The COVID-19 pandemic is driving significant and unpredictable “price spikes”. Let’s look at what business leaders should be thinking about in this environment.
Is Your Business Model Standing the Test of COVID-19?
Your Business Model is not something you change lightly. Only fundamental shifts in your market, vision or business priorities will justify modifying how you make money. That said, a vibrant and resilient organisation is ultra-sensitive to change and responds quickly.
From Survival to Resilience: Shifting the Focus
Survival has been on the minds of many leaders recently. But businesses are shifting their focus to resilience. What does it take to build businesses that can survive AND thrive in the longer term? Past methods may not work as well in the ‘new’ environment. Then again, what will really change? In this article, we’ll look at some attributes of resilient businesses.
Using Data to Drive Decision-making to Build Business
Business owners often complain they lack information to make decisions, in spite of many solutions which claim to provide intelligent, customised reporting. Identifying business problems that need solutions and then the data sets which support decision-making is a better approach and we accountants can add value in this process. Read how.
The Power of Price
Understanding how a customer or prospect VALUES your service is critical to getting pricing correct. This article details an approach to understanding value and various other important factors to grow the profitability of your business.
Breaking Old Habits to Drive Costs Down
Old habits may be keeping your business from maximizing profitability. Breaking these habits will strengthen the business. OBT’s accountants are well-placed to help you change since we deal with the relevant numbers, can perform the analysis and can make actionable recommendations. Don’t get stuck with old bad habits, especially where there are opportunities to quickly improve the bottom line.
Depreciation explained
Depreciation affects your bottom line, your tax bill, and the value of your business. Those are three good reasons to learn what depreciation is and how it works. Here are the basics.
Business planning in 2019
Three Financial Mistakes Made by Many Businesses Many of our clients tell us that they got into business to make more money, achieve a better lifestyle or simply because they felt they could do a better job than their old boss. Although many do possess business… Read More >>
6 Advantages of Cost Accounting
How To Know What It Costs To Create One Widget Estimating the accurate cost of products is critical for profitable operations. A business must know which products are profitable and which ones are not, and this can be ascertained only when it has estimated the… Read More >>
How A Cost Accounting System Improved Efficiency
OBT Quick Cost Accounting Case Study Client Ann Marie owns a manufacturing business which makes a high-end product. She varies her design from time to time so there are many versions of her primary design. Challenge Ann Marie did not have a cost accounting system… Read More >>