Target costing and value engineering / Robin Cooper and Regine Slag.
By: Cooper, Robin
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Contributor(s): Slagmulder, Regine.
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BookSeries: Strategies in confrontational cost management series.Publisher: New Jersey : Productivity Press, 1997Description: xl, 379 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 1563271729.Subject(s): Value analysis (Cost control) | Target costingDDC classification: 658.575 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 658.575 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00017594 | ||
| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 658.575 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00017593 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
What would happen if everyone in your company followed a disciplined approach to cost reduction? Go ahead -- imagine it. What would it look like? How can it be done?
The answer -- smart cost management .
Effective cost management must start at the design stage. As much as 90-95% of a product's costs are added in the design process. That is why effective cost management programs focus on design and manufacturing. The primary cost management method to control cost during design is a combination of target costing and value engineering.
Target Costing Objectives:
Identify the cost at which your product must be manufactured at if it is to earn its profit margin at its expected target selling price. Break the target cost down to its component level and have your suppliers find ways to deliver the components they sell you at the set target prices while still making adequate returns. Value Engineering:
The connection to function: An organized effort and team based approach to analyze the functions of goods and services that the design stage, and find ways to achieve those functions in a manner that allows the firm to meet its target costs.
The result: Added value for your company (development costs on-line with added value for your company; development costs on-line with selling prices) and added value for your customer (higher quality products that meet, possibly even exceed, customer expectations.)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-371) and index.
Part One: Confrontational cost management -- How firms compete using the confrontation strategy -- The role of cost management in confrontation strategy -- The research project -- Part Two: Target costing and value engineering -- An overview of target costing and value engineering -- Market-driven costing -- Product-level target costing -- Value engineering -- Component-level target costing -- Factors that influence the target costing process -- Target costing and value engineering in action -- Lessons for adopters -- Part Three: The cases -- Nissan Motor Company, Ltd -- Toyota motor corporation -- Komatsu, Ltd. -- Olympus optical company, Ltd.: Cost management for short life-cycle products -- Sony corporation: The Walkman line -- Topcon corporation -- Isuzu Motors, Ltd.