Programme

Strategic Cost Management

The importance of managing costs and aligning them with the business strategy of an entity is critical especially in the midst of challenging economic times faced by businesses today. Recognising that different costing systems and strategies need to be used for different managerial decisions, this programme aims to:

  • Develop understanding of costing terminology, costing systems and break-even analysis
  • Provide frameworks for evaluation of different types of alternative choice decisions like: make versus outsource, accept or not a customer order, continue a product line or drop, etc.
  • Provide a comprehensive view on management control covering control structure issues like profit centres/SBUs and control process issues like budgeting, variance analysis, and performance evaluation.
  • Provide tools for tracking organisational performance.
     

For more information or any questions, contact Abhishek Maurya: abhishek-exed@iima.ac.in | +91 99090 38771

  • Relevant  costs for different decision-making situations.

  • Activity-based costing and management and customer profitability analysis.

  • Profit centres / SBUs and issues related to transfer pricing and profitability.

  • Budgeting.

  • Performance evaluation using strategic variance analysis.

  • Role of costing in managing organisational performance.

Functional/departmental heads involved in strategy formulation and implementation in various functional areas of operations, production, quality control, marketing, HR, accounting, costing, corporate finance, etc.

Faculty Chair(s)
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Naman Desai

Objectives

The importance of managing costs and aligning them with the business strategy of an entity is critical especially in the midst of challenging economic times faced by businesses today. Recognising that different costing systems and strategies need to be used for different managerial decisions, this programme aims to:

  • Develop understanding of costing terminology, costing systems and break-even analysis
  • Provide frameworks for evaluation of different types of alternative choice decisions like: make versus outsource, accept or not a customer order, continue a product line or drop, etc.
  • Provide a comprehensive view on management control covering control structure issues like profit centres/SBUs and control process issues like budgeting, variance analysis, and performance evaluation.
  • Provide tools for tracking organisational performance.
     

For more information or any questions, contact Abhishek Maurya: abhishek-exed@iima.ac.in | +91 99090 38771

Programme Highlights
  • Relevant  costs for different decision-making situations.

  • Activity-based costing and management and customer profitability analysis.

  • Profit centres / SBUs and issues related to transfer pricing and profitability.

  • Budgeting.

  • Performance evaluation using strategic variance analysis.

  • Role of costing in managing organisational performance.

For Whom

Functional/departmental heads involved in strategy formulation and implementation in various functional areas of operations, production, quality control, marketing, HR, accounting, costing, corporate finance, etc.

Faculty Chair
Profile image
Naman Desai

Dates

24 Jun 2024

to

28 Jun 2024

Duration

5 Days

Programme
Fees

INR 1,26,000

Plus 18% GST

Application Deadline

10 Jun 2024

Early Bird
Fees

INR 1,17,180

Plus 18% GST

Early Bird Deadline

07 Jun 2024

Registration closed

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