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Book SynopsisPraise for Case Studies in Performance Management
With this book, Tony Adkins has made an important contribution to the body of knowledge of managerial accounting.
--From the Foreword by Gary Cokins, lead strategist, Business Performance Management Solutions group with SAS Institute and internationally recognized expert in advanced cost management and performance improvement systems
If you want to achieve direction, traction, and speed in business, Case Studies in Performance Management: A Guide from the Experts is a must-read . . . jam-packed with golden nuggets you can put to work immediately.
--Jason Jennings, bestselling author of Think Big, Act Small, Less Is More and It''s Not the Big That Eat the Small . . . It''s the Fast That Eat the Slow
Tony has the insight found only from actual implementations of ABC/PM.Using this as lens, he has brought the collective experience of experts into focus.
--Mohan Nair, author of Essent
Table of ContentsPreface.
Acknowledgements.
About the Contributors.
Foreword.
1. Performance Management.
2. LubeOil: Shaping Business Today and in the Future.
3. HomeHealth: Delivering Activity-Based Costing.
4. SuperDraft: Activity-Based Costing/Management and Customer Profitability.
5. Canaraus: Performance Management—The New Ammunition for Armed Forces.
6. Standard Loan: Interest in Activity-Based Costing Rates High.
7. Sierra Trucks: Trucking along with Activity-Based Cost/Management.
8. Sierra Trucks: Implementing Real Activity-Based Budgeting.
9. Wendals Foods: Managing Customer Profitability with Activity-Based Costing Information.
10. Veri Glass: See Clearly with Activity-Based Costing?
11. ABC Airways: Implementation Lands Millions in Process Improvement Savings.
12. Power & Light: Gets A Charge Out of Activity-Based Costing/Management.
13. OBOK Food Company: Right Ingredients Cook Up Savings.
14. Veterans Benefits: Discovering the cost of Doing Business Using Activity-Based Costing.
Appendix.
Final Thoughts.
Resources.
Glossary.
Index.
