The Cost Reduction Approach to the Manufacturing Administrative Departments in a Japanese Industrial Machinery Manufacturing Company

Yoshiyuki Nagasaka
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Yoshiyuki Nagasaka: Faculty of Business Management, Osaka Sangyo University, Daito, Osaka 574-8530, Japan

Chapter 16 in Japanese Cost Management, 2000, pp 363-382 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: AbstractThe following sections are included:The Pre-production Process in an Industrial Machinery Manufacturing CompanyThe Activity for Reduction of Indirect Costs and BPRThe Method of Enforcing “Cost Reduction Activity by IT”A director of the “cost reduction activity”Project teamsSetting the objectives of the “cost reduction activity by IT”Analysis of the enterprise functionThe application of information technologyResults of the Case Study and DiscussionsBaseline assessment of the pre-production processAnalysing the flow of the business processExaminations and enforcement of the plans to reform the business processReferences

Keywords: Strategic Cost Management; New Product Development; Manufacturing Activities; Marketing Strategy; Human Factors; Budgetary Control System (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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