Cost Half
Cost Half

Author: Toshio Suzue

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2002-07-10

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 9781563272493

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Maximize Your Profits with Innovative Cost Reduction Techniques! The Cost Half approach does not rely on gradual improvement activities. Rather, it is a radical, "greedy" approach that focuses on developing three interrelated strengths to ensure stable business results. That is, Cost Half puts you on the road to increasing market development strength, improving competitive quality, and maintaining competitive cost. The techniques in Cost Half: The Method for Radical Cost Reduction are designed to help meet target costs and create a sustainable cost management system for strong business capability. Highlights Include: Identification of the telltale signs of a company in need of a Cost Half program Practical techniques for changing cost-generating sources and locations Step by step guide for the implementation of Cost Half in your company Cost Half benchmarking activities A case study demonstrating a successful Cost Half project

A Manager's Guide to Creative Cost Cutting
A Manager's Guide to Creative Cost Cutting

Author: David W. Young

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9780071396974

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A PAPERBACK ORIGINAL Practical, creative strategies and solutions for cutting costs­­without cutting people In an age of cutting costs­­no matter the cost­­the unspoken contract between employer and employee has never been more tenuous. But while trimming payroll may be the easiest answer, it is often far from the best. A Manager's Guide to Creative Cost Cutting presents specific ways that companies can reduce costs without reducing staff, along with implementation plans and real-world case studies and examples. Concise and compelling, it shows today's leaders how to better leverage resources to control spiraling costs while creating a sounder, more stable work environment. Featuring 101 techniques for executives to reduce expenses and expand profits, without disrupting workers' lives and deep-sixing morale, this unique and easy-to-read guidebook: Shows how to uncover hidden costs and then reduce or eliminate them Helps readers overcome 21 common cost-reduction prohibitors Highlights real-world examples, from Intel's unpaid leave to Goodyear's debt negotiation

Cost Reduction Analysis
Cost Reduction Analysis

Author: Steven M. Bragg

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2010-05-24

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 0470587261

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Discover the tools for knowing the costs your company should cut, without impacting its ability to deliver goods and services New from Steve Bragg, this book provides the tools for determining which costs a company should cut, without impacting its ability to deliver goods and services. It explains how to use throughput analysis in order to locate bottleneck operations in a company, which in turn dictates where capital investments should (and should not) be made. Delves into process analysis, to determine where excess resources are being used in a business process Describes the total cost of ownership, showing how a single purchasing decision actually snowballs into a variety of ancillary costs Shows how to create and use a spend management system to reduce procurement costs Shows how just-in-time systems can be used to eliminate inventory costs Cost Reduction Analysis: Tools and Strategies provides examples to show how much cost can potentially be eliminated to avoid drastic action later that can imperil your corporation's direction and future.

Cost Reduction and Control Best Practices
Cost Reduction and Control Best Practices

Author: Institute of Management and Administration (IOMA)

Publisher: Wiley

Published: 2002-02-13

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780471034254

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The official IOMA source for tips, techniques, strategies, and best practices in corporate cost-cutting This book is an authoritative and comprehensive collection of the best strategies and techniques being used to control costs across virtually every business function. Each chapter focuses on a different department or function and is built around original research, the latest strategies currently being used, and dozens of practical tips and tactics from managers around the country. Case studies and real examples illustrate this expert guide from the only truly definitive source-the Institute of Management and Administration. The book offers specific techniques and proven best practices on cutting costs in the following areas: Human resources Benefits Compensation 401(k) plans HRIS Training and development Accounting Accounts payable Credit and collections Accounting systems Logistics Purchasing Inventory Mail center Export Ideal for managers facing a crunch, financial officers trimming budgets, and small business owners who need fresh ideas for cutting costs, Cost Reduction and Control Best Practices is the ultimate resource for controlling costs simply and effectively.

Handbook of Cost Management
Handbook of Cost Management

Author: Roman L. Weil

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2005-05-31

Total Pages: 866

ISBN-13: 0471722634

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Handbook of Cost Management, Second Edition covers all of the essential topics in cost management and accounting. It includes conventional topics, such as job costing and cost allocation, as well as such current topics as balanced scorecard, economic value added, logistics and marketing cost, theory of constraints, inter-organizational costing, and the cost of quality.

Complete Plant Operations Handbook
Complete Plant Operations Handbook

Author: Allan Ishmael Young

Publisher:

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 430

ISBN-13:

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Tools, procedures, descriptions, instructions, and plans for developing a formal operation improvement program and improving manufacturing operations. No bibliography. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR