Total Cost Management Framework, an Integrated Approach to Portfolio, Program, and Project Management


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Total cost management (TCM) is the effective application of professional and technical expertise to plan and control resources, costs, profitability and risk. Simply stated, TCM is a systematic approach to managing costs throughout the life cycle of any enterprise, program, facility, project, product or service. The TCM Framework is a representation of that 'systematic approach."The TCM Framework is a structured, annotated process map that for the first time explains each practice area of the cost engineering field in the content of its relationship to the other practice areas including allied professions. As the book subtitled says, it is a process for applying the skills and knowledge of cost engineering. A key feature of the TCM Framework is that it highlights and differentiates the main cost management application areas: project control and strategic asset management.The TCM Framework is a significant, original contribution to the cost management profession applicable to all industries. It is an AACE International cornerstone technical document that joins the current body of knowledge literature for related fields such as project management, operations management, and management accounting. It is also consistent with the latest organizational and portfolio thinking which ties all practices and processes back to overall business strategies and objectives. As a "framework," this document is not a "how-to" instructional guide, but a conceptual representation that provides a structured, integrated overview of cost engineering.




The Ernst & Young Guide to Total Cost Management


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With the use of non-technical language it enables readers to understand the underlying dynamics of cost in order to facilitate effective decisions regarding products and services, workflows, capital investments and day-to-day monitoring of their business. Combining customer's needs and reactions with the financial awareness of a company's strengths and weaknesses, it ties into all current, major business concerns, including environmental awareness and international competitiveness. Features case studies, checklists and self-assessment techniques that will aid readers in initiating a total cost management program.







Total Cost Management


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How do mission and objectives affect the Total cost management processes of our organization? What potential environmental factors impact the Total cost management effort? Whats the best design framework for Total cost management organization now that, in a post industrial-age if the top-down, command and control model is no longer relevant? Who will provide the final approval of Total cost management deliverables? How likely is the current Total cost management plan to come in on schedule or on budget? This amazing Total cost management self-assessment will make you the reliable Total cost management domain veteran by revealing just what you need to know to be fluent and ready for any Total cost management challenge. How do I reduce the effort in the Total cost management work to be done to get problems solved? How can I ensure that plans of action include every Total cost management task and that every Total cost management outcome is in place? How will I save time investigating strategic and tactical options and ensuring Total cost management costs are low? How can I deliver tailored Total cost management advice instantly with structured going-forward plans? There's no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed best-selling author Gerard Blokdyk. Blokdyk ensures all Total cost management essentials are covered, from every angle: the Total cost management self-assessment shows succinctly and clearly that what needs to be clarified to organize the required activities and processes so that Total cost management outcomes are achieved. Contains extensive criteria grounded in past and current successful projects and activities by experienced Total cost management practitioners. Their mastery, combined with the easy elegance of the self-assessment, provides its superior value to you in knowing how to ensure the outcome of any efforts in Total cost management are maximized with professional results. Your purchase includes access details to the Total cost management self-assessment dashboard download which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows you exactly what to do next. Your exclusive instant access details can be found in your book.




Supply Chain Cost Management


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'Supply Chain' takes readers step-by-step through the process, showing them how to move beyond negotiation and identify critical costs in the supply chain, measure secondary and tertiary costs, develop strategic options, implement an action plan and continually improve and modify the process.




Total Cost Management Third Edition


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Is there a Total cost management Communication plan covering who needs to get what information when? To what extent does management recognize Total cost management as a tool to increase the results? Is a Total cost management Team Work effort in place? Do we aggressively reward and promote the people who have the biggest impact on creating excellent Total cost management services/products? How important is Total cost management to the user organizations mission? This astounding Total cost management self-assessment will make you the trusted Total cost management domain authority by revealing just what you need to know to be fluent and ready for any Total cost management challenge. How do I reduce the effort in the Total cost management work to be done to get problems solved? How can I ensure that plans of action include every Total cost management task and that every Total cost management outcome is in place? How will I save time investigating strategic and tactical options and ensuring Total cost management opportunity costs are low? How can I deliver tailored Total cost management advice instantly with structured going-forward plans? There's no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed best-selling author Gerard Blokdyk. Blokdyk ensures all Total cost management essentials are covered, from every angle: the Total cost management self-assessment shows succinctly and clearly that what needs to be clarified to organize the business/project activities and processes so that Total cost management outcomes are achieved. Contains extensive criteria grounded in past and current successful projects and activities by experienced Total cost management practitioners. Their mastery, combined with the uncommon elegance of the self-assessment, provides its superior value to you in knowing how to ensure the outcome of any efforts in Total cost management are maximized with professional results. Your purchase includes access details to the Total cost management self-assessment dashboard download which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows your organization exactly what to do next. Your exclusive instant access details can be found in your book.




True Cost Accounting for Food


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This book explains how True Cost Accounting is an effective tool we can use to address the pervasive imbalance in our food system. Calls are coming from all quarters that the food system is broken and needs a radical transformation. A system that feeds many yet continues to create both extreme hunger and diet-related diseases, and one which has significant environmental impacts, is not serving the world adequately. This volume argues that True Cost Accounting in our food system can create a framework for a systemic shift. What sounds on the surface like a practice relegated to accountants is ultimately a call for a new lens on the valuation of food and a new relationship with the food we eat, starting with the reform of a system out of balance. From the true cost of corn, rice and water, to incentives for soil health, the chapters economically compare conventional and regenerative, more equitable farming practices in and food system structures, including taking an unflinching look at the true cost of cheap labour. Overall, this volume points towards the potential for our food system to be more human-centred than profit-centred and one that has a more respectful relationship to the planet. It sets forth a path forward based on True Cost Accounting for food. This path seeks to fix our current food metrics, in policy and in practice, by applying a holistic lens that evaluates the actual costs and benefits of different food systems, and the impacts and dependencies between natural systems, human systems, agriculture and food systems. This volume is essential reading for professionals and policymakers involved in developing and reforming the food system, as well as students and scholars working on food policy, food systems and sustainability.




Total Cost Management Framework


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Encyclopedia of Production and Manufacturing Management


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Production and manufacturing management since the 1980s has absorbed in rapid succession several new production management concepts: manufacturing strategy, focused factory, just-in-time manufacturing, concurrent engineering, total quality management, supply chain management, flexible manufacturing systems, lean production, mass customization, and more. With the increasing globalization of manufacturing, the field will continue to expand. This encyclopedia's audience includes anyone concerned with manufacturing techniques, methods, and manufacturing decisions.