Book description
Drawing on over 25 years' consultancy experience running a
multitude of cost-reduction projects internationally, Andrew Wileman
provides a Cost Management Toolkit packed with key ideas and
strategies for analyzing cost-management. He lays out a set of ideas,
approaches, tips and tricks that have worked for him and looks at the
sneaky ways costs can be created and the even sneakier, smart ways
they can be cut--like getting your customers to do your work for you,
or turning cost into revenue. Packed with real-life, international
case studies and practical techniques for implementing cost reduction
programs in a period of market chaos and worldwide recession, this new
edition could not be more timely.
A timely look at cost-cutting in a downturn. Cost-cutting may be an
unglamorous subject for a business author. But it is an undeniably
timely one. Andrew Wileman has produced a practical and readable book,
shot through with appealing empathy for struggling firms. Managers of
smaller firms who cannot afford consultants and don't have time to
peruse management journals should find Mr Wileman's book especially
useful. Nuggets of advice come thick and fast, covering customers,
suppliers and staff. Mr Wileman's prose brims with useful tips; dry
business theory is handled lightly; personal anecdotes are actually
amusing; and each chapter closes with a summary presented in bullet
points. A" Economist. com Although he is evangelical about managing
costs, Mr Wileman remains realistic. He is neither vandal nor sadist.
Clients will be grateful for his distinctive blend of candour and
can-do. A" Stefan Stern, The Financial Times It's time to get tough
and no-one's more ruthless at the job than consultant Andrew Wileman -
this modern Dark Knight shares his axe-honing tips for managing the
human side of business. A" Management Today. UK AUTHOR BIO:
Andrew Wileman, a Harvard MBA, is an international consultant who worked
for Booz Allen & Hamilton in London and New York, Boston Consulting
Group and OC&C Strategy Consultants where he is a senior partner. He
has been CFO of two technology businesses, is the author of Retail Power
Play and is a regular columnist on Management Today. http://www.
drivingdowncost. net
