Improving Profitability Pocketbook

By Anne Hawkins

Profitability, rather than profit, is the key measure of a business's performance. If you know how to measure profitability, you will be able to manage it, and understand which decisions increase it. The Improving Profitability Pocketbook looks at the essential areas of effective use of assets (Asset Turn) and cost-efficiency (Return on Sales). It also includes detailed sections on capital expenditure appraisal, how to evaluate make/buy decisions, and how to use a profit-cost-volume model.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Management Pocketbooks
• Release date: Sep 16, 2015
• ISBN: 9781907077562

Anne Hawkins

Anne Hawkins started her career as an apprentice in a multinational engineering group. Frustrated by the inability of most accountants to answer simple questions without the aid of an excel spreadsheet balancing in three dimensions to the last rupee, she started her own training business and has developed an enviable reputation for explaining financial matters in straightforward simple terms. Anne has also written a number of successful books including Lean Means Beans and 100 Great Cost-Cutting Ideas (Marshall Cavendish).

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