1. Bring a strategic dimension to managing your costs
Strategic Cost Management
You would like to keep costs down? If so, you must keep For whom?
yourself also in check. In this programme we share with
you the most recent developments in cost control and cost • As a financial expert, you seek to gain in-depth knowledge
management. of cost management.
• You are an accountant, controller, financial manager,
We tackle concepts such as Activity Based Costing, Total production manager or management consultant.
Cost of Ownership and Customer Profitability.
Added value for you and your company
And we analyse: How do you apply those concepts in
the day-to-day operation of your business, and which • You will be confident and comfortable in applying
instruments and techniques are efficient and feasible in this Activity Based Costing (ABC).
context? • You will know everything on Time-Driven Activity Based
Costing, the latest off-shoot of ABC.
• You will be able to analyse and assess the profitability of
products, customers and markets by way of the Theory
of Constraints, Customer Profitability and Total Cost of
Ownership.
Our inspiring campuses

2. Programme design Uw keynote sprekers
You are provided with a strong mix of skills: the latest techniques, lectures by • Prof Filip Roodhooft teaches
management practitioners and case studies from a variety of sectors. Accounting & Control. As Research
Dean he is closely involved with many
And there is more: the exercises provided enable you to fully master the ABC research projects. In addition he
technique. Our guest speakers always keep their finger on the pulse in the field specialises in Management Accounting
of cost management and the application of ABC systems in top companies. and Total Cost of Ownership.
• Prof Regine Slagmulder is professor
Module 1: Introduction to Strategic Cost Management of Accounting & Control. Her courses
and research revolve around the links
• In-depth review of proven and emerging techniques for strategic cost between Performance Management
management systems and corporate strategies, and
• The art of Activity Based Costing (ABC) topics like Strategic Cost Management,
• Assessing in detail the real cost of every item produced or any service Performance Management and
delivered through ABC as an advanced Management Accounting System Balanced Scorecard.
• Special lecture by an invited practitioner on implementing ABC
PRACTICAL INFO
Module 2: Customer Profitability Analysis
Dates and venues
• Analysis and assessment of the profitability of products, customers and 4 days
markets, based on cost information Leuven Campus: 16, 17, 23, 24 May 2013
• Identification of which costs are generated by which customers, with a view to
improving and optimising profitability, using Customer Profitability Analysis Language
• Setting and reaching cost objectives in various product design stages through English
Target Costing
Fee
Module 3: Time-Driven Activity Based Costing € 3,095 (excl. 21% VAT)
• Time-Driven Activity Based Costing, the latest take on ABC: the technique,
its advantages and drawbacks, real-life examples, etc.
• Theory of Constraints: the famous method for maximising operational
income under constraints in the chain of production
• Practical applications of the Theory of Constraints
Module 4: Total Cost of Ownership
• Analysis and evaluation of prime cost components of products or services
purchased, leveraging the concept of Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
• Full transparency of the total prime cost of products and services purchased,
and control over your purchasing process
• Mapping of all the visible and hidden costs of products and services through
their entire life cycles
• Development and implementation of a TCO model
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3. PRACTICAL INFO
Registration Online registration: quick & easy!
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Questions? Please contact:
Vincent Bagué
Group Product Manager
T: + 32 9 210 97 81
F: + 32 9 210 97 28
vincent.bague@vlerick.com
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9000 Ghent, Belgium
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Vincent Bagué
Group Product Manager
T: + 32 9 210 97 81
vincent.bague@vlerick.com
Rian De Bruycker
Programme Advisor
T: + 32 9 210 98 84
rian.debruycker@vlerick.com

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Advanced Management Programme E Project Management D
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Accounting & Financial Management Entrepreneurship
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Fundamentals of Financial Management D & E Entrepreneurship for Managers D
Strategic Cost Management E
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Executive Master Class in Financial Analysis How to Improve Your Emotional Intelligence D
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Human Resource Management Self-mastery D
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Excellence in Business Process Improvement E Executive Master Class in Business Process Management E
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Corporate Innovation Management E Executive Master Class in Supply Chain Management E
Executive Master Class in Innovation & Entrepreneurship E
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