Research Catalog

Title

Arthur Andersenʼs global lessons in activity-based management / [compiled and edited by] Steve Player and Roberto S. De Lacerda.

Publication

New York : Wiley, 1999.

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Additional Authors

• Player, Steve, 1958-
• Lacerda, Roberto.

Description

xx, 268 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

• "Arthur Andersen's Global Lessons in Activity-Based Management uses a wealth of case studies from around the world to illustrate how ABM is a global tool that works. Drawn from the experiences of fourteen different organizations in seven different countries, these studies illustrate how companies understand the work performed in their organizations and how this understanding can make any company more profitable.
• Each case study describes the conversion strategy selected by the implementation team, recounts the successes and challenges of the strategy, and explains how problems were avoided or overcome."--BOOK JACKET.

Alternative Title

Global lessons in activity-based management

Subjects

• Activity-based costing > Case studies
• Managerial accounting > Case studies

Note

• Includes index.

Contents

• Pt. 1. Foundations and Trends in Activity-Based Management. 1. Tools and Techniques for Implementing Activity-Based Management / Randolf Holst and Robert J. Savage. 2. Best Practices in Activity-Based Management / Matthew W. Kolb and Joseph P. Donnelly. 3. Convergence of Enterprise Software on Activity-Based Costing / Steve Player and Charles A. Marx, Jr. 4. Developing Corporate Reporting Solutions / Dennis Sparacino, Heidi A. Labritz and Sanjay K. Upmanyu -- Pt. 2. Global Case Studies. 5. Identifying the Cost of Services and Determining Customer Profitability Using Activity-Based Management: Banco Real, Sao Paulo, Brazil / Juarez Lopes de Araujo, Clodomarcio Tosi and Roberto Lacerda. 6. Telecommunications - Facing the Challenges of Competition with Activity-Based Costing: CTBC Telecom, Uberlandia, Brazil / Carlos Eduardo Rocha, Arthur Azevedo and Jose Luiz Santos Azevedo Filho.
• 7. Achieving Strategic and Operational Excellence with Activity-Based Costing: Multibras Electrodomesticos, Sao Paulo, Brazil / Roberto Lacerda, Arthur Azevedo and Ruy de Campos Filho / [et al.]. 8. Modeling for Answers with Activity-Based Costing: Alcan Smelters and Chemicals, Montreal, Canada / Michel Maisonneuve and Stephane Mercier. 9. Improving Profitability Through Better Decision Making: Finning International, Inc., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada / Alan Peretz and John Anderlic. 10. Utilizing Activity-Based Management for Shared Services' Chargebacks: Clarica, Waterloo, Canada / Mitch Max and Carol Cobble. 11. Improving Profitability with Activity-Based Management: AscoForge Safe, Paris, France / Isabelle Lacombe, Henri Tcheng and Carol Cobble. 12. Using Activity-Based Management to Support Performance Measures and Economic Value Added: Grupo Casa Autrey, Mexico City, Mexico / Francisco Silva and Gema Moreno Vega.
• 13. Improving Profitability and Client Relations with Cost Management: Hallmark Greeting Cards, The Netherlands / Olivier Meltzer and Hein ter Meulen. 14. Activity-Based Management Turns a Telephone Monopoly into a Market-Based Competitor: Portugal Telecom, Lisbon, Portugal / Paulo Salgado, Nuno Belo and Margarida Bajanca / [et al.]. 15. Making the Right Decisions with Activity-Based Management: American Seating, Grand Rapids, Michigan / Michelle Behrenwald and Carol Cobble. 16. Customer and Product Profitability: Manco, Cleveland, Ohio / Scott W. Smith and James D. Castille. 17. Strategic Use of Activity-Based Management to Determine Product Profitability: National Council on Compensation Insurance, Boca Raton, Florida / Andrew Marchus and Jay Collins. 18. Uncovering Opportunities to Improve the Business with Activity-Based Costing/Management: Tampa Electric Company, Tampa, Florida / Jay Collins, Robert J. Savage and Nick Curcuru -- Summary / Steve Player and Roberto Lacerda --
• App. Benchmarking in Finance and Accounting Functions / Willy G. Hartung -- Vignette: Leybold Systems GmbH / Willy G. Hartung.

ISBN

0471362883 (cl. : alk. paper)

LCCN

99030532

OCLC

• 41347075
• ocm41347075

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries