AACE International Total Cost Management Framework
Author : H. Stephenson
Publisher :
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 28,67 MB
Release : 2015-03-16
Category :
ISBN : 9781508804765
Total Cost Management Framework, an Integrated Approach to Portfolio, Program, and Project Management
Author : John Hollmann
Publisher :
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 45,72 MB
Release : 2012-02-13
Category :
ISBN : 9781470008482
Book Description
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.
Strategic Cost Management
Author : John K. Shank
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 33,6 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Cost accounting
ISBN : 0029126517
Book Description
An indispensable guide for managers concerned with cost, strategy, and business re-engineering. Experts on the strategic use of cost data, the authors show how stategic cost management is revolutionizing accounting practices in leading companies. Includes numerous examples. 120 line drawings.
A Management Framework
Author : R. Max Wideman
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 15,72 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1412027861
Book Description
Max presents a framework for an in-depth understanding of project, program and portfolio management to satisfy the needs from the top executive to the student practitioner based on over 40 years' experience.
Big Data Analytics for Improved Accuracy, Efficiency, and Decision Making in Digital Marketing
Author : Singh, Amandeep
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 19,40 MB
Release : 2021-06-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1799872335
Book Description
The availability of big data, low-cost commodity hardware, and new information management and analytic software have produced a unique moment in the history of data analysis. The convergence of these trends means that we have the capabilities required to analyze astonishing data sets quickly and cost-effectively for the first time in history. They represent a genuine leap forward and a clear opportunity to realize enormous gains in terms of efficiency, productivity, revenue, and profitability especially in digital marketing. Data plays a huge role in understanding valuable insights about target demographics and customer preferences. From every interaction with technology, regardless of whether it is active or passive, we are creating new data that can describe us. If analyzed correctly, these data points can explain a lot about our behavior, personalities, and life events. Companies can leverage these insights for product improvements, business strategy, and marketing campaigns to cater to the target customers. Big Data Analytics for Improved Accuracy, Efficiency, and Decision Making in Digital Marketing aids understanding of big data in terms of digital marketing for meaningful analysis of information that can improve marketing efforts and strategies using the latest digital techniques. The chapters cover a wide array of essential marketing topics and techniques, including search engine marketing, consumer behavior, social media marketing, online advertising, and how they interact with big data. This book is essential for professionals and researchers working in the field of analytics, data, and digital marketing, along with marketers, advertisers, brand managers, social media specialists, managers, sales professionals, practitioners, researchers, academicians, and students looking for the latest information on how big data is being used in digital marketing strategies.
Fit for Growth
Author : Vinay Couto
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 12,5 MB
Release : 2017-01-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1119268532
Book Description
A practical approach to business transformation Fit for Growth* is a unique approach to business transformation that explicitly connects growth strategy with cost management and organization restructuring. Drawing on 70-plus years of strategy consulting experience and in-depth research, the experts at PwC’s Strategy& lay out a winning framework that helps CEOs and senior executives transform their organizations for sustainable, profitable growth. This approach gives structure to strategy while promoting lasting change. Examples from Strategy&’s hundreds of clients illustrate successful transformation on the ground, and illuminate how senior and middle managers are able to take ownership and even thrive during difficult periods of transition. Throughout the Fit for Growth process, the focus is on maintaining consistent high-value performance while enabling fundamental change. Strategy& has helped major clients around the globe achieve significant and sustained results with its research-backed approach to restructuring and cost reduction. This book provides practical guidance for leveraging that expertise to make the choices that allow companies to: Achieve growth while reducing costs Manage transformation and transition productively Create lasting competitive advantage Deliver reliable, high-value performance Sustainable success is founded on efficiency and high performance. Companies are always looking to do more with less, but their efforts often work against them in the long run. Total business transformation requires total buy-in, and it entails a series of decisions that must not be made lightly. The Fit for Growth approach provides a clear strategy and practical framework for growth-oriented change, with expert guidance on getting it right. *Fit for Growth is a registered service mark of PwC Strategy& Inc. in the United States
Cost Management in Supply Chains
Author : Stefan Seuring
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 28,80 MB
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 3662113775
Book Description
Supply Chain Management and Cost Management are important developments helping companies to respond to increased global competition and demanding customer needs. Within the 23 chapters of the book, more than 35 authors provide insights into new concepts for cost control in supply chains. The frameworks presented are illustrated with case studies from the automotive, textile, white goods, and transportation industry as well as from retailing. Academics will benefit from the wide range of approaches presented, while practitioners will learn from the examples how their own company and the supply chains which they compete in, can be brought to lower costs and better performance.
Cost and Value Management in Projects
Author : Ray R. Venkataraman
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 12,40 MB
Release : 2011-08-26
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1118174186
Book Description
Cost and Value Management in Projects provides practicing managers with a thorough understanding of the various dimensions of cost and value in projects, along with the factors that impact them, and the managerial approaches that would be most effective for achieving cost efficiency and value optimization. This book addresses cost from a strategic perspective, offering thorough coverage of the various elements of value management such as value planning, value engineering and value analysis from the perspective of projects.
Cost Management
Author : K. P. Gupta
Publisher : Global India Publications
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 43,55 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Activity-based costing
ISBN : 9789380228020
Book Description
Innovation and cost management are the key requirements for companies to survive the current global economic crisis. Cost management not only leads to incremental performance improvement bur also to transformational change across the value chain. Cost management is viewed as part of a larger business process to influence decisions on pricing and profitability across several dimensions: product, customer, region, and distribution channel.In this book you can learn how your costing process aligns with industry best practices, and be on the leading edge of emerging practices such as value chain costing, shared services costing and outsourcing.This book also tells us how cost management and accounting are being put into practice.
True Cost Accounting for Food
Author : Barbara Gemmill-Herren
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 33,50 MB
Release : 2021-06-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1000389987
Book Description
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.
