Cost control in project management is a wide field, and there is definitely a lot to say about it. However, the most important part of getting costs under control is to first understand why it's ...

Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) impacts every important business measure for a manufacturer -- revenues, profits, time-to-market, competitive differentiation and more. But managing product cost is not easy.

When a contractor regularly overruns the estimated cost of a contract, the solution may lie in a tool that the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) does not require but, when properly implemented, can ...

Zeus Kerravala is the founder and principal analyst for ZK Research, and has covered communications and networking trends for more than 17 years. One of the key advantages of cloud computing is the ...

Atal Bansal is the Founder and CEO at Chetu, a global U.S.-based custom software solutions and support services provider. For centuries, quality control inspection has been time-consuming and ...

In this article, as in industry, advanced process control (APC) refers primarily to multi-variable control. Multivariable control means adjusting multiple single-loop controllers in unison, to meet ...

There is an interesting secret within the biggest trend in service delivery in an effort to compete globally in volatile times. As global enterprises move toward global process standardization, many ...

Construction projects function with narrow financial limits because any budget excesses will lead to rapid decreases in their profit margins. Through their cost ...

BAXTER, Minn. — With so many things beyond their control-NCUA assessments, increasing regulatory burden, interest rates and others-CFOs will continue to turn in 2011 to one of the few things they can ...

Technology progression within advanced process control (APC) continues to evolve; however, it is the relationship among core APC developments, enabling technologies, and management practices that is ...