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Well-prepared financial statements contain an incredible amount of timely and revealing information about your business’ financial position. What are its strengths? Where are the vulnerabilities and challenges? Is the business making money? Savvy executives use the information on financial statements—most notably the balance sheet, income statement, and statement of cash flows—to drive decisions and chart […]
You can quickly view or compare two or more worksheets in the same workbook, or in different workbooks, by viewing them side by side. You can also arrange multiple worksheets to view them all at the same time. In this tip, I show you how. Applies To: Microsoft® Excel® for Windows 2010, 2013, and 2016. […]
With a good business management solution that manages your finances and operations all in one system, you can gain company-wide visibility into your business so you know where you’ve been, where you are currently and where you will end up in terms of cash spent, time and schedule commitments met. In addition, you can keep […]
I read an interesting article the other day about how a novel targeted at young, single females and housewives wasn’t selling as well as expected. When the publisher looked deeper into its sales data, it found that this market segment made up only a small portion of readers – and that the majority of buyers […]
Charles Teversham, MD of Sage Intelligence, considers the benefits of moving from a feudal model of sharing data to a more democratic one. In 13th century Europe, literacy was largely confined to the clergy and some elites, and few adults among the general population could read or write. But that picture changed as a result […]
Mobility has changed the way we work—especially for businesses that depend on personnel not working at a desk or in and office. When asked how “anytime, anywhere” connectivity helps business leaders be more efficient, they typically respond with three answers: convenience, communication, or collaboration. Convenience When operations or field personnel need to call office staff […]
When creating Pivot Charts from PivotTables, the PivotTable fields will be displayed on the chart. In this tip, you’ll learn how to quickly hide them so that your report looks neater. Applies To: Microsoft® Excel® for Windows 2010, 2013, and 2016. You are welcome to download the workbook to practice this short, helpful tip. To remove […]
Microsoft Excel is the universal language of business and accountants, and most decision-makers in small to mid-sized businesses use the king of spreadsheets in some way for reporting. In fact, research analyst Gartner has conceded that “Excel is still the number one reporting tool”. Why then, would you want or need to use a Business […]
In today’s competitive business environment, small business owners and mid-sized business managers need to dedicate their skills to managing their businesses, and not sifting through endless reports trying to make sense of heaps of information. A snapshot view of your business is critical in a business environment when there is so much valuable information floating […]
A friend and colleague approached me to ask that I write a blog entry on management, and how I manage my team; the techniques and tricks that I employ that help me get the job done. Initially, I was quite apprehensive as to how to go about analyzing what I do and then formulating catchy, […]
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