Controller's Guide to Planning and Controlling Operations

The Controller's Guide to Planning and Controlling Operations is acomprehensive guide for controllers, CFOs, and budget managers whoneed to determine: The soundness of sales forecasts The best approach for setting product prices The profitability of customers and market segments Federal tax remittance rules The impact of a just-in-time system on inventory levels Packed with clear and realistic strategies, it helps create acoherent framework of financial plans that apply to the fullbreadth of ongoing corporate control systems, as well asillustrates: When to use labor and materials standards to controlmanufacturing How to control research and development costs How to grant appropriate credit levels to customers How to set up an effective capital budgeting process How to create a cost-of-capital calculation