Abstract
The goal of this thesis is to compare the project management methodology of Cost Deployment with other methodologies proposed by the academic literature. The thesis is structured in chapters and paragraphs which have a well-defined and precise purpose. In the first part there is a brief introduction on the origin of the Cost Deployment model, followed by the bibliographical and academic research that led to the identification of management models and prioritization of projects with very different qualitative and quantitative criteria.
The next chapter analyzes the Cost Deployment model theorized at the beginning of the 21st century. The method is structured to select the projects with the highest return on investment among various potential projects. Through a seven-step procedure, the costs are assigned to each production loss and then these losses are transformed into profits thanks to the related continuous improvement projects. Once the model has been analyzed on a theoretical level, it is contextualized within a reality such as Comer Industries. Here the substantial differences between "theory" and "practice" are treated with a focus on the main difficulties in implementation encountered in the field. Below, the final considerations on the implementation of a method as complex as it is advantageous as Cost Deployment are listed. Finally, in the last chapter, the limits of this research and any future developments that were not taken into consideration in the thesis are analyzed.
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