The Controller as Lean Leader - Sue Elizabeth Sondergelt

The Controller as Lean Leader

A Novel on Changing Behavior with a Lean Cost Management System
Buch | Hardcover
160 Seiten
2017
CRC Press (Verlag)
978-1-138-43835-4 (ISBN)
218,20 inkl. MwSt
Traditional accounting systems have become inadequate for today‘s increasingly competitive global manufacturing environment. They are too complex and too focused on past performance. As manufacturing techniques change and become less labor intensive, accounting methods must also evolve. Regardless of what you call it, Lean accounting is a management accounting system that should be part of every worker‘s daily activities.
The Controller as Lean Leader: A Novel on Changing Behavior with a Lean Cost Management System delineates the differences between cost accounting and cost management. It uses a story format to present a compilation of experiences; some good, some bad, and some humorous. The story follows a fictional manufacturing entity embarking on a Lean change management journey for the second time having failed at its first attempt at Lean implementation a few years earlier. As the story progresses, readers gain an understanding of what the company will do differently this time around to ensure it doesn‘t slip backward again as the transformation unfolds.

Illustrates the various approaches to Lean implementation
Explains Target Costing and describes how to use it to get your budget right the first time around
Examines the concept of systems and the importance of defining values in your business
Describes what the purpose of a Lean Human Resources (HR) system should be
Introduces, with visuals, the little-known importance of the timing of the implementation and integration of the four integral parts of the Lean Cost Management System with the five Lean principles

The main character, the Lean Controller, presents her ideas with visuals throughout the book. Discussions between the Lean controller and employees at various levels of the organization illustrate valuable lessons. The many faces of the Lean Controller as expressed thro

Sue Elizabeth Sondergelt

Unbridled, Unproductive Chaos! Systems of Merit. Steering Team Offsite Meeting. The CEO’s Office after Hours. Henry Ford, the Father of Lean. Let’s Get Started! Surfing Atop the Breakers of Change. Accounting’s Glass Slipper Does Not Fit. Mother Comes to Visit. The CFO and CEO Push Back on Lean Cost Management. How Will the Lean P&L Work? Which Comes First: The Chicken or the Egg? Mary, Our Intern, Speaks Up. Lack of Metrics Is a Recipe for Failure. A Behavioral Revolt! Bring in the Sales Guys! Target Costing for Profit Management. Town Hall Meeting—One Year Later. The Role of Controller as Lean Leader.

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 453 g
Themenwelt Technik Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
Wirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft / Management Logistik / Produktion
ISBN-10 1-138-43835-9 / 1138438359
ISBN-13 978-1-138-43835-4 / 9781138438354
Zustand Neuware
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