Capex Excellence. Optimizing Return on Fixed Asset Investments
By: Hansen, Hauke
| Huhn, Wolfgang | Legrand, Olivier | Steiners, Daniel | Vahlenkamp, Thomas.
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BookPublisher: Chichester et al., John Wiley & Sons. 2009Description: 220 pages.ISBN: 0-470-77967-5.Subject(s): fixed asset investmentsGenre/Form: manualOnline resources: Publisher's website Summary: Much of current management literature focuses on a limited set of 'classical' value levers, such as cost reduction, sales optimization or mergers & acquisitions, thus neglecting another core value lever: capital investments. That capital investments receive such limited attention is all the more surprising when one considers how vitally important they are to the economy as a whole as well as individual businesses.
There is significant value-creation potential in optimizing capital investments. Investments not only determine the asset structure of a venture. They also enable the introduction of new products structural cost reductions. The book focuses on core questions to be answered in the critical design and realization phase of new investments:
Much of current management literature focuses on a limited set of 'classical' value levers, such as cost reduction, sales optimization or mergers & acquisitions, thus neglecting another core value lever: capital investments. That capital investments receive such limited attention is all the more surprising when one considers how vitally important they are to the economy as a whole as well as individual businesses.
There is significant value-creation potential in optimizing capital investments. Investments not only determine the asset structure of a venture. They also enable the introduction of new products structural cost reductions. The book focuses on core questions to be answered in the critical design and realization phase of new investments:
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