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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464203103321

Autore

Sower Victor E.

Titolo

Better business decisions using cost modeling / / Victor E. Sower, Christopher H. Sower

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : , : Business Expert Press, , 2015

ISBN

1-78539-575-0

1-63157-068-4

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (194 p.)

Collana

Supply and operations management collection, , 2156-8200

Disciplina

658.1552

Soggetti

Costs, Industrial - Mathematical models

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-164) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Constructing cost models -- 3. Internal cost models -- 4. Other internal cost models -- 5. External cost models for procured materials -- 6. External cost models for procured services -- 7. Total cost of ownership models -- 8. Probabilistic cost models -- Epilogue -- Appendix A. Data sources for cost modeling -- Appendix B. Simulation software used to illustrate chapter 8 -- Notes -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Information is power in supply chain operations, negotiations, continuous improvement programs, process improvement, and indeed in all aspects of managing an operation. Accurate and timely information can result in better decisions that translate into the improvement of bottomline results. The development and effective use of cost modeling as a method to understand the cost of products, services, and processes can help drive improvements in the quality and timeliness of decision making. In the supply chain community, an understanding of the actual cost structures of processes, products and services, whether with new or nonpartner suppliers, can facilitate fact-based discussions that are more likely to result in agreements that are competitively priced and with fair margins. Further, accurate cost models that are cooperatively developed between supply chain partners can form the basis for joint efforts to reduce non-value-added costs



and provide additional focus toward operational improvement.