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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Supply and operations management collectionPublisher: New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Business Expert Press, 2015Edition: Second editionDescription: 1 online resource (xviii, 171 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781631570681
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 658.1552 23
LOC classification:
  • HD47 .S682 2015
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Also available in print.
Contents:
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.
Abstract: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-164) and index.

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.

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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.

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