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Strategic cost reduction : cutting costs without killing your business / Tim McCormick and Dermot Duff.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Dublin : Chartered Accountants Ireland, [2012]Edition: Second editionDescription: xxv, 308 pages. : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781908199348 (paperback) :
  • 9781908199348 (paperback) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 657.42 MCC
  • 657.42 23
Contents:
Part I - Evaluating budgeting and other traditional approaches to cost reduction to assess the health of the business and the need for cost reduction Chapter 1 - Budgeting Challenges Chapter 2 - Effective control Chapter 3 - The role of the functions in traditional cost reduction Chapter 4 - Is there a problem with current performance? Chapter 5 - Emergency cost reduction in a cash crisis Part II - Approaching cost reduction strategically to fit the cost reduction programme into the wider framework and values Chapter 6 - Preliminary strategic considerations Chapter 7 - Critical functional considerations Chapter 8 - Discovering the strategic drivers of cost Chapter 9 - Exploiting the value chain Chapter 10 - Deciding on size Part III - Using modern operational aids to analyse and manage costs, providing a path to \'leanness\' and continuous improvement Chapter 11 - World class and lean manufacturing Chapter 12 - Radical Improvement Chapter 13 - Business process re-engineering Chapter 14 - Benchmarking Chapter 15 - Outsourcing Part IV - Implementing cost reduction successfully in a strategic manner, while preserving core values and avoiding financial failure Chapter 16 - Structuring and rewarding the labour force Chapter 17 - Strategic cost reduction - the critical links Chapter 18 - The fundamental causes underlying business failure Chapter 19 - Managing the change process Chapter 20 - Planning the Journey
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Short Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 657.42 MCC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 216106

Previous ed.: 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I - Evaluating budgeting and other traditional approaches to cost reduction to assess the health of the business and the need for cost reduction Chapter 1 - Budgeting Challenges Chapter 2 - Effective control Chapter 3 - The role of the functions in traditional cost reduction Chapter 4 - Is there a problem with current performance? Chapter 5 - Emergency cost reduction in a cash crisis Part II - Approaching cost reduction strategically to fit the cost reduction programme into the wider framework and values Chapter 6 - Preliminary strategic considerations Chapter 7 - Critical functional considerations Chapter 8 - Discovering the strategic drivers of cost Chapter 9 - Exploiting the value chain Chapter 10 - Deciding on size Part III - Using modern operational aids to analyse and manage costs, providing a path to \'leanness\' and continuous improvement Chapter 11 - World class and lean manufacturing Chapter 12 - Radical Improvement Chapter 13 - Business process re-engineering Chapter 14 - Benchmarking Chapter 15 - Outsourcing Part IV - Implementing cost reduction successfully in a strategic manner, while preserving core values and avoiding financial failure Chapter 16 - Structuring and rewarding the labour force Chapter 17 - Strategic cost reduction - the critical links Chapter 18 - The fundamental causes underlying business failure Chapter 19 - Managing the change process Chapter 20 - Planning the Journey

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