CMA - the Management Accounting Magazine articles from April 1994

CMA - the Management Accounting Magazine archives from April 1994

Keeping the Society strong and effective. (Society of Management Accountants of Canada) (A Word from the Chairperson) (Column)
April 1, 1994... The mightiest rivers lose their when split up into several streams. Ovid, Love's Cure, A.D. 8 When I first read this quote, without consciously thinking about it I added my own personal sentiment: "But it is also the beauty of the...

Going into business with your IT vendor. (information technology) (Information Management)
April 1, 1994... Has an information technology vendor recently expressed a desire to be "in partnership" with you. Did you dismiss this as merely a cleverly disguised request to lock you into an exclusive relationship? Don't be so has next time. In some...

Sustainable cost reduction: a diet plan for the organization. (Cover Story)
April 1, 1994... With cost-cutting high on managers' to-do lists, companies are looking for ways to trim expenses without sacrificing customer value and quality. Here's a look at there common approaches to cutting away the fat - and at the role of management...

IT strategies for performance measurement. (information technology)
April 1, 1994... In addition to speaking the language of money, management accountants must integrate non-financial measures and new information tools to create institutionalized systems that will focus their organizations on productive performance. The...

Integrated supply management and supplier certification.
April 1, 1994... In the future, our prosperity will depend increasingly upon our ability to sustain a sufficiently large base of companies competing in world markets, not on the basis of lower labor or raw material costs, but rather through technical...

"Danish modern" 1994: designing networks in North America.
April 1, 1994... Across the United States and Canada, manufacturers are looking at each other through a new set of lenses. Firms that had viewed their neighbors as arch rivals - keeping their distance to protect themselves - now are beginning to realize that...

The fallacies of customer satisfaction and competitiveness. (Quality and Productivity) (Column)
April 1, 1994... Striving for customer satisfaction in the era of the adding machine would yield refined adding machines, not spreedsheets. Likewise, striving to improve satisfaction with our conventional means of cooking would not give us microwave ovens....

A new perspective on control in government. (rules-based control)(part one) (Public Sector Forum)
April 1, 1994... A major challenge faced by the public service in preparing for 2000 and beyond is that many workplace procedures and attitudes, which may have been suitable for the 1960s, are now obstacles to change and adaptation. One obstacle is the...