Now, let’s focus on money going out, or total expenses. This step can often be more complicated because of how many different expenses we can have on a daily basis! To break it down into simpler bits, ...

The high-low method is used in cost accounting to estimate fixed and variable costs based on a business's highest and lowest levels of activity. By focusing on these extremes, the high-low method ...

A major part of budgeting is projecting fixed expenses versus variable expenses. The fixed ones are often much simpler to plan for because they will change less frequently and often the merchant ...

So many of a business’ costs fluctuate based on operations. For example, the more products you make, the more you’ll spend on materials to make them. However, there are several important costs that ...

Being able to survive and thrive as a business owner has as much to do with managing costs as it does with generating revenue. Like the chief financial officer of any company, you have to be concerned ...

As you work to create a budget, it’s important to understand how fixed and variable expenses will impact your bottom line. David McMillin writes about credit cards, mortgages, banking, taxes and ...

The amount of money many companies spend is in many ways directly proportionate to how much they produce. That is, there are a lot of variable costs that come with running a company. These costs are ...

I frequently hear talk about comparative shop labor rates and outsourcing. A lot of it makes sense, and it certainly is important to constantly check that the services you deliver are competitive with ...

Over the years, I’ve seen leaders wrestle with the hidden impact of complexity on their businesses. They suspect it’s there, slowing everything down and piling on costs, but figuring out where it’s ...