Supply Chain Costing and Performance Management

A"how-to"guidefor supply chain professionals who need accurate costinformationfor end-to-endprocesses Withthe increasing pace ofglobalization,supply chain professionals find that they have less and lessmargin for errorin theirdecisionsmaking. Competition is getting more intense, and, unfortunately, CFOs and accountants do not currently provide supply chain managers with the information required to make better decisions.Supply Chain Costing and Performance Management, 2nd Edition,will showyou(and the executivesyoureport to) how to understand and apply various enterprise and corporate performance management (EPM/CPM) methods related to costs and profit margins and performance measurements. This book is a"how-to"guide to assistsupply chainmanagers and employee teams to obtain interenterprise cost information on supply chain processes. It provides techniques for obtaining accurate cost and performance information on the activities performed withinyourfirm and on activities performed by trading partners. The techniques and approachesin thisbook were developed from supply chain costing practices implemented by leading-edge firms.You will learnhowyoucangainaccess to reasonably accurate costs and profit margins involved with suppliers, products, stock keeping units (SKUs), service-lines, channels, and customers. In addition,youwillgain insight into the activity costs in end-to-end business processes,including the"drivers"for each type of cost. Learn how to access accurate cost and pricing information related to both your company and your trading partners Overcome siloed information by creating your own costing practices using proven methods drawn from leading firms Understand what drives activity costs for eachstepinend-to-end business processes Assess the performance of your costing activities with step-by-step measurement guidelines Make better decisions and improve performance and profitability with clearer, more transparent cost and price data The information in this book will empower supply chainmanagers withthe abilityto make better decisionsandimprovetheirorganizations'performance and profitability.