Cost-Reduction Strategies
April 18, 2008
Haas School of Business
The Helzel Board Room
CalCPA Executive Education
Presented by CalCPA's Financial Leadership Forum and CFRM.
Download a PDF of a brochure here 
Innovation Revealed
In today’s competitive environment, innovation
is accelerating and customers expect ever
higher standards of performance. While these
changes may benefit consumers by providing
greater choice, lower prices and more
convenience, they pose enormous challenges
to many businesses.
To succeed, companies have been forced to
rethink how they conduct business, adopting
new paradigms and developing new tools
that allow them to respond effectively to
these pressures. The centralized, hierarchical
organization with elaborate command and
control mechanisms of accountability gradually
has given way to leaner, more agile, valuedriven
organizations. All companies have been
impacted and those that have succeeded tend
to share certain distinguishing attributes.
You’ll learn their secrets as you discover a new
approach to cost reduction that highlights the
limitations of traditional thinking. You’ll delve
into key areas such as resource planning,
activity management, product design and
overall system design. You’ll also learn how
suppliers and customers can be part of the
overall strategy to reduce costs.
- You will learn:
- Recognize the various stages of evolution of cost reduction programs
- Combine the proven benefits of JIT and ABC approaches to cost reduction
- Achieve results through improved resource planning, process design and product design
- Understand the critical link between operational design and financial performance
- Identify creative strategies for reducing customer transaction costs
- Designed for:
- CFOs
- Cost managers
- Controllers
- Financial analysts
- Financial and management accountants
Overview
| Name | Cost-Reduction Strategies |
| Date | April 18, 2008 |
| Time | 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Class Program |
| Location | The Helzel Board Room at Haas School of Business |
| Fee | $895 CalCPA Members, $1,295 Non-Members |
| Instructor | Dennis Geyer |
| CPE Credit | 8 hours |
