Supply chain cost management : the AIM & DRIVE process for achieving extraordinary results / Jimmy Anklesaria.

The AIM & DRIVE process of cost management
Agreeing on the need to manage costs
Identifying critical costs in the supply chain
Measuring secondary and tertiary costs
Defining the key cost drivers and developing strategic options
Reducing, eliminating, or changing activities that cause costs
Implementing an action plan
Verifying the plan with cost monitors
Eternally improving and leveraging the process.