{"product_id":"c-o-s-t-craig-theisen-9781637422601","title":"C-O-S-T: Cost Optimization System and Technique","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhy do companies exert high effort to reduce the costs of products that are production? Because they can! Because unnecessary product costs were not removed during product development.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eC-O-S-T\u003c\/i\u003e, short for Cost Optimization System and Technique, details how a company's product development teams, their supporting functions, and company leaders can optimize product costs before production starts and thereby maximize lifecycle profits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince product development teams determine product costs imparted to new products, much of the book details how these teams optimize product costs. The book also includes ways company leaders can create and sustain company-wide engagement in optimizing product costs and keeping the resulting increased profit margins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe reader is entertained while observing a three-day workshop where executives of a fictitious company, Defender Products, Inc. are being taught the C-O-S-T system by its developers. The story flows like a business workshop with slides, dialog, and break-out sessions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe content will benefit all companies that design, develop and manufacture products.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Craig Theisen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1637422601\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781637422601\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Business Expert Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/04\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 402\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d","brand":"Craig Theisen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44048070738175,"sku":"9781637422601","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9d7586d3-fea9-4e95-8c25-e0a98bccec30.jpg?v=1684993718","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/c-o-s-t-craig-theisen-9781637422601","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}