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Target Costing and Value Engineering 1 review
Robin Cooper
Productivity Press, 1997
Not just a waste of money but also a waste fo time
Organisations are complex structure and different organisations exist in different competitive environments and most of all provide different services. Unfortunately this book does not take account of the differences. It draws black and white pictures of the organisation and its processes. It does not go into detail in how to structure and implement Target Costing and where the hurdles and ...
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When Lean Enterprises Collide: Competing Through Confrontation 1 review
Robin Cooper
Harvard Business School Press, 1995
Why Japan Inc doesn't let accountants rule marketing
The book is fascinating for its insights on target costing in addition to the better known Japanese working concepts of target quality and time to market in developing next generation products. It is suggested that everyone in the business team should vision what mix of quality features, price, and in-market date will be competitive, and then target these aims relentlessly. Processes must be ...
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The Timewaster Letters 4 reviews
Robin Cooper
Michael O'Mara Books Ltd, 2004
The funniest book I've ever read
I cannot disagree more with aurelius' review. Naughty aurelius. If you can't say something nice then don't say anything at all, didn't your mother teach you any manners, luv?
This is the funniest book I have ever read, so funny that the neighbours on both sides phoned the police on hearing manic laughter emmanating from my bedroom window non-stop between the hours of 10pm and 2am last night. ...
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Transformers: City of Fear (Transformers (Graphic Novels)) 1 review
Richard Cooper, Dan Reed
Titan Books, 2004
Probably the weakest of the Furman UK stories
I consider myself a huge fan of the Simon Furman, and his run on the Marvel UK Transformers book is legendary. However, the stories collected in "City of Fear" are more filler material and do not really have a coherent theme. Even worse, this book features a lot of artwork by Dan Reed, who I consider to be the worst artist to have worked with Furman and an awful artist in his own right. The ...
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Supply Chain Development for the Lean Enterprise: Interorganizational Cost Management (Strategies in ... 2 reviews
Robin Cooper, Regine Slagmulder
Productivity Press, 1999
Lots of information on costs and supply chains
Conducting research in supply chain costing, I found this book a very helpful source of information. The concept of supply chain management addressed by the product and the network dimensions are excellent, as this brings all aspects of material and information flows and partnerships in supply chain management together. Dividing each dimision in a decision (product design / network formation) and ...
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Design of Cost Management Systems (2nd Edition)2 reviews
Robin Cooper, Robert S. Kaplan
Prentice Hall, 1998
Great stuff
This book is a great source of valuable ideas to implement ABC systems. The theoretical parts are very light but still comprehensive and well illustrated. But the real interest of this book lies in the numerous case studies presented at the end of each chapter. A must for cost accountants.
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Confessions of a Chatroom Freak1 review
Mr_Biffo
The Friday Project Limited, 2007
Fantastic, Fun and Hillarious
I must confess that I am a late comer to the idea of chatrooms. When I first stumbled onto the Internet, the idea of chatting to people I didn't know held little to no appeal for me. I didn't understand the thrill that some people got from chatting in Internet chatrooms.
What I didn't know is that most people go into chatrooms to have cybersex or meet up for sex; thus the excitement. It seems ...
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Cost & Effect: Using Integrated Cost Systems to Drive Profitability and Performance9 reviews
Robert S. Kaplan, Robin Cooper
Harvard Business School Press, 1997
BEST ANALYSIS OF ACTIVITY BASED COSTING AND HOW TO GUIDE
Kaplan and Cooper have put together an outstanding guidebook for managers to follow in order to reap the most significant benefits from activity based costing and other cost management techniques. The great merit of this book is that it does not preach to the reader the latest management fad, but rather goes through a thorough analysis of budgeting processes, highlighting benefits and drawbacks ...
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The Promise--and Peril--of Integrated Cost Systems1 review
Robin Cooper, Robert S. Kaplan
Harvard Business Review, 1998
Understanding modern-day management accounting systems
Robin Cooper is Professor of Management at the Graduate Management School at Claremont University, California; Robert S. Kaplan is Professor of Leadership Development at the Harvard Business School. This article was published in the July-August 1998 issue of the Harvard Business Review. They are also the authors of 'Cost & Effect: Using Integrated Cost Systems to Drive Profitability and ...
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Timewaster Diaries1 review
Robin Cooper
audible.com
BEST BOOK
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R2ZQ1ZTO2UBXHQ
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Activity-Based Costing: Introduction
Robert S. Kaplan, Robin Cooper
Harvard Business School Press, 1997
Properly constructed activity-based costing (ABC) systems provide more accurate cost information about business activities and processes, and about the products, services, and customers served by these processes. ABC systems focus on organizational activities as the key element for analyzing cost behavior by linking organizational spending on resources to activities and business processes performed by these resources. This chapter describes the ...
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Activity-Based Cost Management System Architecture--Part II.(Brief Article): An article from: Strategic ...
Robin Cooper, Regine Slagmulder
Institute of Management Accountants, 1999
This digital document is an article from Strategic Finance, published by Institute of Management Accountants on December 1, 1999. The length of the article is 1160 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: Activity-Based Cost ...
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Activity-Based Management: Operational Applications
Robert S. Kaplan, Robin Cooper
Harvard Business School Press, 1997
The activity-based costing (ABC) model provides managers with a more accurate economic map of organizational spending and activities. How can managers benefit from this information? Activity-based management (ABM) accomplishes its objective through two complementary applications: operational and strategic ABM. This chapter examines operational activity-based management, which encompasses the actions that increase efficiency, lower costs, and ...
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Activity-Based Budgeting--Part 1.: An article from: Strategic Finance
Robin Cooper, Regine Slagmulder
Institute of Management Accountants, 2000
This digital document is an article from Strategic Finance, published by Institute of Management Accountants on September 1, 2000. The length of the article is 1194 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: Activity-Based ...
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ABCM System Architecture--Part III.: An article from: Strategic Finance
Robin Cooper, Regine Slagmulder
Institute of Management Accountants, 2000
This digital document is an article from Strategic Finance, published by Institute of Management Accountants on February 1, 2000. The length of the article is 1377 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: ABCM System ...
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ABC in Service Industries
Robert S. Kaplan, Robin Cooper
Harvard Business School Press, 1997
While ABC (activity-based costing) originated in manufacturing companies, many service organizations today are obtaining great benefits from this approach as well. Applying ABC to service organizations requires a keen appreciation of costing for committed resources. This chapter illustrates why managers need the information from an ABC model to make decisions about products and services they wish to offer, the customer segments they wish to ...
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Activity-Based Budgeting -- Part 2.(Brief Article)(Column)(Statistical Data Included): An article from: ...
Robin Cooper, Regine Slagmulder
Institute of Management Accountants, 2000
This digital document is an article from Strategic Finance, published by Institute of Management Accountants on October 1, 2000. The length of the article is 719 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: Activity-Based Budgeting -- ...
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