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 One Day Intensive Seminar                                  SBL Claimable Subject to HRDF Approval

 

 

STRATEGIC COST SAVINGS FOR CORPORATIONS, STRATEGIC BUSINESS UNITS AND DEPARTMENTS

 

 

22 January 2010

JW Marriott Hotel, Kuala Lumpur

 

Introduction

Growth and cost strategies are inseparable. They need each other and are joined together at the hip like our legs joined to the body. Cost saving is continuously appealing. Most of the time they are not done strategically and always imbalance between investment and cost cutting. Worst of all, companies tend to launch full scale “’cost down” during crisis situations. Are these good? Why only practice during crisis? How about growth areas during a crisis? Should we spend or not?

 

Objectives

To equip participants on how to:

·    Manage a cost down program period after period

·    Balance between spending on growth and cost down

    strategically

·    Do proactive instead of reactive cost downs

 

At the end of the one day seminar, participants will be able to:

·    Identify areas to reduce cost strategically

·    Structure control mechanism for monitoring the cost down

    program

·    Reduce bureaucracy in cost down program

·    Balance Growth and cost down strategically

 

Outline

Introduction

·    Good cost management – The unsung hero

·    Intelligent cost down management

·    Challenges for a cost leader

       

Cost Principles

·    Cost dynamics

·    The nature of cost trend

·    Cash cost vs. profit and loss cost

 

Business Process and Systems Thinking

·    Systems thinking overview

·    Speaking of finance

·    Process management – key and sub processes

·    Simplicity, macro view and new ideas

·    Bureaucracy identification and removals

·    Waste identification and removal

·    Probing questions

·    Change and creativity

 

Functional Operation

·    Best practice and level of playing fields

·    Competitor’s cost

·    People cost

v Problems and method of valuations

v Key areas to consider before hiring and firing

v Managing average performance

·    Supplier

v Balance of power, total cost ownership

v Service cost

·    Wire and global

v Help with internet and globalization

 

Cost Management Impact by Information

·   How does information impact cost?

·   What information to have for different user groups

 

 

Conducted by Distinguished Speaker:

 

Dr. Tan Kok Tee: More than 25 years of senior management working experience and 3 years of experience in consulting, training and facilitations. He is also a HRDF (Ministry of Human Resource) approved trainer. (Cert.  ref: TTT1983)

 

Mr. Tan is also a Gold Mastery Certificate recipient in Strategic Management from the Haines Centre for Strategic Management®, USA, under its certification program sponsored by the University of San Diego. He is today a Principal, of the Haines Centre for Strategic Management®.

 

He is also a Fellow member of the Association of International Accountants, UK (one of the 5 professional accountancy bodies in UK and EEC qualified to be external auditors for PLCs). He also holds a DBA and an MBA in Finance. His other professional memberships included being a member of the Malaysian Association of Company Secretaries, a body prescribed under the Malaysian Company’s Act to practice as Company Secretary.

 

Today, Kok Tee is also a life member of the Malaysian Institute of Directors, member of the Malaysian Institute of Management, Malaysian Association of Professional

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REGISTRATION FORM

 

 

Early BirdsRM700.00 per person                                                       REF: JAN10SCS

(Registration and Payment by 28 December 2009)

 

Group Discount (Two or more persons from same organization) – RM750.00 per person

 

 

Regular Fee RM800.00 per person

 

 

The above fees includes of lunch/tea-breaks/valuable seminar materials & certificate

 

 

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Cancellations & Transfers: If you are unable to attend, a substitute candidate(s) is welcome at no extra charge. Please provide the name and position of the substitute delegate at least 2 days prior to the seminar. A full refund less 25% administrative charge will be made for cancellation received in writing 2 weeks prior to the seminar. A 50% refund will be given for cancellation received 1 week prior to the seminar. Regrettably, no refund can be made for cancellation 3 days before the seminar. If registration is confirmed, a 25% administrative charge will be incurred for non-attendance.

                        The organizer reserves the right to change speakers/or modify the programme content without prior notice.

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