Concentration Manufacturing Profit and Loss 
CFO Simplified
APRIL 15, 2022
Customer concentration had become an ever-bigger problem as borrowing increased. Pricing pressure, inventory requirements, and product development costs had greatly affected profitability. Significant Findings and Recommendations: Reduce Customer Concentration. The loss of every customer is painful. Initial contact –.
Musings on Markets
OCTOBER 6, 2023
The Value of Intangible Assets Accounting has historically done a poor job dealing with intangible assets, and as the economy has transitioned away from a manufacturing-dominated twentieth century to the technology and services focused economy of the twenty first century, that failure has become more apparent.
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Musings on Markets
AUGUST 19, 2024
Not surprisingly, the operating metrics change as companies age, with high revenue growth accompanied by big losses (from work-in-progress business models) and large reinvestment needs (to delivery future growth) in early-stage companies to large profits and free cash flows in the mature phase to stresses on growth and margins in decline.
PYMNTS
MAY 8, 2017
The Swiss Army knife’s manufacturing process is said to be so meticulous that only one in 10,000 knives is ever returned. Brands will develop one over time as Amazon hones its manufacturing capabilities and becomes a private-label competitor. Its design is so unique that it’s on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This is why.
CFO News Room
NOVEMBER 22, 2022
Michael: So, it sounds like part of the challenge was, you live in a large company environment where, as is common for a lot of them, they organized study groups of top advisors, of top producers, of those that are doing well and growing well, and driving the business profitably. In fact, we probably would have been much more profitable.
CFO Talks
SEPTEMBER 13, 2024
While based in Bologna, we’ll visit car manufacturers like Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Ducati as part of a mini-MBA program. Past tours have led to real business deals, such as when one of our members signed a distribution agreement with a Mexican car parts manufacturer. There will also be trips to Florence, Venice, and possibly Milan.
CFO News Room
FEBRUARY 6, 2022
At present, just four manufacturers control 84% of the hearing-aid market, according to the Open Markets Institute, a think tank critical of corporate concentration. The reason, analysts say, is federal and state rules that compel manufacturers to sell through medical professionals. billion, they are symbolically important.
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