Improving Profit Using Contribution Metrics to Boost the Bottom Line
Business of all sizes have a problem: How do you know—in real time—whether you are earning the profit you need to grow or even just stay in business? And which products or services are doing the “heavy lifting” in contributing to profit? Financial statements tell only part of the story. They are bac...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley, CA :
Apress
2013.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2013. |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009467195006719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""About the Author""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1: Background to Contribution-Based Activity (CBA)""; ""The Problem""; ""The Solution""; ""Action Sheets""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 2: Kitchen Utensil Manufacturer Taken to the Cleaners""; ""Case Comment""; ""Chapter 3: Printing Business Multiplies Net Profit by 500%""; ""Case Comment""; ""Chapter 4: Furniture Manufacturer Climbs Out of the Red""; ""Case Comment""; ""Chapter 5: Contractor Overcomes Competition to Make a Profit""; ""Case Comment""
- ""Chapter 13: Baker Identifies Where the Rubber Meets the Road""""Case Comment""; ""Chapter 14: Architectural Practice Eradicates a Malignant Cancer""; ""Case Comment""; ""Chapter 15: Accounting Firm Wins by Losing a Third of Its Fees""; ""Case Comment""; ""Chapter 16: Legal Firm Transfers Productivity to the Bottom Line""; ""Case Comment""; ""Chapter 17: Contractor Increases Strike Rate to 1 in 4""; ""Case Comment""; ""Chapter 18: Hot Bread Baker Discovers More to Bread than Flour""; ""Case Comment""; ""Chapter 19: Window Manufacturer�s Flawed Foundation""; ""Case Comment""
- ""Chapter 20: Multi-Home Contractor Discovers a New Way Home""""Case Comment""; ""Chapter 21: Award-Winning Hairdressing Salon Cuts Its Way Out of Bankruptcy""; ""Case Comment""; ""Chapter 22: Multi-Department Store Whitewashes the Past""; ""Case Comment""; ""Chapter 23: 14 Businesses Explore CBA/TARI""; ""23.1 Vehicle Manufacturing""; ""23.2 Manufacturing and Distribution""; ""Analysis of Invoices: Results and Potential Utility""; ""Conclusion and Recommendations""; ""23.3 Distribution""; ""Manual Analysis""; ""Conclusion and Recommendations""; ""23.4 Software Development""
- ""Conclusion and Recommendations""""23.5 Engineering and Design""; ""Analysis of 10 Invoices""; ""Average Gross Profit and Gross Profit per Man-Hour Comparison""; ""Comparison of Total Hours Sold vs. Actual Production-Hours Paid""; ""Need for Purchase of New Software""; ""23.6 Property: Real Estate""; ""Invoice Analysis""; ""23.7 Packaging: Production and Distribution""; ""Invoices Analysis and Comments on Received Results""; ""23.8 Banking""; ""Results of the Analysis""; ""23.9 Banking""; ""Contribution-Based Activity System and Application of Target Average Rate Index in the Bank""
- ""23.10 Automobile Distribution""
