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To price jobs for profit, start with what each job costs you directly, add a share of your fixed overhead, and then add the profit you want. A price below your break-even covers the work but not the business. So this guide shows the formulas, a worked example, and a test to run on every […]
Read articlePurchase price variance (PPV) is the difference between the standard price a manufacturer planned to pay for a material and the actual price it paid, multiplied by the quantity purchased. A positive result means you paid more than planned. So it is one of the earliest signals that material costs are drifting away from your […]
Read articleKnowing when to hire a CFO for a moving company comes down to complexity, not revenue. A moving company usually needs a fractional CFO once it runs several trucks and crews, takes commercial accounts with payment terms, and the owner can no longer price and plan by feel. That point often arrives around the second […]
Read articleSelling direct can earn a boat builder more per boat, because the builder keeps the dealer margin. But direct sales also add selling, warranty, and carrying costs, and they rarely fill every build slot. So the better channel depends on what each boat nets after every cost, and on how many slots you can fill. […]
Read articleManufacturing overhead absorption is how a plant assigns fixed overhead, such as rent, equipment depreciation, and supervision, to the units it makes. A predetermined rate, built on normal capacity, therefore spreads the fixed cost across expected output. But when actual output falls short, the unabsorbed overhead does not belong in inventory. Instead, it hits the […]
Read articleMoving companies and logistics companies run the same engine: trucks, crews or drivers, fuel, routes, a promise to the customer, and cash that arrives after the work. Because of that, the same trucking and logistics KPIs work for both. Therefore, nine numbers, reviewed every Monday, tell either owner where to look. So this post shows […]
Read articleA WIP schedule for boat builders is a monthly worksheet that tracks every active build: the contract price, the estimated total cost, the cost incurred so far, the percent complete, the revenue earned, and the amount billed. Comparing earned revenue to billings then shows whether each build is overbilled or underbilled. WIP stands for work […]
Read articlePreparing a business for sale means making your financials something a stranger can trust. So buyers check three years of consistent statements, whether earnings are real and repeatable, how much cash the business needs, and how much depends on you. But we advise starting at least a year before you want to sell. So this […]
Read articleWhen an HVAC company grows revenue 30 percent and the HVAC profit margin still shrinks, the cause is almost always one of four things. Pricing didn’t keep pace with costs. Growth landed in a lower-margin service line. The shop added crews faster than the schedule could use them. Or overhead grew ahead of the revenue […]
Read articleJob costing for movers means working out what each move actually cost to run, then comparing that number to what you charged. Three inputs drive it: cost per crew hour, cost per truck hour, and materials per job. Most movers price from a market rate or a competitor’s quote. So some jobs quietly lose money […]
Read articleManufacturing CFO services for a $5M to $25M plant focus on three things a standard bookkeeping setup rarely gets right. Does the plant cost products accurately enough to price with confidence? Does fixed overhead actually make it into unit cost as volume changes? And does someone manage cash tied up in inventory and receivables deliberately, […]
Read articleLabor cost percentage for a home services business commonly lands somewhere in the high teens to mid-thirties percent of revenue. That wide range isn’t a mistake. It depends on whether you’re measuring direct field labor alone or a fully loaded figure. It also depends on your specific service mix. The number matters less than knowing […]
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