Cost Management: A Strategic Emphasis, by Blocher/Stout/Cokins is the first cost accounting text to offer integrated coverage of strategic management topics in cost accounting. The text is written to help students understand more about management and the role of cost accounting in helping an organization succeed. This text aims to teach management concepts and methods, also to demonstrate how managers use cost management information to make better decisions and improve their organization's competitiveness. In teaching these key management skills, the text takes on a strategic focus. It address.
This book is excellent for an operations person seeking better understanding of finance, or the finance person wishing for an introduction to value-based thinking." -Brian Maskell, President, BMA Inc.
Cost management is viewed as part of a larger business process to influence decisions on pricing and profitability across several dimensions: product, customer, region, and distribution channel.In this book you can learn how your costing ...
A Manager's Guide to Controlling Costs and Boosting Profits Lianabel Oliver. Cokins , Gary , Alan Stratton , and Jack Helbling . An ABC Manager's Primer : Straight Talk on Activity - Based Costing . Montvale , N.J .
Experts on the strategic use of cost data, the authors show how stategic cost management is revolutionizing accounting practices in leading companies. Includes numerous examples. 120 line drawings.
Dell openly states that it has competitive advantages because of its flexible, JIT manufacturing approach. Observe that Dell's employees generate 1.6 times the sales revenue per employee, as do Hewlett-Packard's employees.
Activity-based costing and management (ABC/M) data is key to succeeding in both these critical management strategies. This book explains how executives can effectively use the information furnished by cutting-edge ABC/M systems.
Kostenmanagement ist der Sammelbegriff für innovative Mittel, Methoden und Betriebsphilosophien, wie z.B. auslastungsorientierte Kostenrechnung, Geschäftsprozeßmanagement, Leistungsmessung und Benchmarking sowie für die besten Praktiken, wie z.B. Kostenziel, kontinuierliche Verbesserung und Qualitätsmanagement....
Improve the accuracy of project estimates and make better in-progress modifications by following the discipline-independent approach mapped out in this book.
Dave Nelson Former head of Supply Management at Honda, Delphi, TRW, and John Deere; Coauthor of Powered by Honda, The Purchasing Machine, and The Incredible Payback; Chair Emeritus, Institute for Supply Management; Member of the Shingo ...
Topics discussed in this book include understanding cost concepts, job-order costing, process costing, activity-based costing (ABC), activity-based management (ABM), cost-volume and break-even analysis, budgeting, cost analysis for non ...