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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451296803321

Autore

Anklesaria Jimmy

Titolo

Supply chain cost management : the AIM & DRIVE process for achieving extraordinary results / / Jimmy Anklesaria

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : AMACOM, American Management Association, , [2008]

©2008

ISBN

1-281-12817-1

9786611128173

1-60119-849-3

0-8144-0948-2

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 p.)

Disciplina

658.7/2

Soggetti

Industrial procurement - Cost effectiveness

Industrial procurement - Cost control

Business logistics - Management

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

The AIM & DRIVE process of cost management -- Agreeing on the need to manage costs -- Identifying critical costs in the supply chain -- Measuring secondary and tertiary costs -- Defining the key cost drivers and developing strategic options -- Reducing, eliminating, or changing activities that cause costs -- Implementing an action plan -- Verifying the plan with cost monitors -- Eternally improving and leveraging the process.

Sommario/riassunto

For most supply chains, cost reduction is imperative to long-term survival. Yet identifying the costs that can be eliminated-and then doing so effectively-can prove impossible without the right method. This book introduces the same process the author has used to save companies like IBM, Kodak, and DuPont billions of dollars, simply by harnessing the knowledge of suppliers. Using real-life case studies and examples, the book takes readers step-by-step through the process.