Cost management in lean manufacturing enterprises
Series: Cost Engineer ; 40(5) November 2002, 16-21(6)Publication details: 2002Subject(s): Summary: Overviews integrated cost management techniques. Breaksdown the 'survival triplet' of cost/price, functionality and quality in a definition of survival zones for successful products. Concludes that the most important characteristic is management of the cost/price system, as most current systems fail to manage the costs in the product design stage, where most of the product costs are committed, or manage the costs of components from suppliers.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| Journal article | London Journal article | ABS66282 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 120811-1001 |
Overviews integrated cost management techniques. Breaksdown the 'survival triplet' of cost/price, functionality and quality in a definition of survival zones for successful products. Concludes that the most important characteristic is management of the cost/price system, as most current systems fail to manage the costs in the product design stage, where most of the product costs are committed, or manage the costs of components from suppliers.