Target cost management : the ladder to global survival and success /: the ladder to global survival and success. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jim Rains.
• Other Names: Rains, Jim
• Contents: The Ladder ; Rung 1; Rung 2; Rung 3; Rung 4; Rung 5; Rung 6; Rung 7; Rungs 8 to 10; ; The Rails of the Ladder ; Corporate Strategy; Focus on Long-Term Profit Goals and Objectives; Customer Focus; Respect for Humanity/Employees; Respect for the Environment; Leadership; ; Basic Concept of Target Costing ; What Are the Characteristics of Strong Enterprises?; Roots of Target Costing; Target Costing Becomes Comprehensive Target Costing; Profit vs. Profit Margin; Cost Management; Cost Visibility; Engineering Change Requests; Survival Triplet; Cultural Differences; ; Does Your Firm Really Need to Do Target Costing? ; Is Target Costing for My Company?; ; Getting Started on the Target Costing Journey ; Myths of Target Costing; Organizational Breadth; Steps to Begin Target Costing; Knowing What to Do; Form Cost Planning Group; Conduct Current State Assessment; Mission and Vision Statement; Employee Training; The Process of Team Building; Team Performance; ; The Cost Planning/Cost Management Group ; What Is the Cost Planning Group?; Mission of Cost Planning Group; ; What Costs Should You Establish Targets For? ; What Is Most Important: Quality, Function, or Price?; Cost Management for Purchased Parts; Where to Begin Collecting Cost Information; ; The Development of Cost Tables; Shift in Financial Thinking; Three Major Requirements for Cost Tables; Cost Table Sophistication; Material Cost Table Development; Direct Conversion Cost Tables; Product Development Cost Tables; Cost Tables by Process; ; How to Set the Target Cost; Subtraction Method; Addition Method; Setting Target Costs by Function; Contingency Cost Allocation; Special Situations; Exceeding the Target Cost; Allocation of the Target Cost; Advanced Applications of Target Costing Concepts; ; Alpha Brain; Alpha Brain Background; The Alpha Brain System: An Example; The Model Factory; Metal-Forming Factory; Summary; ; Benchmarking Japanese Companies ; Isuzu (1999, 2003, 2008); Zexel Corporation (1999); General Information; Machining Center; Cost and Value Engineering Discussion; Toyota Motomachi Vehicle Assembly Plant (1999, 2005); Manufacturing Philosophy; Assembly Process; Material Delivery; Quality Andon; Toyota (2005); Aisen Seiki (1999); Hitachi Machinery Construction Company (2003); Society of Japanese Value Engineering (SJVE); Omron (2005); Denso (2005); Nissan (2006); Canon (2006, 2008); ; Each chapter concludes with a Summary ;
• Publisher Details: New York : Productivity Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (229 pages)
• Subjects: 658.1552 R158; Target costing; Cost control; Cost control; Target costing
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781439835616; 1439835616
• Related ISBNs: 9781439835593; 1439835594
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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