Driving Down Cost:
How to manage and cut costs intelligently
How to manage and cut costs intelligently
Economist.com
“A timely look at cost-cutting in a downturn ...
A practical and readable book, shot through with appealing empathy. Nuggets of advice come thick and fast, covering customers, suppliers and staff. Mr Wileman's prose brims with useful tips; dry business theory is handled lightly; personal anecdotes are actually amusing.”
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“A timely look at cost-cutting in a downturn ...
A practical and readable book, shot through with appealing empathy. Nuggets of advice come thick and fast, covering customers, suppliers and staff. Mr Wileman's prose brims with useful tips; dry business theory is handled lightly; personal anecdotes are actually amusing.”
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Financial Times
“Tough on cost, tough on the causes of costs ...
Wileman’s text is irrepressible: jaunty, energetic and all-knowing. The reader gets a clear sense of what it would be like to be cornered in a meeting room for a couple of hours with Wileman the consultant. The author knows his subject. He has been cutting swathes through flabby balance sheets and cost structures for three decades. You can be grateful for his distinctive blend of candour and can-do.”
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“Tough on cost, tough on the causes of costs ...
Wileman’s text is irrepressible: jaunty, energetic and all-knowing. The reader gets a clear sense of what it would be like to be cornered in a meeting room for a couple of hours with Wileman the consultant. The author knows his subject. He has been cutting swathes through flabby balance sheets and cost structures for three decades. You can be grateful for his distinctive blend of candour and can-do.”
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Management Today
“It's time to get tough and no-one's more ruthless at the job than consultant Andrew Wileman … this modern Dark Knight shares his axe-honing tips for managing the human side of business.”
“It's time to get tough and no-one's more ruthless at the job than consultant Andrew Wileman … this modern Dark Knight shares his axe-honing tips for managing the human side of business.”
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India’s Business Today
“It’s the perfect time to be reading a book like this one. It covers everything from cost leadership, to techniques and tactics, to cost management as strategy"
“It’s the perfect time to be reading a book like this one. It covers everything from cost leadership, to techniques and tactics, to cost management as strategy"
Retail Power Plays:
From trading to brand leadership
From trading to brand leadership
Jerry Porras, co-author of BUILT TO LAST
“Illuminated by excellent case examples, Wileman and Jary provide the reader with important and useful concepts for understanding how to build brand value”
“Illuminated by excellent case examples, Wileman and Jary provide the reader with important and useful concepts for understanding how to build brand value”
