A "how-to" guide for supply chain professionals who need accurate cost
information for end-to-end processes
With 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 data
The information in this book will empower supply chain managers with the
ability to make better decisions and improve their organizations'
performance and profitability.