Strategic Cost Management

By John D. Hanson

This book shows how to do the following:

Understand cost numbers - what they say, what they don't say and what they should say.Collect relevant cost information on a company-wide basis using a TCO framework.Efficiently analyze the TCO impact of business decisions using differential analysis.Evaluate the role of options in situations where risk is present.Present the analysis in a business case format that is meaningful to all levels of management.

These tools enable correct decision-making in the three principal areas of cost management:

Pricing - paying the right price for purchased goods and services.New Product Design - creating product that can be produced and supplied competitively.Process Change/Optimization - reducing the actual cost of current products, whether made or purchased.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1737257203
• ISBN13: 9781737257202
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: John D. Hanson
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"