Activity-based management : today's powerful new tool for controlling costs and creating profits / William H. Wiersema.
By: Wiersema, William H.
Material type: BookPublisher: New York : AMACOM, c1995Description: xxi, 234 p. : ill ; 26 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0814402518.Subject(s): Activity-based costing | Managerial accountingDDC classification: 658.1511Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes index.
Part I: Activity-based management: What it is and how it works -- Managing costs based on fast, real information -- Integrating ABM into your organization -- Completing the picture: The five steps in designing and implementing an ABM model -- Monitoring key data with ABM cost-cause grids and resource usage paths -- Pinpointing inefficiencies via ABM: Task-oriented operations under the microscope -- Honing in on the true costs of activities -- Insourcing and outsourcing: Flagging cost leaks -- Improving bidding, estimating and pricing with ABM -- Incentive compensation: The importance of accuracy -- The right data for product or service design -- Compendium I: Key cost-cause indicators -- Compedium II: Checklists, forms and rules of thumb to help you track costs -- Part II: ABM in action: Practical applications -- Case studies and their cost-cause models -- Sustaining high productivity and service with ABM.