A Little Something About You
In my last post, I told you little bit about myself. Why I wanted to be something a little bigger than “just an accountant”. Why I wanted to share a thing or two with you as fellow accountants. So,...
View ArticleA Look at Make/Buy Analysis and How Not to Do It
Today, I would like delve into an area that typically involves cross-functional analysis within an organization. In other words, it is an area that allows us, as accountants, to provide outsized value...
View ArticleUsing a Bird’s Eye View to Drill Into a Make/Buy Decision
In our two previous posts, we discussed an, um, arcane way of looking at make/buy analysis and then improved on it a bit. While both were probably not unfamiliar to you, hopefully it is a bit clearer...
View ArticleClean Things Up and Make Your P&L Easier to Use
In recent posts, I showed we could evolve a common analysis exercise that accountants are typically called upon to do, improve it a bit, and then improve it in a significant way. We took the make/buy...
View ArticleWork Orders: The Biggest Myth in Your Decision Making Process
The work order. One of the staples of manufacturing companies around the world. For “direct” employees, it is a fact of life. You work, you keep track of your hours. It is how it is done in the...
View ArticleMoving from the Budget – Is it Right for Your Organization?
The annual budget. Is there a more sacred and standard financial management tools? To most of us, it would seem that the annual budget is the foundation of financial management. There are gigantic...
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