Abstract

The aim of this study is to introduce Lean Cost Management (LCM) that tries to create creating value for customers and performs whole cost management inenterprise's entire life cycle under structure of target cost, cost sustaining and cost improvement guided by reverse thinking into food processing enterprise to construct LCM system from aspects of external value chain analysis as well as internal cost management. Dynamic pricing game model was used to provide cost improvement on food enterprise value chain so as to minimize whole cost. The target cost was divided into each part in design phase supported by cost programming, cost reduction and cost improving. Case study shows that such cost suppressing method can reduce cost of food processing enterprises and improve long-term competitiveness.

Keywords:

Cost improvement, food processing enterprises, lean cost management, value chain optimization,

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