{"id":3097,"date":"2013-02-12T02:52:40","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T01:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/old.gianesincanepari.com\/en\/?p=3097"},"modified":"2016-03-01T02:53:00","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T01:53:00","slug":"the-target-costing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gcpcorporate.it\/en\/news-en\/the-target-costing\/","title":{"rendered":"The Target Costing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It has been mentioned several times in our website: the early stages of the Product Development process, called, in the\u00a0<b>Lean Product Development<\/b>\u00a0approach \u2018Front load\u2019, are the most decisive of the entire process.<\/p>\n<p>In fact it is in these early stages, that the managers make the key decisions that could increase the success rate of the product in the market.<\/p>\n<p>One of the key variables that the team must keep under control, is the\u00a0<b>Cost of the Product<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Are there simple approaches to keep the cost of the product under control?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>A simple method consists in developing a \u2018cost model of the product\u2019 with the aim to give the first indications to the team about the target cost of manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p>The main inputs of this method are:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; the hypothetical sales price<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; the desired profit for the company<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; the profit request by distributors<\/p>\n<p><b>Can the Target Cost methodology be applied in all product development projects?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Yes, of course, but it is more or less difficult, depending on the type of project you are working on.<\/p>\n<p>For product improvement projects will be easier, because historical data are available.<\/p>\n<p>It is more difficult to apply for the development of new products for which no information is available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been mentioned several times in our website: the early stages of the Product Development process, called, in the\u00a0Lean Product Development\u00a0approach \u2018Front load\u2019, are the most decisive of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1056,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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