Budgeting - Chapter 14 of Bottom Line Basics - Thoughtfully developed, budgets can be essential tools for management in the prioritization and evaluation of tasks and projects.
Publisher: Robert J. Low     Author: Entrepreneurial Edge   

Budgeting as a Competitive Advantage - If your budgeting process isn’t broken, fix it anyway–it’s probably all wrong for what you need now. And, more important, it’s almost guaranteed not to meet your future needs.
Publisher: Strategic Finance Magazine     Author: Kathryn Jehle, CPA   

5 Ways to Weather a Cash Flow Drought--and Still Pay Your Bills - You have $2,500 in ready cash. That's the good news. The bad news? About $10,000 in payroll, quarterly taxes, and bank interest payments are due tomorrow.
Publisher: Businessknowhow.com     Author: Kimberly Stansell   

Activity-Based Costing at DSL Client Services - Implementing an ABC system is an involved process. This marketing consulting company analyzed its current business to decide if ABC could help trim and reorganize costs.
Publisher: Management Accounting Quarterly     Author: Barbara Gauharou   

Adjusting the Liquidity Spigot - New tools that improve balance reporting, funds concentration, cash forecasting, and short-term investing and borrowing are taking liquidity management to the next level.
Publisher: Businessfinancemag.com     Author: Richard H. Gamble   

Baby Steps Toward Better Budgets - If a sweeping overhaul of the budget sounds like too much too soon, phasing in small changes can get you where you want to go.
Publisher: Businessfinancemag.com     Author: Tad Leahy   

Benchmarking the New Economy - Performance metrics for the old economy have evolved over hundreds of years. So where does that leave CFOs who want to get a grip on the economy this year?
Publisher: CFO.com     Author: Justin Wood   

Birth of a New Budget Culture - New Web-based applications offer to streamline the budgeting process, but such a change can be painful. In addition to software upgrades, companies must overhaul the corporate culture.
Publisher: Businessfinancemag.com     Author: Tad Leahy   

Budgeting Beyond the Spreadsheet - The budgeting process is poorly supported in popular accounting suites, and spreadsheets continue to be overused. Do-it-yourself budget datamarts and best-of-breed modules are alternatives, but a new generation of budgeting applications is on the horizon.
Publisher: Businessfinancemag.com.     Author: Stewart McKie   

Budgeting in a Small Service Firm - Learn how to set up and keep sound financial records. Study how to effectively use journals and ledgers and charts to increase profits.
Publisher: U.S. Small Business Administration     Author: Constance Pinney, Charles J. Woelful