Managing by the Numbers A Commonsense Guide to Understanding and Using Your Company's Financials

Name: Managing by the Numbers A Commonsense Guide to Understanding and Using Your Company's Financials
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ISBN: 9780738202563

ISBN-10: 0738202568

ISBN-13: 9780738202563

Edition: 2000

Authors: Chuck Kremer, Ron Rizzuto, John Case

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Book details

List price: $18.99
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 5/19/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 6.06" wide x 9.02" long x 0.47" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



List of Tables and Graphs


Acknowledgments


Introduction



All You Really Need to Know about Financial Statements



Two Words on Accounting



The Balance Sheet


SOHO Equipment, Inc.


Understanding the Balance Sheet: Assets


Understanding the Balance Sheet: Liabilities


Understanding Equity (and Why a Balance Sheet Balances)


Two Quick Exercises Using the Balance Sheet



The Income Statement


SOHO Equipment: The First Year


Line Items on the Income Statement



Cash Flow


SOHO Equipment: First-Year Cash Flow


Line Items on the Cash-Flow Statement


Dissecting the Cash-Flow Statement



Understanding the Big Picture



The Three Bottom Lines


Three Bottom Lines


Trend Analysis



The Financial Scoreboard



Financial Analysis to Boost Performance



The Three Financial Goals



Managing for Optimum Performance: Net Profit


SOHO Equipment: The Three-Year Story


Analyzing the Income Statement



Managing for Optimum Performance: Operating Cash Flow


SOHO Equipment: Analyzing Cash Flow


Receivable Days


Inventory Days



Managing for Optimum Performance: Return on Assets


Analyzing ROA


SOHO Equipment, Inc.



Ratio Magic


The "Simple" Du Pont Equation


SOHO Equipment


The "Extended" Du Pont Equation


SOHO Equipment


Planning with the ROA and ROE Graphs



Forward-Looking Financials



Getting Ready



Projecting Sales



Preparing a "Business as Usual" Projection



Proactive Planning



Refining the Plan



Implementing the Plan






SOHO Equipment: The Complete Financials



Tips on Converting Your Company's Financials to the Financial Scoreboard



Our (Nonsacred) Financial Glossary and Why You Need a Sacred One



A Guide to Ratios



A History of the Mobley Matrix



About the Authors