Mini Bio (1) George Timothy Clooney was born on May 6, 1961, in Lexington, Kentucky, to Nina Bruce (nÃ©e Warren), a former beauty pageant queen, and Nick Clooney, a former anchorman and game show host (who was also the brother of singer Rosemary Clooney). He has Irish, English, and German ancestry.
In effect, target costing is a proactive cost planning, cost management, and cost reduction practice whereby costs are planned and managed out of a product and business early in the design and development cycle, rather than during the later stages of product development and production.
Cost Optimization. A primary advantage of target costing is that it allows you to analyze the best way to make or acquire products at the lowest costs. Minimizing costs is a common financial goal of any small business, regardless of whether they offer high, medium or low prices.