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Graphic Illustrations from the
CAM-I Conceptual Design

Provided by James R. Martin, Ph.D., CMA
Professor Emeritus, University of South Florida

CAM-I Main Page | Cost Management Main Page

The following graphics were adapted from illustrations in the CAM-I conceptual design* to convey the concepts presented by CAM-I and to promote further study of this important publication. See the links to the summaries below for an explanation of how the graphics are used to emphasize CAM-I Cost Management System's Concepts.

Product Life Cycle Graphic



Effects of Planning Activities on Product Cost over the Product Life Cycle



Product Life Cycle



Product Life Cycle Costs are Time Phased and Interelated



Effect of Front-end Investments on Product Life Cycle Costs



Performance Measurement Hierarchy



* Berliner, C., and J. A. Brimson, eds. 1988. Cost Management for Today's Advanced Manufacturing: The CAMI Conceptual Design. Harvard Business School Press. (Short Summary or Concepts.) (Longer Summary.)

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Related summaries:

Berliner, C., and J. A. Brimson, eds. 1988. Cost Management for Today's Advanced Manufacturing: The CAM-I Conceptual Design. Boston: Harvard Business School Press. (Summary Chapters 1-3). (Summary Chapter 6).

Drucker, P. F. 1990. The emerging theory of manufacturing. Harvard Business Review (May-June): 94-102. (Summary).

Martin, J. R. Not dated. Activity based management models. Management And Accounting Web. ABMModels

Martin, J. R. Not dated. CAM-I Concepts. Management And Accounting Web. CAM-IConcepts

Martin, J. R. Not dated. Investment management. Management And Accounting Web. InvestmentManageSum

Martin, J. R. Not dated. Product life cycle management. Management And Accounting Web. PLCSummary

Sandison, D., S. C. Hansen and R. G. Torok. 2003. Activity-based planning and budgeting: A new approach. Journal of Cost Management (March/April): 16-22.  (Summary).

Shields, M. D. and S. M. Young. 1989. A behavioral model for implementing cost management systems. Journal of Cost Management (Winter): 17-27. (Summary).