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Activity Based Cost Modeling

Authored by Douglas T. Hicks and sponsored by 3C Software

During this course you will:

Learn the critical difference between Cost Accounting and Managerial Costing
Discover why the traditional, direct labor-based cost model just doesn’t work anymore
Understand why “Causality” is the most critical factor in effective cost modeling
Discover a “Conceptual Framework” for creating a manufacturing firm’s cost model
Understand why customer costing is as important as product costing
Learn to use “Causality” to both predict costs and assign them to processes, products, and customers
Understand how accounting’s historical, financial costs must be converted to future, economic costs for effective decision making
Learn how “Causality” can be used to model unique costing situations

Pricing:

Members – $75

Non-members – $90

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Stamping Cost Estimation

Authored by Keith Koehler

During this course you will learn about the basic concepts of stamping manufacturing process and costing methodology including:

Raw materials
Types of material
Gross vs. net weight
Material costing
Stamping equipment
Stamping process
Process cost
Stamping tooling cost
Post stamping finishing
Packaging
Specialty equipment
Freight and duty
Development costs

Pricing:

Members – $50

Non-members – $65

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Introduction to TRIZ

Introduction to TRIZ value and cost optimization methodology

Authored by John Borza

During this course you will learn about Inventive Problem-Solving for Value and Cost Optimization

Why we need such a tool
Left Brain Thinking
Right Brain Thinking
Engaging the whole brain
Psychological Barriers
How to break psychological inertia

Pricing:

Members – $50

Non-members – $65

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MOLDING COST ESTIMATION

AUTHORED BY HEATH WALL

During this course you will learn about the basic concepts of molding manufacturing process and costing methodology including:

Raw materials
Types of material
Gross vs. net weight
Material costing
Molding equipment
Molding processes
Process cost
Molding tooling cost
Packaging
Freight and duty

Pricing:

Members – $50

Non-members – $65

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FORGING COSTING TRAINING

Prepared by Vinod Goranalli

In this training we will be covering below topics:

What is forging, it’s significance, forgeability
Forging technology, their classification, operations carried by forging
Forging tools, tool design consideration, tool materials, how to product tools
Forging production process – machine used in forging operation and how to select it
Cost estimation of forging in detail
Cost estimation case study

Pricing:

Members – $50

Non-members – $65

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Currently in Development

Electronics Costing Training

Expert cost estimating training for electronics

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Sustainability Costing Training

Expert cost estimating training for sustainability

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Cost estimating and cost accounting experts provide training for various manufacturing processes. They look at project budgets, product cost, product design, and a host of other elements to get a holistic view of what a specific manufacturing process looks like.