1st Edition
Supply Chain Development for the Lean Enterprise Interorganizational Cost Management
544 Pages
by
Productivity Press
544 Pages
by
Routledge
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Four questions determine whether a company is using interorganizational cost management. Does your firm set specific cost-reduction objectives for its suppliers? Does your firm help its customers and/or suppliers find ways to achieve their cost-education objectives? Does your firm take into account the profitability of its suppliers when negotiating component pricing with them? Is your... Read more
- Executive Summary
- How Firms Compete Using the Confrontation Strategy
- The Role of Cost Management in Confrontation Strategy
- The Research Project
- Lean Buyer-Supplier Relations
- Lean Supplier Networks
- An Overview of Interorganizational Cost Management
- Target Costing
- Interorganizational Implications of Target Costing
- Chained Target Costing and Functionality-Price-Quality
- Interorganizational Cost Investigations
- Concurrent Cost Management
- Kaizen Costing
- Interorganizational Implications of Kaizen Costing
- Increasing the Efficiency of the Buyer-Supplier Interface
- Interorganizational Cost Management in Action
- Lessons for Adopters
Case Studies
- Citizen Watch Company: Cost Reduction for Mature Products
- Kamakura Ironworks Company, Ltd
- Komatsu, Ltd: Target Costing System
- Miyota Company, Ltd
- Olympus Optical Company, Ltd: Cost Management for Short-Life Cycle Products
- Omachi Olympus Company, Ltd
- Tokyo Motors Works, Ltd: Target Costing System
- Toyo Radiator Company, Ltd
- Yokohama Corporation, Ltd: The Yokohama Production
Biography
Robin Cooper






