Subject category:
Finance, Accounting and Control
Published by:
Harvard Business Publishing
Version: 22 November 1994
Length: 11 pages
Data source: Field research
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Abstract
Komatsu, a leading manufacturer of construction equipment, seeks to expand aggressively through the 1990s. Key to its competitiveness is a strict adherence to target costs throughout the product development process. Komatsu conducts several design-for-manufacturability cost studies to ensure a product's profitability, sets target costs for suppliers, and uses cost reduction techniques when necessary. Because it is a crucial element of the design and manufacturing processes, Komatsu's target costing system is central to the firm's plans for growth, globalization, and diversification.
Subject category:
Finance, Accounting and Control
Published by:
Harvard Business Publishing
Length: 7 pages
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Komatsu, a leading manufacturer of construction equipment, seeks to expand aggressively through the 1990s. Key to its competitiveness is a strict adherence to target costs throughout the product development process. Komatsu conducts several design-for-manufacturability cost studies to ensure a product's profitability, sets target costs for suppliers, and uses cost reduction techniques when necessary. Because it is a crucial element of the design and manufacturing processes, Komatsu's target costing system is central to the firm's plans for growth, globalization, and diversification.
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Subject category:
Finance, Accounting and Control
Published by:
Harvard Business Publishing
Length: 7 pages