Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) is a hot button in the boardroom. What’s involved? How to do this?

In an effort to identify long-term savings, organizations often turn to spend analysis, or the process of assessing the who, what, when, where, why, and how of the organization's expenditures.

The seven financial metrics for the finance function provide insight into the personnel costs, cycle times and number of FTEs for the government/military organizations participating in APQC's Open Standards ...

Harry Moser, chairman emeritus at GF AgieCharmilles, explains how to estimate the total cost of ownership, an important calculation when deciding whether or not to offshore manufacturing.

Although the purchase price of manufacturing overseas may be low, inventory costs and, ultimately, the total cost of ownership could be higher.

This article explains how to analyze the cost/savings of a business solution using payback and return on investment (ROI) calculations.

This article explains how to calculate the impact low quality has on business outcomes. The cost of quality is often calculated to track and prevent unnecessary costs.

Assigning the appropriate cost to a product or service can be tricky, but taking the time to define exact costs makes a huge difference in calculating and increasing value.

Gain a better understanding of customer-specific costs to increase revenue and improve customer profitability with Activity Based Management III: Best Practices for Strategic Improvement .