The IMA Cost Management Group

The Cost Management Group is open to all members of the IMA. Members have a variety of titles: controller, cost manager, vice president, accountant, and many more. What is more important than titles, however, is what they have in common: the desire to learn more about cost management, to network with others holding the same responsibilities, and to improve their performance so they can make a greater contribution to their companies' bottom line.

Membership in the Cost Management Group provides several options for acquiring current information and networking with peers, such as:

• Reading Cost Management Update, the monthly newsletter that keeps you up-to-date on what your counterparts in other companies are thinking and doing. Cost Management Update reports on surveys of members, who give their opinions on subjects such as performance measurement and reengineering tools. The newsletters also provide interviews with key executives, case studies, summaries of legislative and regulatory developments, and advice on managing your professional sphere.
• Participating in surveys, to share your opinions and experiences with your colleagues. These survey results are widely reported in the media, enhancing the visibility and credibility of the Cost Management Group in the business community.
• Utilizing our interactive online service known as the Cost Management Group E-Mail Exchange. If you're connected to the Internet, you're connected to hundreds of other Cost Management Group members. Obtaining helpful answers to your tough question or problem is as simple as sending one e-mail message to a central address, which is then distributed to all participating members. The responses you receive back from your colleagues will allow their experience to work for you.

If you are already an IMA member and would like to join a Member Interest Group, please call 1-800-638-4427, or by e-mail at ima@imanet.org. If you're not an IMA member please go to the IMA Membership Application. You can join a MIG at the same time.