Whose role is it anyway? | Archive Titles

Supply chain management
Traditional construction costing	Target costing
Costs determine price	Price determines costs
Performance, quality and profit (and more rarely waste and inefficiency)are the focus of cost reduction	Design is the key to cost reduction, with costs managed out before they occurred
Cost reduction is not customer driven, nor project/design team driven. It is driven by separate 'commercial' people.	Customer input guides identification of cost reduction areas
Quantity surveyors are responsible for cost reductions	Cross-functional teams manage costs
Suppliers involved late in design process	Early involvement of suppliers
No focus on through-life cost	Minimises cost of ownership for client and producer