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9780738202563

Managing By The Numbers A Commonsense Guide To Understanding And Using Your Company's Financials

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  • ISBN13:

    9780738202563

  • ISBN10:

    0738202568

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-05-19
  • Publisher: Basic Books

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Summary

Everyone interested in building a stronger business needs to understand and use the information captured in financial statements.In Managing by the Numbers, business education and accounting experts Chuck Kremer and Ron Rizzuto team up with open-book management authority John Case to demystify the numbers. They present a practical, common-sense approach to reading financial statements and to managing the three bottom lines of business financial performance: net profit, operating cash flow, and return on assets. The book features numerous exercises and examples (with associated templates available on the Web), a powerful new management tool known as "The Financial Scoreboard," and an extensive glossary.Managing by the Numbersis an essential resource for entrepreneurs, business owners, managers, and anyone eager to improve their mastery of the financial side of running a business.

Author Biography

Chuck Kremer, CPA, is Senior Business-Literacy Consultant for Boulder-based Educational Discoveries. An originator of “The Financial Game for Decision Making™,” he teaches financial-literacy courses to managers and executives around the country.Ron Rizzuto, PH.D., is a professor of finance at the University of Denver, where he co-founded the entrepreneurship program at the Daniels College of Business.John Case is executive editor of the newsletter division at Harvard Business School Publishing. A former senior editor and senior writer for Inc. magazine, he is the author of numerous feature stories and several books on entrepreneurship and open-book management. Chuck Kremer, CPA, is Senior Business-Literacy Consultant for Boulder-based Educational Discoveries. An originator of “The Financial Game for Decision Making™,” he teaches financial-literacy courses to managers and executives around the country.Ron Rizzuto, PH.D., is a professor of finance at the University of Denver, where he co-founded the entrepreneurship program at the Daniels College of Business.John Case is executive editor of the newsletter division at Harvard Business School Publishing. A former senior editor and senior writer for Inc. magazine, he is the author of numerous feature stories and several books on entrepreneurship and open-book management. Chuck Kremer, CPA, is Senior Business-Literacy Consultant for Boulder-based Educational Discoveries. An originator of “The Financial Game for Decision Making™,” he teaches financial-literacy courses to managers and executives around the country.Ron Rizzuto, PH.D., is a professor of finance at the University of Denver, where he co-founded the entrepreneurship program at the Daniels College of Business.John Case is executive editor of the newsletter division at Harvard Business School Publishing. A former senior editor and senior writer for Inc. magazine, he is the author of numerous feature stories and several books on entrepreneurship and open-book management.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Graphs
vii
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction xi
Part 1 All You Really Need to Know about Financial Statements
Two Words on Accounting
3(4)
The Balance Sheet
7(16)
SOHO Equipment, Inc.
8(4)
Understanding the Balance Sheet: Assets
12(4)
Understanding the Balance Sheet: Liabilities
16(2)
Understanding Equity (and Why a Balance Sheet Balances)
18(1)
Two Quick Exercises Using the Balance Sheet
19(4)
The Income Statement
23(14)
SOHO Equipment: The First Year
26(3)
Line Items on the Income Statement
29(8)
Cash Flow
37(16)
SOHO Equipment: First-Year Cash Flow
40(2)
Line Items on the Cash-Flow Statement
42(4)
Dissecting the Cash-Flow Statement
46(7)
Part 2 Understanding the Big Picture
The Three Bottom Lines
53(8)
Three Bottom Lines
54(5)
Trend Analysis
59(2)
The Financial Scoreboard
61(14)
Part 3 Financial Analysis to Boost Performance
The Three Financial Goals
75(4)
Managing for Optimum Performance: Net Profit
79(10)
SOHO Equipment: The Three-Year Story
84(1)
Analyzing the Income Statement
85(4)
Managing for Optimum Performance: Operating Cash Flow
89(12)
SOHO Equipment: Analyzing Cash Flow
91(2)
Receivable Days
93(3)
Inventory Days
96(5)
Managing for Optimum Performance: Return on Assets
101(8)
Analyzing ROA
104(2)
SOHO Equipment, Inc.
106(3)
Ratio Magic
109(18)
The ``Simple'' Du Pont Equation
109(3)
SOHO Equipment
112(1)
The ``Extended'' Du Pont Equation
113(4)
SOHO Equipment
117(1)
Planning with the ROA and ROE Graphs
118(9)
Forward-Looking Financials
127(26)
Getting Ready
129(3)
Projecting Sales
132(2)
Preparing a ``Business as Usual'' Projection
134(7)
Proactive Planning
141(7)
Refining the Plan
148(3)
Implementing the Plan
151(2)
Epilogue 153(4)
Appendix 1: SOHO Equipment: The Complete Financials 157(16)
Appendix 2: Tips on Converting Your Company's Financials to the Financial Scoreboard 173(6)
Appendix 3: Our (Nonsacred) Financial Glossary and Why You Need a Sacred One 179(10)
Appendix 4: A Guide to Ratios 189(4)
Appendix 5: A History of the Mobley Matrix 193(4)
Louis B. Mobley
About the Authors 197

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