Bøger af Gary Cokins

A "how-to" guide for supply chain professionals who need accurate cost information for end-to-end processesWith the increasing pace of globalization, supply chain professionals find that they have less and less margin for error in their decisions making. Competition is getting more intense, and, unfortunately, CFOs and accountants do not currently provide supply chain managers with the information required to make better decisions. Supply Chain Costing and Performance Management, 2nd Edition, will show you (and the executives you report to) how to understand and apply various enterprise and corporate performance management (EPM/CPM) methods related to costs and profit margins and performance measurements.This book is a "how-to" guide to assist supply chain managers and employee teams to obtain interenterprise cost information on supply chain processes. It provides techniques for obtaining accurate cost and performance information on the activities performed within your firm and on activities performed by trading partners. The techniques and approaches in this book were developed from supply chain costing practices implemented by leading-edge firms. You will learn how you can gain access to reasonably accurate costs and profit margins involved with suppliers, products, stock keeping units (SKUs), service-lines, channels, and customers. In addition, you will gain insight into the activity costs in end-to-end business processes, including the "drivers" for each type of cost.* Learn how to access accurate cost and pricing information related to both your company and your trading partners* Overcome siloed information by creating your own costing practices using proven methods drawn from leading firms* Understand what drives activity costs for each step in end-to-end business processes* Assess the performance of your costing activities with step-by-step measurement guidelines* Make better decisions and improve performance and profitability with clearer, more transparent cost and price dataThe information in this book will empower supply chain managers with the ability to make better decisions and improve their organizations' performance and profitability.

As the growth of the Internet and other factors shift power to consumers, there is relentless pressure on corporations to keep prices low. Increasingly, corporations rely on "margin management" as well as supply chain management to maintain competitiveness and raise profits.

Provides step-by-step guidance on implementing and using a value-based management system within the governmentCountless books on proposed management practices have been written and published over the past century. Some of these have focused on specific management practices for government. In more recent decades, the topics of strategic planning, performance management, cost management and risk management have been extensively covered. However, little has been offered as an approach to integrate these and numerous other management methods and practices in a manner that maximizes the delivery of value to the organization's key stakeholders. A general management framework is presented in this book in a manner particularly applicable to government organizations.Value-Based Management in Government introduces a new, integrating framework for management practices that optimizes the balancing of results sought; resources supplied and allocated; and risks accepted. These considerations are all balanced for the purpose of delivering maximum stakeholder value. The book offers guidance on how strategic planning, performance management, cost/resource management, and risk management must all be integrated as part of a portfolio management framework across the organization. The book also discusses the role of information technology (IT) in providing data for insights and decision-making, and the importance of organizational change management to implement the needed organizational and behavioral changes.Beginning by explaining the concept of Value-Based Management for the public sector and government, the text goes on to explore topics such as the evolutionary stages of maturity of management accounting, the benefit of attributes (e.g., value-add versus nonvalue-add) in cost data, predictive planning with expense projections, risk management, and various performance measurements (e.g., key performance indicators [KPIs] ). This authoritative book:* Discusses a framework for balancing and integrating cost, performance, and risk* Explains IT systems integration issues related to activity-based cost management (ABC/M)* Addresses why some ABC/M implementation projects fail to meet expectations* Describes how quality management efforts can be measured in financial terms* Explores the wider uses of predictive accounting (e.g., driver-based budgeting, what-if scenario analysis)* Provides organizational change management insights and recommendations needed to achieve the required changes in management decision-making.Value-Based Management in Government is an important source of information for leaders, executives, managers, and employee teams working within or with government organizations.

This book emphasizes that the analytical tools (e.g. , balanced scorecard, activity-based management, etc. ) which presently exist have been tested and are mature, and that their integration is now the big opportunity. This means not just information technology systems integration but the integration of "thinking" (i.e.

Discover the breakthrough tool your company can use to make winning decisions This forward-thinking book addresses the emergence of predictive business analytics, how it can help redefine the way your organization operates, and many of the misconceptions that impede the adoption of this new management capability.

Virtually all organizations gauge spending in terms of return on investment, and information technology (IT) tops the investment list as both the largest and most frustrating for senior executives.

Performance management is the process of assessing progress toward achieving predetermined goals. It helps companies achieve their strategic goals. Methodologies used to create a performance management strategy include activity-based management, balanced scorecard, and six sigma.