Cost reduction objective with suppliers can best be achieved by

In his article, "How to Succeed with Activity-Based Costing", Turney writes about a method of reporting information about work, its performance, and its results. This method reports the cost of products, services, and customers. This method is called:

In formulating manufacturing strategy, which of the following would be most important?

In their article, "Value Innovation: The Strategic Logic of High Growth," Kim and Mauborgne argue that the logic of value innovation differs from conventional strategic logic along the five dimensions of strategy. Which of the following is one of the differences?

Which of the following are obstacles to realizing benefits from computer integrated manufacturing?
I. CIM is not a part of the strategic plan.
II. Cost patterns change with CIM.
III. Traditional performance measures are no longer valid.

Which of the following best describes the problem with an over reliance on ROI as a measure?

Direct costing (variable costing) is best for which of the following situations?

In any transformation process (TQM, Reengineering, Lean manufacturing, ERP, etc), a key part of the process must be:

In their article, "Value Innovation: The Strategic Logic of High Growth", Kim and Mauborgne argue that the logic of value innovation differs from conventional strategic logic along the five dimensions of strategy. Which of the following is one of the differences?

Which of the following statements are true regarding ERP systems?
I. It cannot reduce setup time.
II. It provides information regarding various problems so management can solve them.
III. It can solve quality problems by providing scrap/yield information.

Often times, organizations try to improve their operations by concentrating their efforts on labor productivity. Which of the following are reasons their efforts may be misdirected?
I. Labor costs are generally the smallest component of product cost.
II. Efficiency of factory workers doesn＇t necessarily relate to benefits for the company.
III. Worker idle time could be used for learning, cleaning, maintenance, etc.