We have a long-term client that manufactures precision machined products for their customers. One of those customers contributes over 80% of the company’s annual revenues, a situation that has been in place for years. We call that “concentration,” a condition that is...
Every well-run company that is considering making an investment in new equipment, a new facility, upgraded technology, or a new product or development project, considers at some level what return it will earn on that investment. Accountants and analysts will often...
Most business owners think of Working Capital as the amount of cash they have in the bank. But CPAs. financial analysts, advisors and bankers define it as the difference between current assets and current liabilities. One sounds simple and easy to understand, the...
Unless you’re running a tech company or an Amazon warehouse, the past couple years are likely to have put some stress on your cash flow and your balance sheet. If you were foresighted enough to arrange a fixed rate loan a couple years ago, you are probably just fine....
Smaller companies often do not have the resources to hire a CFO, even a fractional one, yet those intent on succeeding, growing, and profitably exiting have financial issues to address that are often more critical to their survival than they would be in a larger...
Last year we worked with a client in the furniture distribution business, a successful, rapidly growing company with retail customers across the country and suppliers across the globe. They asked us to help them integrate the financial systems of a company they had...
