AIM&DRIVE® Workshop + Pilot

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• Select Product / Service cost categories 
• Basic Supply Market Analysis 
• Develop Process Map, Industry Cost Profile (ICP) 
• Research Commodity and Labor Rates 
• Build Basic Should-Cost/Price Discipline Models 
• Identify Cost Savings Opportunities 

Cost Competitiveness (Pre-Award) 

• Price Analysis 
• Product and Service Cost Models 
• Dynamic Cost Modeling - Price Discipline 
• Total Cost of Ownership 

Cost Breakthrough 

• Strategic Supplier Collaboration 
• Supplier Cost Challenge Process 
• Leveraging Ideas to achieve Break-Through Savings 

• Detailed Should-Cost/Price Discipline Model 
• Detailed Supply Market Analysis 
• Negotiate Preparation and Collaboration with Supplier to Realize Cost Savings 

•  Agreeing on the need to manage costs
  • Determining Team Goals
  • Selecting a Primary Cost
• Identifying Critical Costs in the supply chain
  • Process Mapping
  • Breaking down a Primary Cost
  • Selecting Critical Costs
• Measuring Secondary & Tertiary Costs using formula based Costing to develop cost drivers

•  Defining the Key Cost drivers and Developing Strategic Options
• Reducing, Changing or eliminating activities that cause Costs
  • Creating Strategy Statements
  • Risk/Benefit Analysis
  • Quantifying potential Savings
• Implementing a Cost Management Strategy
  • Developing Implementation Plan
  • Managing Risk
  • Selling your Strategy

• Verifying the Strategy with Cost monitors
  • Monitoring Performance
  • Documenting Results
  • Presenting your Results
• Eternally improve the process