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Controller's Guide to Planning and Controlling Operations

ISBN: 978-0-471-57680-8

February 2004

384 pages

Description
The Controller's Guide to Planning and Controlling Operations is a comprehensive guide for controllers, CFOs, and budget managers who need 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 a coherent framework of financial plans that apply to the full breadth of ongoing corporate control systems, as well as illustrates:

  • When to use labor and materials standards to control manufacturing
  • 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
About the Author
STEVEN M. BRAGG, CPA, CMA, CIA, CPIM, has been the chief financial officer or controller of four companies, as well as a consulting manager at Ernst & Young. He is the author of seventeen books.