consensus. There is now a big debate on the subject, where several economists and law experts are arguing for the return of dividend taxation on the individual.