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Experience & research1 has shown that there are 12 Essential Disciplines that businesses must master in order
to break through to the level of sophistication that creates sustained Profitability, Competitive Strength, and
Brand Success.

Click the link to view / download this white paper: The Balanced Wheel of Expertise

The term overhead, from a managerial accounting standpoint, is the cost of doing business, other than direct
materials and labor required to make a given product or provide a given service.
Think of today’s small business owner sitting at his desk contemplating the costs related to being in business.
The non-accounting definition of the adjective overhead is described as hanging over one’s head. In this
case, the overhead items are always hanging over one’s head because they are not going away unless the
business does.

Click the link to view / download this white paper: Overhead Cost Analysis Case Study

Starting and growing a business is difficult, to say the least, and has its challenges. As the business gets started, it is likely the owner is the only employee and every activity is the owner’s responsibility. Naturally, they do everything the only way they know how. There comes a point where there are not enough hours in the day or days in the week to do everything required to be done. At this point, they have no choice but to delegate responsibilities and authorities to others while continuing to build the organization to fulfill its responsibilities to its customers and remain profitable.

Click the link to view / download this white paper: Delegation – Art or Science

This white paper will address how small companies can benefit from basic strategic planning.
Strategic planning is typically viewed as a methodology for fortune 500 corporations, but small companies

can learn how to define and achieve their goals by carefully planning the use of their money, staff, equip-
ment, and facilities. By definition, Strategic Planning is long term planning with goals 3-5 years beyond the

current date. Cogent Analytics specializes in supporting Strategic Planning for small business and has ex-
perts to meet your future planning needs.

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There are many benefits to job costing some of which include:

• Develop reports on project-based profitability
• Compare estimated bid costs to actual job costs
• Determine which types of jobs yield the most profit

After project completion, a review with the estimator and project manager will improve the estimating process. During this review, it can be determined if there was a particular element of work estimated incorrectly or was there a lack of field execution.

Click the link to view / download this white paper: Job Costing in QuickBooks

People are the prime factor in the five key elements that affect any business’ ability to achieve long-term success:

In order to make your organization succeed in the long term, you need to recognize that you need each:

• Good People,
• Good Materials,
• Good Tools & Equipment,
• A Good Process,
• Good Leadership

Click the link to view / download this white paper: 12 Golden Rules of People Management

Click the link to view / download this white paper: 10 Steps to Time Mastery