by Greg Herring | Jul 5, 2018 | Business Strategy, Planning, Pricing, Profit, Results
The costs for raw materials are up. Health insurance costs continue to climb. Labor is in short supply which typically means wages will go up. As of the US Job Openings and Labor Turnover Summary report released on June 5th, 2018, there are now more jobs...
by Greg Herring | Oct 23, 2017 | Planning, Profit, Reporting, Reports, Results
Preparing a budget does not have to be laborious. I hated wasted time; I also hate spending a lot of time on budgets. That view might strike some of you as strange given that it comes from a CFO (Chief Financial Officer). But the truth is that budgets do not have to...
by Greg Herring | Sep 25, 2017 | Mindset, Planning, Reporting, Results
I hate wasted time. How about you? I always seem to have more things to do with my time than time to do them. I figure I could fill two or three lifetimes with what I would like to do—in business and for pleasure. It is that time of year where every good company is...
by Greg Herring | Dec 12, 2016 | Business Strategy, Profit, Reporting, Results
To most people, financial reports are just numbers on a page. Hopefully, my recent blog posts have convinced you that those numbers also tell a story of your business and show the hidden power behind your data. I confess that I am a “get it done” person. My preferred...
