Cost Half: The Method for Radical Cost Reduction

by Toshio Suzue

Overview

Maximize Your Profits with Innovative Cost Reduction Techniques!

The Cost Half approach does not rely on gradual improvement activities. Rather, it is a radical, "greedy" approach that focuses on developing three interrelated strengths to ensure stable business results. That is, Cost Half puts you on the road to increasing market development strength, improving competitive quality, and maintaining competitive cost.

The techniques in Cost Half: The Method for Radical Cost Reduction are designed to help meet target costs and create a sustainable cost management system for strong business capability.

Highlights Include:

• Identification of the telltale signs of a company in need of a Cost Half program
• Practical techniques for changing cost-generating sources and locations
• Step by step guide for the implementation of Cost Half in your company
• Cost Half benchmarking activities
• A case study demonstrating a successful Cost Half project

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040281734
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/01/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	172
File size:	11 MB
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Table of Contents

PrefaceChapter 1: Case Study of a Cost Half ProjectChapter 2: Telltale Signs that A Company Needs a Cost Half ProgramChapter 3: The Cost Half Program - A Way to Revolutionize Cost CompetitivenessChapter 4: Understanding the Cost Half Promotion System and TechniquesChapter 5: Cost Half Technique 1: Changing Preconditions and LimitationsChapter 6: Cost Half Technique 2: Changes in StructuresChapter 7: Cost Half Techniques 3-5: Changes in Logic, Process Changes, and Activity ChangesChapter 8: Cost Half DeploymentChapter 9: Cost Half BenchmarksPostscript

Editorial Reviews

In this concise guide, Suzue, a consultant, outlines a strategy designed to actualize target costs and create cost management systems. He identifies signs that a company could benefit from the "Cost Half" model, describes the specific techniques for changing cost-generating sources and locations, cites preconditions and limitations, notes benchmarks, and provides a case study of the system at work. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

For managers who are looking to maximize profits with innovative cost reductions, Cost Half demonstrates the techniques that can be used to keep an organization's costs down while maintaining a competitive edge. The Cost Half approach is a tool that is designed for enhancing the lean production system, and Suzue, a senior consultant with the Japan Management Association, offers a set of cost reduction methods that are designed to help project managers and production departments achieve unprecedented levels of systematic organization and profitability. Copyright (c) 2003 Soundview Executive Book Summaries

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