TY - BOOK AU - Anklesaria,Jimmy TI - Supply chain cost management: the AIM & DRIVE process for achieving extraordinary results AV - HD39.5 .A55 2008eb U1 - 658.7/2 22 PY - 2008///] CY - New York PB - AMACOM, American Management Association KW - Industrial procurement KW - Cost effectiveness KW - Cost control KW - Business logistics KW - Management KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes index; The AIM & DRIVE process of cost management -- Agreeing on the need to manage costs -- Identifying critical costs in the supply chain -- Measuring secondary and tertiary costs -- Defining the key cost drivers and developing strategic options -- Reducing, eliminating, or changing activities that cause costs -- Implementing an action plan -- Verifying the plan with cost monitors -- Eternally improving and leveraging the process UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/welingkar/Doc?id=10843708 ER -