Two Thirds of an Iceberg is Hidden Under Water!Sadly, your accounting system is probably not making valuable information very obvious.You have to do accounts for tax and compliance purposes.You think this is just an expense you have to live with.But, properly diagnosed, these accounts can tell you much, much, more...
What is Business Risk and why should you monitor with our Business DashBoards?Your Car's Dashboard shows Progress and Warns of Looming ProblemsSmart Business Leaders use Business DashBoards to do the same thing12Faces is committed to helping you achieve Sustainable Business Success.Sustainable means on-going so you need monitoring tools to check your business's health.DashBoard is our tool to...
Your Car's Dashboard Shows Progress and Warns of Looming ProblemsSmart Business Leaders use Business Analytics for the same reason12Faces is committed to helping you achieve Sustainable Business Success.Sustainable means on-going so you need monitoring tools to check your business's health.We have a range of such tools you can choose from to be...
Very often we would benefit from some visual method of alerting us to the fact that some process is becoming critical and needs our attention. One such visual aid is a “fever chart”.
Gross Margin Analysis opens the door to understanding the complex interactions between Revenue, COGS (Cost of Goods Sold or Operating Expenses) and Gross Profit. It can be hard to understand why (e.g.) Revenue is going up but Gross Profit is going down! Gross Margin also lets you measure the operating...
Critical Business Financials Explained provides a commentary on Tips that appear in the 12Faces TrendBoard family of analysis tools
How fast can you grow your business? This depends on how well you convert your sales into cash-in-hand. Is this conversion slow? You will need cash from other sources to fund your growth in sales volume and pay expenditures. Some expenditures will be for goods and services, others for capital items. The Cash Conversion Cycle...
A healthy cashflow is a major contributor to your business’s ability to survive and grow. Do you want to harness the power of your cashflow to grow your business? Are you struggling to pay bills when they fall due? Speeding up cashflow can help with both these goals. Cashflow Acceleration discusses how you can...
Gross Margin Analysis: Lets you diagnose problems caused by changes in Income and/or Variable Costs. Income and Variable Costs can move in different directions, or in the same direction, at different speeds. This can make it hard to work out what is causing an upturn or downturn in your business. The analysis tips here...
Overhead Margin relates to Overhead Costs, which are the costs in your business that do not change directly with a change in your Revenue and/or a change in your Cost of Goods Sold (COGS). They include such things as: Rent, insurance. Interest. Salaries of permanent staff. Administration costs in general; telephone, office costs. Some elements of the...
