Tag: Profit = Price – Cost
Parker Hannifin and Market Driven Pricing
Seeking Perfect Prices, CEO Tears Up the Rules - WSJ.comI haven't mentioned it in a while, was trying to give it a rest for...
Blame the Vendor or Hospital Purchasing??
I'm sure most of you are familiar with or have used the Akro blue bins for organizing parts, tools, or a kanban system. The...
GM Goes Big with Inventory
WSJ: At GM, Curbing Inventories Calls For Juggling ActFrom the article:At the end of December, GM had more than one million vehicles in...
We’d be fine if you just Paid us More
Hospitals prescribe increased reimbursements from insurers to aid recovery of sickly health care systemHospitals need to learn to reduce costs. You can't just...
See, GM raises prices because they can
GM raises price of some '07s | Chicago Tribune:The other day, I complained about how GM was "forced" to raise prices due to materials...
GM Thinks Its Entitled to Price Increases – WRONG
Materials costs force GM to raise pricesYet another example of a non-lean mindset company thinking they are entitled to price increases because costs went...
Some Honesty in Pricing for Once
U.S. airlines raise fares by up to $10 each wayHere is some rare honesty in the discussion about how prices are set. Normally,...
The "Because I Can" Surcharge
ContraCostaTimes.com | 05/05/2006 | Consumers feel the sting at pump and elsewhere
Post office wants to raise stamp prices - U.S. Life - MSNBC.com:
I'm ticked...
Hey GM! Prices Are Set by the Market
Headline:General Motors Cuts Prices on 80 Percent of Its U.S. ModelsRemember the "new" Toyota Production System thinking:Profit = Market-Set Price (minus) Your CostsThe "old"...
More on the Toyota Cost/Profit Model
Evolving Excellence: Its About Cost, Stupid!Great post here by Bill Waddell about the Toyota "Profit/Cost" model ofProfit = Price - Cost. He elaborates...
Local firms are squeezed by gas prices
SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Metro -- San Diego: This story is from California, but I've also seen it in the local news. I've...
More Whining About Not Being Able to Pass Along Costs
JS Online: Manufacturing outlook dips, but index is still strong:When I saw this headline (also a WSJ article today), I expected to read something...
