Cost Management
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Construction industry plays an important role for the development in any country. Individual project success depends on how it can achieve project objectives, which is to complete the project within the estimated budget, to the required... more
Simulation and computational techniques cover a variety of aspects also had proved its feasibility in construction management as whole, so it had adopted by a lot of researches during the last decades with rapid progress. The current... more
The objective of this publication is to translate the activities included in road transport task into the language of tasks and to ascribe appropriate costs and economic effectiveness indicators to them. Such a representation is new in... more
This chapter reviews the interorganizational accounting literature. There are two different types of interorganizational settings that have been covered within the literature: dyadic relationships between two collaborating companies and... more
ÖZET Günümüzde değişen maliyet yapıları, işletmelerin "hangi maliyetle, ne üretirsem üreteyim satarım" anlayışına dayalı ürünler üreterek satabilmelerini imkansız hale getirmiştir. Bu gelişmelerin sonucunda küresel rekabet ortamının... more
Project control tools are commonly used in the construction industry. Unfortunately, many projects run over budget and behind schedule, which suggests that there is something wrong in our project control system. The earned-value method... more
In recent times much attention has been paid to wetland conservation and management. Relatively little of this attention has been paid to the trade-offs land manager's face when deciding on the use of privately owned wetlands. In this... more
Publishers and printers have to decide regularly in the short-run book production between the alternatives offset printing, digital printing or a combination of both methods. For the assessment and calculation of economic efficiency of... more
As a result of the liberalisation of airline markets; the strong growth of low cost carriers; the high volatility in fuel prices; and the recent global financial crisis, the cost pressure that airlines face is very substantial. In order... more
The methodology, analysis, and the unfounded conclusions presented in the paper “Underestimating costs in public works projects: error or lie?” by Flyvbjerg, Holm, and Buhl (2002), published in the Journal of the American Planning... more
Resumo: O aumento da eficiência tem sido um dos desafios presentes para os hospitais públicos no contexto da descentralização. Para que seja possível maximizar resultados e minimizar o consumo de recursos, destaca-se a importância do... more
This is a case study of a UK chemical company implementing World Class Manufacturing (WCM). In the late 1980's the company encountered serious problems due to the rapid contraction of major customers. It embarked on a programme of... more
Purpose: To develop and apply a framework that examines the effectiveness and efficiency of managing knowledge in organizations for competitive advantage.
Cost management methods and processes have been largely used and studied within organizations and their complexity has increased. Consider for instance the increasing amount of methodologies, tools and norms for effective organizational... more
The development, design, and construction of a lunar base will be an extremely complex technical task. It will be even more challenging to set up the funding scheme and the international cooperative structures that will be required to... more
Many firms today form alliances with their suppliers and customers that do not fit into the classical dichotomy of hierarchies and markets. The emergence of so-called hybrid relational forms makes the make-or-buy decision more complicated... more
How do firms choose their cost structure? What is the nature and function of scales of operation? What are sources of functional and dysfunctional scales of operation? These policy questions relate to the optimal overhead of a business... more
Managing the cost of purchased goods and services continues to be one of the hottest issues in purchasing today. It has received a great deal of attention by top management, and in the press in periodicals such as Fortune and Harvard... more
Construction projects are always problematic and difficult to manage in certain stages. Management in construction industry has been characterized as being weak, insufficient, nebulous, backward and slow to react against changing... more
This paper considers the very dif ficult managerial challenge of evaluating potential investments in new manufacturing technology . A U . S . based case study is used to demonstrate the limitations of the conventional NPV framework and to... more
Purpose – The Iron Triangle, also called the Triple Constraint, is a central concept to project management research and practice, representing the relationship between key performance criteria. However, there is disagreement about which... more
Construction is a sector that has been tagged with poor performance in the UK. Reports on the industry since 1944 have repeatedly described the industry as fragmented and adversarial. Furthermore, poor project information arising from... more
The findings of a survey of budgeting and standard costing practices in New Zealand (NZ) and United Kingdom (UK) manufacturers are reported. The results suggest that Some commentators' predictions of a demise in standard costing and... more
Is to design a composite arch bridge including the management procedures in determining the cost , time and risk .
Introducing new methods in estimating and paper reviews with reference to the PMI , ACI and AASHTO specifications .
Introducing new methods in estimating and paper reviews with reference to the PMI , ACI and AASHTO specifications .
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It is evident that the successful completion of construction project, effective management plays an important role. In the upcoming competitive market place the management of technical projects becoming more challenge to the professional... more
Open-book accounting has been mentioned both as a means of improving the cost efficiency of supply chains and as a tool for building trust into customer–supplier relationships. However, there is little empirical evidence of how to make... more
Large construction projects are inherently complex and dynamic. Many projects start with good ideas, huge investments and great efforts. However, most of them do not achieve much success. A major contribution to unsuccessful projects is... more
This research work studied the effect of Cost Management on performance of manufacturing companies in Nigeria. The study sought to examine some best practices in the management of cost management and their influence on performance of... more
Definition: Cost Control is the process of monitoring and regulating the expenditure of funds is known as cost control.
Kaizen costing is the process of continual cost reduction that occurs after a product design has been completed and is now in production. Cost reduction techniques can include working with suppliers to reduce the costs in their processes,... more
This article presents results from the first statistically significant study of cost escalation in transportation infrastructure projects. Based on a sample of 258 transportation infrastructure projects worth US$90 billion and... more
The feasibility of economic mass production of the selected strain and the development of a stable product are key factors to a successful microbial pest control product. Two phases are distinguished, the development of the production... more
In this study, the time management of a four-storey residential building construction project is estimated with the aid of Microsoft Project 2013. The three constraints of project management: time, cost and resource management, are... more