Written for CFOs, controllers, accounting staff, and general managers, this book/CD-ROM guide offers a step-by-step method for transforming a manufacturing company's financial functions to support lean manufacturing. Coverage progresses from cell performance measurements through target costing. A ca

Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Why is Lean Accounting Important? Chapter 2: Maturity Path to Lean Accounting Chapter 3: Cell Performance Measurement Chapter 4: Financial Benefits of Lean Manufacturing Chapter 5: Eliminating Financial Transactions Chapter 6: Lean Financial Accounting Chapter 7: Managing by Value Stream Chapter 8: Value Stream Performance Measurements Chapter 9: Value Stream Costing Chapter 10: Using the Box Score Chapter 11: Calculating Product Costs -- Features and Characteristics Chapter 12: Eliminating More Wasteful Transactions Chapter 13: Sales, Operational, and Financial Planning Chapter 14: Lean Financial Accounting II Chapter 15: The Lean Enterprise Chapter 16: Target Costing Chapter 17: Expanding Value Streams Outside Our Four Walls Chapter 18: The Lean Accounting Diagnostic Chapter 19: Performance Measurement Linkage Chart Chapter 20: Transaction Elimination Maturity Path Table Chapter 21: Value Stream Cost Analysis Chatper 22: Value Stream Mapping Index