- Prepare a comprehensive forecast of your profits, cash flow, and capital requirements to anticipate financial needs and plan strategies to accomplish your annual objectives.
- Re-engineer your cost and margin structure to lower your break-even, but be careful not to cut more value than cost.
- Develop good cost records to assure appropriate pricing and manage results.
- Make sure you have current and accurate financial statements to respond quickly to changing conditions.
- Make sure you have the management reports needed to help make sound and timely business decisions.
- Use sound cash-flow management along with your profit management.
- Offer cash discounts to accelerate cash flow and provide liquidity.
Focusing on these strategies will help you define reality which, in turn, will make a significant improvement in your profits and cash flow — in good times or bad. In bad times, however, they are critical and will make the difference between making money and breaking even or losing money!
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