Articles & Whitepapers
The Navigator and The Accountant
PCS Consulting alliance partner Doug Hicks makes the case for better understanding and implementation of costing systems by examining the roll and impact of managerial accountants.
ABC Software Evaluation Methodology
Proven methodology to evaluate and select ABC (Activity Based Costing) software to best meet your business requirements, leveraging software intelligence and expertise.
Activity Based Costing for Decision Support
Mark Stevens and Doug Hicks explore the advantages using ABC (Activity Based Costing) over traditional costing for decision support.
Activity Based Planning & Budgeting
Consumption based capacity relationships form the Activity Based Planning & Budgeting foundation for operational focus missing from most planning and budgeting systems used today.
Newsletters
One Eighty 180
PCS Consulting presents the One Eighty 180 Newsletter, published by PCS Alliance Partner John Miller. Written for those in the Performance and Cost Management community.
Business Perfomance Management (BPM) Newsletter
BPM enables a business to define, measure and manage its performance against strategic goals. The core financial and operational processes of BPM include planning, consolidation and reporting, analysis and the deployment of linked key performance indicators (KPI's) throughout an organization.
BI This Week
Business Intelligence is a key component of today’s Profitability and Cost Management systems. Published by The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI), BI This Week offers industry news and analysis focused on business intelligence tools, technology, and trends.
Doug Hicks Executive Letters
PCS Consulting Alliance partner Doug Hicks authors a quarterly executive newsletter. His provocative and down to earth style is informative, thought provoking and entertaining.
Additional Newsletters
Books
Demon Customers & Angel Customers
One of the oldest myths in business is that every customer is a valuable customer. This book shows how businesses can thrive by learning which customers are creating the most profit-and which are losing them money. Larry Selden and Geoff Colvin show how to manage the business not as a collection of products and services but as a customer portfolio.
The Closed Loop - Implementing Activity Based Planning & Budgeting
Organization and management ideas and practices have advanced considerably for many years. But the art of management is in its infancy. Developing our knowledge, skills, and attitudes begins in books like this one. The foundations of general management are explored here. How? By focusing on planning and budgeting fundamentals. Charles T. Horngren, Stanford University
Implementing ABM In Daily Operations
John Miller, PCS Consulting partner, is the author of this clearly written, example-rich book showing managers, accountants and finance officers how to implement activity based management into daily practices.
Activity Based Costing For Small Companies
Doug Hicks' down-to-earth approach to costing comes through in this easy to read jam packed book of expert guidance for implementing Activity Based Costing in small and mid-size manufacturing companies.
Additional Books
$2 Billion Unit of $30 Billion International Manufacturer Implements Product and Customer Profitability System, Leveraging ABC Methods and Technology.
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