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Accounting Basics / August 18, 2021

Tools and Techniques of Cost Reduction

The following tools and techniques are used to reduce costs: ●      Budgetary Control ●      Standard Costing ●      Simplification and Variety Reduction ●      Planning and Control of Finance ●      Cost Benefit Analysis ●      Value Analysis ●      Contribution Analysis ●      Job Evaluation and Merit Rating ●      Improvement in Design ●      Material Control ●      Labor Control ●      Overhead Control ●      Market Research

The following tools and techniques are used to reduce costs:

●      Budgetary Control

●      Standard Costing

●      Simplification and Variety Reduction

●      Planning and Control of Finance

●      Cost Benefit Analysis

●      Value Analysis

●      Contribution Analysis

●      Job Evaluation and Merit Rating

●      Improvement in Design

●      Material Control

●      Labor Control

●      Overhead Control

●      Market Research