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| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | Highly Recommended Resources - Hand Picked to save you valuable searching time.welcome(C) 1999 OmegaPoint Network EnterprisesCost and Effect takes the management, finance, and accounting fields to an entirely new level, as the authors demonstrate how the principles of activity-based costing and other advanced cost management techniques, such as target and kaizen costing, can drive business performance. Using lively examples from a variety of leading companies worldwide--including Siemens, Hewlett-Packard, AT&T, the Swedish wire manufacturer Kanthal, Kirin Beer, and Procter & Gamble--they show how to create integrated, knowledge-based systems that provide meaningful information on current and past performance. The innovation systems described in Cost and Effect will help you: Determine where improvements in quality, efficiency, and productivity will have the highest payoffs. Assist front-line employees in their learning and improvement activities. Make better product mix and capital investment decisions. Negotiate more effectively on price, product features, quality, delivery, and service to promote win-win relationships with your customers. Choose low-cost suppliers who are truly low cost, not just low price. Design products and services that meet customers' expectations--and that can be produced and delivered at a profit. Integrate your activity-based cost system into reporting and budgeting processes to reveal the sources of excess capacity. |
