CMA - the Management Accounting Magazine articles from February 1995

CMA - the Management Accounting Magazine archives from February 1995

Culturing personal leadership. (Cover Story)
February 1, 1995... In tomorrow's organization, workers will no longer be another form of property but human assets who take their knowledge with them at the end of the working day. Attracting and retaining these assets - and harnessing them in order to help the...

The short goods on long distance. (includes related articles)
February 1, 1995... FOR BUSINESS USERS OF LONG-DISTANCE SERVICES, A GROWING WELTER OF ALTERNATIVE CARRIERS, RAPIDLY DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGY, AND A NEW SPATE OF TELECOM REGULATIONS MEAN THE CHOICES ARE FAR WIDER, AND FAR MORE COMPLICATED. A LOOK AT THE OPTIONS AND...

Continuous improvement through the focused factory.
February 1, 1995... Here's how manufacturers can improve quality, productivity and customer satisfaction while reducing resource requirements, inventories, lead-times and defects. Manufacturing firms have searched for innovative approaches to meet global...

The Deming philosophy: a new paradigm for management accounting systems.
February 1, 1995... Understanding two important elements of Deming's "profound knowledge" can lead to fundamental improvements in your management accounting and control systems. One of the models that many corporations are adopting to fulfill a commitment to...

Managing the cost of quality in the era of continuous improvement.
February 1, 1995... Here's a way of estimating the cost of customer dissatisfaction to help you ensure that the costs of quality improvements are justified. Management accountants are being called upon to assist in quality management decisions. This is a...