Driving Down Cost—How to Manage and Cut Costs Intelligently

Preface

The Cost Manager’s Toolkit

Chapter 1

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Good Cost Management

Chapter 2

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Cost Leadership

Chapter 3

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Techniques and Tactics

Chapter 4

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People

Chapter 5

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Suppliers

Chapter 6

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Cost Cutting Case Study

Chapter 7

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Wired and Global

Chapter 8

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Lateral Thinking

Chapter 9

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Cost Management as Strategy

Chapter 10

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Cost in the Public Sector

Conclusion—The Cost Manager as Hero

The Cost Manager’s Toolkit

Accounting and Finance Policies and Procedures

Preface

Program

Procedure No. A01

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Introduction—Program Mandate

Procedure No. A02

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Overview—Getting Started—Presentation

Procedure No. A03a

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Introduction—Create, Revise, Issue Policies and Procedures

Procedure No. A03b

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Introduction—<Template — Name of Document>

Procedure No. A04

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Introduction—Request to Deviate from Policies and Procedures

Procedure No. A05

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Introduction—Rescind Policies and Procedures

Policies and Procedures

Procedure No. BO1

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Accounting and Finance—Account Reconciliation

Procedure No. B02

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Accounting and Finance—Accounting for Compensated Absences

Procedure No. B03

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Accounting and Finance—Accounting for Goodwill, Patents, Trademarks, and Other Intangible Assets

Procedure No. B04

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Accounting and Finance—Accounting for Mergers and Acquisitions

Procedure No. B05

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Accounting and Finance—Accounting for Post-Employment Benefits

Procedure No. B06

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Accounting and Finance—Accounting for Restructuring and Reorganization

Procedure No. B07

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Accounting and Finance—Accounting for Sales Compensation—Expense, Accrual, Reconciliation

Procedure No. B08

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Accounting and Finance—Accounts Payable—Request for Payment to Third Party Vendors

Procedure No. B09

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Accounting and Finance—Accounts Receivable—Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

Procedure No. B10

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Accounting and Finance—Accounts Receivable—Third-Party Trade And Customer—Credit, Collection, And Cash Applications

Procedure No. B11

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Accounting and Finance—Accruals

Procedure No. B12

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Accounting and Finance—Accounting and Audit-Related Complaints

Procedure No. B13

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Accounting and Finance—Authorization—Delegation, SubDelegation of Authority

Procedure No. B14

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Accounting and Finance—Bank Reconciliation

Procedure No. B15

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Accounting and Finance—Business Combinations, Consolidation and Foreign Entity Reporting

Procedure No. B16

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Accounting and Finance—Business Licenses

Procedure No. B17

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Accounting and Finance—Cash and Banking

Procedure No. B18

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Accounting and Finance—Communication with Financial Community

Procedure No. B19

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Accounting and Finance—Escheat, Abandoned Property, Unclaimed Checks—U.S., Canada, and Where Local Regulations Require

Procedure No. B20

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Accounting and Finance—Finance Code of Ethical Conduct

Procedure No. B21

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Accounting and Finance—Key Financial Indicators

Procedure No. B22

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Accounting and Finance—Financial Planning and Analysis

Procedure No. B23

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Accounting and Finance—Property, Plant and Equipment—Fixed Assets, Long-Lived Assets, Tangible Assets

Procedure No. B24

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Accounting and Finance—Foreign Currency Risk Management

Procedure No. B25

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Accounting and Finance—Funding and Financing Risk Management

Procedure No. B26

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Accounting and Finance—Hiring and Use of External Auditors

Procedure No. B27

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Accounting and Finance—Income Tax Preparation and Reporting

Procedure No. B28

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Accounting and Finance—Insurance and Risk Management

Procedure No. B29

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Accounting and Finance—Intercompany Transactions

Procedure No. B30

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Accounting and Finance—Inventory

Procedure No. B31

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Accounting and Finance—Investment and Marketable Securities

Procedure No. B32

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Accounting and Finance—Journal Entries—Routine, Non-Routine, and Estimates

Procedure No. B33

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Accounting and Finance—Capital, Operating Leases, and Real Estate Rental Property

Procedure No. B34

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Accounting and Finance—Letter of Representation, Quarterly Financial Sub Certification Process

Procedure No. B35

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Accounting and Finance—Payroll and Salary Expense

Procedure No. B36

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Accounting and Finance—Petty Cash

Procedure No. B37

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Accounting and Finance—Physical Counts and Evaluation for Inventory, Property, Plant and Equipment

Procedure No. B38

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Accounting and Finance—Prepaid Assets/Expenses

Procedure No. B39

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Accounting and Finance—Revenue Recognition

Procedure No. B40

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Accounting and Finance—Source and Use of Exchange Rates

Procedure No. B41a

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Accounting and Finance—Travel, Entertainment, and Expense

Procedure No. B41b

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Accounting and Finance—Travel, Entertainment, and Expense Policy and Procedure Manual

Bonus Policies and Procedures

Procedure No. C01

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Corporate—External Communications and Public Relations

Procedure No. C02

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Corporate—Material Nonpublic Information and Insider Trading

Procedure No. C03

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Corporate—Procurement

Procedure No. C04

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Corporate—Records Information Management