Target Costing and Value Engineering (Strategies in Confrontational Cost Management Series) |
 | Authors: Robin Cooper, Regine Slagmulder
Publisher: Productivity Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 411676
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Pages: 379
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 1563271729
Dewey Decimal Number: 658.575
EAN: 9781563271724
ASIN: 1563271729
Publication Date: May 31, 1997
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What would happen if everyone in your company followed a disciplined approach to cost reduction? How can it be done? With smart cost management. Two powerful strategies-target costing and value engineering-will get you well on your way. You will find both in this comprehensive book, the first in a series guaranteed to increase your profits. Effective cost management must start at the design stage. As much as 90-95% of a product's costs are designed in, meaning they cannot be avoided without re-designing. That is why effective cost management programs focus on design and manufacturing. The primary cost management method to control cost during design is a combination of target costing and value engineering.
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Not just a waste of money but also a waste fo time January 13, 2004
Dirk Lutterbeck (UK)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Organisations are complex structure and different organisations exist in different competitive environments and most of all provide different services.Unfortunately this book does not take account of the differences. It draws black and white pictures of the organisation and its processes. It does not go into detail in how to structure and implement Target Costing and where the hurdles and challenges are. It is full of buzz words that sound great but have not real meaning. Worst of all is that one could summarise the 350 pages of the book to a maximum of 30 pages without loosing content.
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