Supply chain development for the lean enterprise : interorganizational cost management /

Four questions determine whether a company is using interorganizational cost management. * Does your firm set specific cost-reduction objectives for its suppliers? * Does your firm help its customers and/or suppliers find ways to achieve their cost-education objectives? * Does your firm take into ac...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cooper, Robin, 1951-
Other Authors: Slagmulder, Regine
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Portland, Or. Montvale, N.J. : Productivity ; IMA Foundation for Applied Research, 1999
Series:Strategies in confrontational cost management series
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Table of Contents:
  • * Executive Summary* How Firms Compete Using the Confrontation Strategy* The Role of Cost Management in Confrontation Strategy* The Research Project* Lean Buyer-Supplier Relations* Lean Supplier Networks* An Overview of Interorganizational Cost Management* Target Costing* Interorganizational Implications of Target Costing* Chained Target Costing and Functionality-Price-Quality* Interorganizational Cost Investigations* Concurrent Cost Management* Kaizen Costing* Interorganizational Implications of Kaizen Costing* Increasing the Efficiency of the Buyer-Supplier Interface* Interorganizational Cost Management in Action* Lessons for Adopters Case Studies * Citizen Watch Company: Cost Reduction for Mature Products* Kamakura Ironworks Company, Ltd* Komatsu, Ltd: Target Costing System* Miyota Company, Ltd* Olympus Optical Company, Ltd: Cost Management for Short-Life Cycle Products* Omachi Olympus Company, Ltd* Tokyo Motors Works, Ltd: Target Costing System* Toyo Radiator Company, Ltd* Yokohama Corporation, Ltd: The Yokohama Production.