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A “how-to” guide for supply chain professionals who need accurate cost information for end-to-end processes With the increasing pace of globalization, supply chain professionals find that they have less and less margin for error in their decisions making. 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 show you (and the executives you report to) how to understand and apply various enterprise and corporate performance management (EPM/CPM) methods related to costs and profit margins and perfor...
Supply Chain Controlling ist ein noch junges, aber schnell wachsendes Themenfeld. Es gilt dabei, aktuelle Erkenntnisse aus der Controlling- und der Supply-Chain-Management-Diskussion zu verknupfen. Renommierte und kompetente Autoren aus Wissenschaft und Praxis stellen den aktuellen Stand der wissenschaftlichen Diskussion dar, zeigen erfolgreiche Umsetzungen in der Praxis auf und beurteilen kritisch die zukunftige Entwicklung und den Innovationsanspruch des Konzepts. "Supply Chain Controlling" wendet sich an Wissenschaftler, Dozenten und Studenten der Betriebswirtschaftslehre, insbesondere der Bereiche Supply Chain Management, Logistik, Controlling und Marketing, sowie an Fuhrungskrafte aus der Praxis. Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Stolzle ist Inhaber des Lehrstuhls fur Betriebswirtschaftslehre mit Schwerpunkt Logistik und Verkehrsbetriebslehre und Direktor des Zentrums fur Logistik und Verkehr (ZLV) an der Gerhard-Mercator-Universitat Duisburg. Dr. habil. Andreas Otto ist Produktmanager im Bereich Supply Chain Management bei der SAP AG in Walldorf sowie Privatdozent an der Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat in Erlangen-Nurnberg.
This book offers essential insights into various management concepts for retail and consumer packaged goods companies. Addressing a range of topics in the field of performance management, it presents concepts for management control, management reporting, planning & forecasting, as well as digitization-related aspects. The contributing authors share valuable lessons learned from real-world consulting projects and present innovative approaches to successful and effective management control at retail and consumer packaged goods companies.
Based on a unique database of German firms, the Deutsche Bundesbank's Corporate Balance Sheet Statistics, Andreas Behr explores the link between financial factors and a firm's investment decision within the framework of the Q-theory of investment.
Supply Chain Management and Cost Management are important developments helping companies to respond to increased global competition and demanding customer needs. Within the 23 chapters of the book, more than 35 authors provide insights into new concepts for cost control in supply chains. The frameworks presented are illustrated with case studies from the automotive, textile, white goods, and transportation industry as well as from retailing. Academics will benefit from the wide range of approaches presented, while practitioners will learn from the examples how their own company and the supply chains which they compete in, can be brought to lower costs and better performance.
Considering the increasing importance of natural disaster events it is inevitable to also focus on their impacts on supply chains as well as their performance impacts on them. The developed approach SCperformND (Supply Chain performance impact assessment of Natural Disasters) demonstrates a methodology to assess those impacts and gives implications for supply chain designs and procurement decisions.
Over the last two decades, cost management has been an area of dynamic change and development. This is evident in the extensive inventory of new, high-profile techniques that have emerged. With cost management now firmly established as a distinct sub-discipline within management accounting, The Routledge Companion to Cost Management is a timely reference volume covering both practical developments and research in this area. Topics covered include: Cost control issues Cost analysis and decision making Cost management systems Environmental cost management With chapters from an international team of contributors, this prestigious companion will prove an indispensible addition to any library with aspirations of keeping up-to-date with the world of accounting.
Offers information about management accounting research, and examines the implications of network relations and the multiplicity of accounting roles therein.
An innovative new valuation framework with truly useful economic indicators The End of Accounting and the Path Forward for Investors and Managers shows how the ubiquitous financial reports have become useless in capital market decisions and lays out an actionable alternative. Based on a comprehensive, large-sample empirical analysis, this book reports financial documents' continuous deterioration in relevance to investors' decisions. An enlightening discussion details the reasons why accounting is losing relevance in today's market, backed by numerous examples with real-world impact. Beyond simply identifying the problem, this report offers a solution—the Value Creation Report—and demons...