I have thought often about the need to say something about cost accounting because of its importance in creating a profitable business, but I knew the mention of the term would put even most accountants to sleep. So rather than talk about cost accounting, a few words...
In the job of managing a company, the owner/CEO has many tools available to help decide when a department is functioning effectively or not. Some are easier to use than others. Managing the sales department may be among the easiest, because you have sales numbers to...
Readers of their company’s monthly financial reports typically see an income statement comparing the most recent month’s activity with the same month a year ago, the immediate prior month, or – for the truly enlightened managers – a budget for the month. All sounds...
Disrespectful or just a catchy title? Either way it must be true, because so few small and mid-sized companies do it. Why would anyone who wants to build a successful company avoid doing something that might help them succeed? Well there are a lot of very solid...
If your revenue was impacted by COVID-19 and its ripple effect – and who wasn’t – you know it’s not going away anytime soon. How do you avoid a 2021 that looks too much like 2020 on your income statement? Maybe you can get better control of your costs – at least those...
