Professor Anvari

Taught manufacturing and industrial systems engineering courses at the University of Michigan for five years where he received his three engineering degrees, and as an adjunct professor he teaches project and cost management at local universities in the Washington DC area. 

In his early career he worked at General Motors as a production engineer and later as an operations research and systems analyst at the cost and economic analysis center in Washington DC.

Mort is currently the ASA (FM&C) Lean Six Sigma (LSS) deployment director and is responsible for cost and economics programs and strategy where he oversees process improvement initiatives, economic studies validation, cost benefit analysis, and risk & uncertainty analysis in support of major defense programs.

Mort is Defense Acquisition University Level III Certified in Business, Cost Estimating, and Financial Management (BCEFM) and has won the 2006 DoD modeling and simulation award.

In his public lectures, Mort stimulates cost culture debates among government and industry leaders and managers. Professor Anvari has repeatedly appeared on live television programs analyzing the political economy of the Middle East.

   Subject:  

 Intermediate of Cost Analysis and Management  (ICAM)

Intermediate of Cost Analysis and Management

1.1 Determine the Difference Between Internal and External Report

1.2 Calculate Financial Position and Net Change in Financial Position

1.3 Demonstrate How Transactions Affect the Accounting

1.4 Explain the Impact of Poor Cost Information

2.1 Calculate Total Cost and Per-Unit Cost Given Production

2.2 Determine Unit of Measure in a Multivariate Equation

2.3 Calculate Present or Future Value of a Variety of Cash Flow

2.4 Recommend Investment Course of Action Based on NPV Calculation

3.1 Calculate Expected Values of Alternative Courses of Action

3.2 Recommend A Course of Action in Outsourcing and Keep or Replace

3.3 Allocate Single Cost Pool to Users

3.4 Calculate Cost of Service with Multiple Cost Pools Drivers

4.1 Describe Common Pitfalls in Activity Based Costing and Ways

4.2 Calculate Breakeven Point in Units and Revenue Dollars

4.3 Identify Sensitive Variables through What-if Scenarios

4.4 Calculate Point of Indifference Between Two Different Cost S

5.1 Calculate Economic Order Quantity for Various Situations

5.2 Calculate a Production Plan with the Inventory Chain Template

5.3 Project Sales or Production Levels Using the Rolling Average

5.4 Estimate Future Costs Given Planning Factors

6.1 Determine the Motivation and Purpose for Cost Benefit Analysis

6.2 Perform Army Cost Benefit Analysis

7.1 Apply Army Cost Benefit Analysis to a Simple Scenario

7.2 Apply Army Cost Benefit Analysis to a Complex Scenario

7.3 Calculate Volume and Performance Variances

7.4 Calculate Spending and Efficiency Variances

8.1 Explain Causes of Variances with the Reconciliation Format

9.1 Identify Similarities between Battlefield Management and Cost Management

9.2 Identify the steps in the AAR

9.3 Prepare a Forecasts, Variances And Reconciliation Briefing

9.4 Demonstrate After Action Review Proficiency

10.1 Determine the Purpose and Motivation for Continuous Improve

10.2 Apply DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control) to

10.3 Calculate Projected Costs with the Cumulative Average Learn

10.4 Identify Relevant Components of Information from a Real World Scenario

11.1 Determine the Purpose and Motivation for Leadership Driven

11.2 Determine the Implementation Requirements for Cost Management

11.3 Calculate Schedule and Cost Variances with Earned Value Ana

11.4 Apply Earned Value Management Principles to Corps of Engine

12.1 Define Characteristics of Organization Based Control

12.2 Explain Variances Between Actual (AMCOS) and Expected (FORCES)

12.3 Identify the Characteristics of a Cost Managed Organization

12.4 Determine Cause of Variances Between Expected and Actual Re

13.1 Determine the Purpose and Characteristics of Role Based Cos

13.2 Identify Pitfalls in a Role Based Control Case Study Scenario

13.3 Apply Role-Based Cost Control Principles to a Real World Scenario

14.1 Determine Purpose and Characteristics of Output Based Cost

14.2 Identify Key Elements of Information from Output Based Case

14.3 Calculate Volume and Performance Variances for Output-Based

15.1 Determine Motivation for and Characteristics of Change Management

15.2 Apply Change Management Theory to Case Study (Gunfire at Sea Case Study)

15.3 Identify Key Factors that Impact Effective Change Efforts

Army Cost Culture Initiative

Cost Management Handbook

Cost Management 101

•  Section 1: Cost Management Overview

– What are costs and why is managing costs important?

– Army’s overall objectives

– Change enablers to support Cost Management

– The process of Cost Management and how it differs from Budget Management

•  Section 2: Cost Model Components

– Defining the various cost objects (which replace APCs/JONOs)

–  Within a Cost Model, e.g. organizations, products, services, jobs, etc.

– Understanding decision points of where to capture information

•  Section 3: Cost Flow Methods

– The difference between cost capturing, allocations, and assignment

•  Section 4: Cost Model Build

– Reflecting organizational structures

– Replacing APC/JONO’s

Cost Management Training

• Day 1: Cost Management Overview

– Understanding of why managing costs are important,

 – Army’s overall objectives, the process of Cost Management,

 – How it differs from Budget, and key cost terms

• Day 2: Cost Object Definition

– Understanding of an ERP,

– How to build a Cost Model,

– Various cost objects within a Cost Model (e.g. organization, products, job orders, etc.)

• Day 3: Assignment of Costs

– Understanding of cost allocations/assignments,

– How to choose which to utilize when,

– How to evaluate the results of the assignments (Std. vs Actual), and

– Rate creation

• Day 4: Analysis and Reporting

– Understanding of the results of the Cost Model

 – How various types of analysis and decisions are supported?

Cost Management Certificate Course (CMCC)

Section I: Cost Management Concepts

Section II: General Fund Enterprise Business System

Section III: Using Cost Management

 

Standard Costing and Variance Analysis

 

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