"Manufacturing Monitor"

Manufacturers and distributors have to make their dollars work harder and go further. Competition, evolving technology, and changing regulations present additional challenges. Our trained, experienced professionals can address your concerns and issues to help tailor a working plan to meet your specific needs. We help many businesses develop appropriate strategies to carry out their goals and provide focused advice for their continued success.

• Balanced scorecard programs
• Best practices benchmarking
• Industry benchmarking

• Improvement priorities analysis
• Business and strategic plan alignment
• Product and customer profitability analysis

• Lean manufacturing
• Shop floor layout
• Set-up and changeover reduction

• Administrative processes Improvement
• Value Stream mapping
• Outsourcing projects

• Cycle counting
• Shop floor scheduling and integration
• Supplier improvement
• KANBAN

• Standard cost development
• Activity-based
  • Costing
  • Management
  • Quoting
• Variable and fixed cost analysis
• Flexible budgeting

• Strategic planning
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Business valuations
• Executive compensation planning

• Succession planning
• Profit improvement
• Lean manufacturing and accounting

• Financial review and benchmarking analysis
• Internal control assessments
• Budgets and forecasts
• Bookkeeping and controller services

• Controllership by the hour
• Cost segregation studies (fixed asset capitalization)
• Audit and assurance services

• Transfer pricing issues
• Inventory valuation
  • LIFO vs FIFO
  • Unicap planning
  • Proactive tax planning
• Analysis of entity/corporate tax structures
• R&D tax credit studies
• International tax issues
• Nexus/multi-state tax planning
• State tax issues
  • Tax credits
  • Empowerment zones
  • Manufacturing zones
  • Targeted communities
  • Incubator programs
• Sales tax assessment and planning
• Tax audit support
• Tax compliance services