Reuters: Small Business News: Management Tip of the Day: Streamline your company

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Management Tip of the Day: Streamline your company May 21st 2012, 13:05 BOSTON | Mon May 21, 2012 9:05am EDT BOSTON (Reuters) - Businesses, as they grow, tend to become more complex but there are ways to bust through the labyrinth and keep closer tabs on the bottom line, says Harvard Business Review. The Management Tip of the Day offers quick, practical management tips and ideas from Harvard Business Review and HBR.org (www.hbr.org). Any opinions expressed are not endorsed by Reuters. "As a business becomes more complex, it gets difficult to trace costs. If you aren't sure where your company is making money â€" or losing it â€" follow these two steps to simplify: 1. Analyze profitability by offering or market. There are often large profit disparities among lines of business, brands, products, and customers. Knowing exactly where you're making money and how is the first step to making more of it. 2. Make sure each brand and stock-keeping unit (SKU) is pulling its weight. Most complex companies have many brands or SKUs that contribute little to the bottom line. By targeting profitable ones and cutting the rest loose, you can free up significant capacity with negligible loss in revenue and volume." - Today's management tip was adapted from "Guide to Finance Basics for Managers." (For the full post, see: here) Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints

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