Supply Chain Cost Control Using Activity-Based Management

Informationen zum Autor Matthew Zander Klappentext Supply Chain Cost Control Using Activity Based Management discusses the competitive advantage that cost analysis and management can bring to the companies within a supply chain. This book addresses a number of strategies for evaluating the total cost inherent in a customer-supplier relationship! using total cost of ownership! activity-based costing! and activity-based management for analyzing and controlling supply chain costs. It combines game theory with survey results to suggest cost reduction strategies in competitive environments and predict the outcomes of these strategies. This text shows the importance of partnerships in applying activity-based management principles to suppliers. Zusammenfassung Discusses the advantage that cost analysis and management can bring to companies within a supply chain. This book addresses strategies to evaluate the total cost inherent in a customer-supplier relationship, using total cost of ownership, activity-based costing, and activity-based management (ABM) for analyzing and controlling supply chain costs. Inhaltsverzeichnis Activity-Based Management and Total Cost of Ownership - An Overview. Major Trends in Supply-Chain Innovations. Elemental Task Learning Curves in a Production Line. Offshoring Knowledge Work to Increase Shareholder Value. Integrated Total Cost of Ownership and Activity-Based Management Process Model. Methodology for Analysis. Analysis and Findings. Conclusions and Recommendations. Appendix A: Survey Instrument. Appendix B: Survey Data. Index.

Product details

• Authors: Sameer Kumar, Kumar Sameer, Matthew Zander, Matthew (Consultant Zander, Matthew Kumar Zander, Zander Matthew
• Assisted by: Sameer Kumar (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.07.2006
• EAN: 9780849382154
• ISBN: 978-0-8493-8215-4
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Supply Chain Integration Modeling, Optimization and Application; Supply Chain Integration Modeling, Optimization and Application
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Purchasing & Buying, Purchasing & supply management, Purchasing and supply management