Were You Profitable TODAY?
By Alec Pendleton, Big Ideas for Small Companies How much does it cost to operate your business for a day? I have two companies, a manufacturer and a wholesaler. It costs $34,000 each day to operate the manufacturing company, and $3,200 to operate the wholesaler. Why is that important? It serves as an instant indicator of profitability, and gives me the earliest possible warning of developing problems. The numbers are calculated very simply. They are the total annual cost of EVERYTHING BUT THE MATERIALS WE USE, divided by the number of days the business operates in a year. They [...]