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How to Calculate Your Profitability: A Case Study

CFO Simplified

As Iowa State University reminds us, “profitability is the primary goal of all business ventures.”. Business leadership is often responsible for measuring current, past, and future profitability. But what is profitability? This CFO Simplified client watched profitability slowly disappear—until they incurred a $125,000 loss.

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Inventory Management in Manufacturing

VCFO

How Attention to Inventory Can Make or Break Manufacturers A major factor in determining the success of a manufacturer is how well it manages its inventory. When manufacturers have too little inventory, they can’t fully meet customer demands and lose out on revenue as a result.

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Manufacturing in Xero Part 3

Creative CFP

Method 3 - Manual Manufacture at the time of Assembly (finished goods represented in inventory) The idea behind this approach is to buy in raw materials, track the quantity and value of those raw materials and then convert raw materials into tracked finished goods when you do an assembly in your workshop. So, let's manufacture then.

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Foot Locker, JD.com, Gap and others

CFO News Room

in premarket trading after an unexpected return to profitability and better-than-expected sales. Williams-Sonoma reported better-than-expected sales and profit for its latest quarter. Farfetch (FTCH) – Farfetch reported a wider-than-expected quarterly loss with sales that also came in below analyst forecasts. Shares gained 4.4%

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Zscaler, Marvell, DoorDash and more

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Asana – Shares of the work management platform operator plunged about 11% after the company reported a loss for the most recent quarter, though it was narrower than expected. PagerDuty – Shares of the IT company rose more than 7% after it reported a slight profit for the third quarter, beating analysts’ expectations of a loss.

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Stocks moving big midday: PTON, AMD, SNAP

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The retailer could see upside to expected profit in 2024 and 2025 as its strategic plan takes shape, according to the firm. Peloton’s net loss was also the narrowest since the fiscal fourth quarter of 2021. Brinker International — Shares of the restaurant stock recouped its earlier losses and slid 0.5%

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Navigating IFRS, Key Updates and Changes

CFO Talks

IFRS 9 Financial Instruments: Managing Expected Credit Losses IFRS 9 introduced the concept of expected credit losses (ECL), which means companies must recognise potential credit losses earlier, based on a forward-looking model. CFOs must ensure stakeholders understand this shift and its implications for financial statements.

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