2.1 Strategic Cost Management and the Value Chain Introduction This article by John K. Shank and Vijay Govindarajan discuss in depth on the Strategic Cost Management (SCG) and the Value Chain concept applied in real world situation from the airline industry. The Value Chain concept is divided into two (2) main strategies which are the Low-Cost Strategy and Differentiation Strategy. From the article also‚ Shank and Govindasamy stated that the primary focus of a low cost strategy is to achieve the
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October 23‚ 2012 Article Summary: Strategic Cost Management: The Value Chain Perspective Authors of this article do not believe the concept of “value chain” has been written about enough or clearly enough and therefore attempt to state the importance of the value chain on strategy from a managerial accounting perspective. Michael Porter first wrote about this in 1985. [ (Porter‚ 1985) ] They believe that any organization must understand the entire value chain for the entire industry in order
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in China 11 International Strategy for Investing in Japan 12 Determination of the Most Suitable Country to Invest in 12 Conclusion 13 Reference 14 Executive Summary This report is mainly to determine the most appropriate country for a “foreign direct investment (FDI)” of ABC Company. This report chooses from China and Japan as two alternative options for ABC Company’s FDI and analyzes the investment environment so as to understand the advantages and disadvantages of investing in the
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What is your evaluation of the Total Supply Chain Cost (TSCC) program developed by Owens & Minor and Virginia Mason? * Virginia Mason Medical Center (VM) hired Owens & Minor (O&M) as its alpha vendor for medical/surgical supplies in 2004. At that time O&M was performing JIT and low unit measure services for VM. Together VM and O&M worked together to create a new supply chain process called the Total Supply Chain Cost (TSCC) pricing program. * TSCC was is an activity-based
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Bridgespan Cost Analysis Toolkit Step 4: Allocate indirect costs Template: Identifying cost drivers Cost drivers are measurable factors that allow you to determine the relationship between the indirect cost and each program area. They are program-related units that cause an indirect cost to increase or decrease. Another way to think about it would be factors that can approximate the demand that each of your program places on the particular resource item. The appropriate driver may be different
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An Introduction to Strategic Cost Management (SCM) Vance Chan Associates www.vancechan.com Introduction to SCM ©1998 Vance Chan Associates. Not to be reproduced without permission. 1 The challenge Rising costs are everyone’s concern… Introduction to SCM ©1998 Vance Chan Associates. Not to be reproduced without permission. 2 The challenge In today’s economy‚ most companies must make fundamental changes to cost structure while trying to maintain growth Slower revenue
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VALUE DRIVERS: Quality: Total quality control is carried out using two basic principles: quality is built in at every stage and quality is continually improved. [2] Toyota has launched‚ unannounced‚ several low-profile initiatives‚ including a global computer data base to track vehicle repairs and cut reporting times about customer complaints from months to days [1] No matter where Toyota vehicles are made‚ they must have the same high level of quality. Toyota doesn’t put a label on vehicles
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CASE 1 Executive Summary From the A12 redesign proposal‚ it shows that the current standard cost system is unable to link the reduction in the number of parts to activity reductions and cost savings. The labor-direct-based standard cost system reflects the cost of A12 is distorted. Using the ABC system‚ according to the activities of A12 allocate the overhead cost to A12 that could find that the current overhead cost of A12 was overstated by the standard cost system. At last‚ A12 Junction Box could
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MBA 7100 Strategic Cost Management Fall 2012 Dr. Dave Bukovinsky Analysis Assignment #1 Purpose: This assignment builds on the balanced scorecard concept by considering the implications of linking compensation to the balanced scorecard metrics. Students will consider the advantages and disadvantages of linking compensation to the scorecard‚ implementation issues‚ as well as the appropriateness of the compensation plan. Requirements: Read Case 2-48 on page 53 of your text. Answer
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Strategic Cost Management Chapter 11 The Honda Business Model for Suppliers Six-year plan 100% understanding of all components of product cost Lean supplier development concurrent engineering Flawless new product launch Communications The Value Equation Definitions Price analysis Process of comparing supplier prices against external price benchmarks Cost analysis Process of analyzing each individual cost element that makes up final price Total cost analysis Applies value equation
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