Brainstorm and analyze alternatives. At each stage of the
design and production cycle, you have the chance to effect cost
savings and design improvements. A thorough review at this
stage of the process may clarify those chances.
Establish product cost models to support decision-making.
Use these tools to weigh the implications of design changes.
Use tools and methodologies to reduce costs in all phases—
design, manufacture, testing, and analysis.
Reduce indirect cost application. About 30%-50% of a prod-
uct’s costs stem from indirect sources. Trim non-value-added
costs wherever possible.
Measure the results and keep management focused.
Management needs to focus attention of target cost achieve-
ment during design reviews and phase-gate reviews to commu-
nicate the importance of target costing to the organization.
Following these 10 steps will help you design and produce
products that meet requirements at a production cost and mar-
ket price of your choosing.
Transfer Pricing
Transfer pricing is a cost accounting mechanism to control
transactions between profit centers. As companies decentralize
operations and push operational decisions down the authority
chain, more managers will
find themselves in a posi-
tion to make decisions
about whether to engage in
transfer pricing activities.
The primary objective
of transfer pricing is to
reach goal congruence between two or more profit center man-
agers and the company as a whole. In decentralized organiza-
tions, profit center autonomy—the degree of decision-making
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