The Complete Guide to Activity Based Costing

O'Guin, Michael C.

ISBN 10: 0138533180 / ISBN 13: 9780138533182

Published by Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1991

About this Item

Volume has red covers with white lettering on the spine. Dust jacket is protected in an archival quality cover. This book has had little, if any, use, No underlining, no highlighting, no bookplates, no owner names, no markings. Clean, tight, fresh and bright. A top activity costing consultant gives us a step-by-step guide that enable one to take advantage of this cost-cutting weapon. A very nice copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Complete Guide to Activity Based Costing
• Publisher: Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0138533180
• ISBN 13: 9780138533182
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition, 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

The most effective new cost management tool in years, activity-based costing enables you to eliminate hidden costs company wide and achieve remarkable new efficiency and profitability. This guide spells out how to use and profit from this powerful cost management techniques. Well-known ABC consultant Michael O’Guin shows how to cut thousands of dollars in overhead and improve your product lines. Production processes. Pricing. Sourcing. Marketing. R&D. Capital Investment decisions. Dozens of case studies show these techniques in action. You’ll find out how to set more profitable pricing policies that reflect all of your costs; the one factor that causes the majority of defect costs and how to eliminate it in your own operation; what discounts are really appropriate for large orders; six critical ways to slash the costs of serving your customers (and why most companies overlook them); the two hidden costs that managers in process manufacturing usually overlook; how to assign scrap costs down to products, parts, and vendors; five simple ways to measure customer satisfaction and pinpoint areas for improvement; and much more!

About the Author

Michael O'Guin helps a variety of companies cut costs and achieve world-class competitiveness with the same ABC techniques in this extraordinary guide. He was formelry President of Activity Costing Systems, where he showed such companies as Boeing, Eli Lilly and Allied Signal how to achieve dramatic inventory reduction and profitable new manufacturing and strategic planning. O'Guin is a porminent member of various professional organizations and lectures frequently across the country.