Business Analysis with Microsoft Excel (eBook)

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Bookstore shelves are overflowing with books on Microsoft Excel, however there are few books specifically written for business users offering professional techniques to analyze revenues and profits, fixed assets, growth, investments and other financial interests. Over the past eleven years however, Business Analysis with Microsoft Excel has been one of those rare books and has proven to be a steady seller. Furthermore, the book is a topic book, not a version specific book, so periodic, new releases of Microsoft Excel have less impact on its sales than books that focus just on the latest version. But the new version of Excel brings several new enhancements that need to be covered. Business Analysis with Microsoft Excel, Third Edition adopts a broader perspective on business analysis than does its competition. While it discusses, for example, some optimization problems in manufacturing contexts, it also covers problems that are of greater interest to Sales and Marketing, and in the boardroom, such as investment decisions and contribution analysis. In contrast, competitive books appear to reflect the authors' interests more than those of the readers. The topics to be covered include, among others: Analyzing financial statements: income statements, balance sheets and cash flows. Forecasting, particularly sales. Covered are both regression and smoothing approaches. Quality management Business cases and pro formulas. Marketing and product support.

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Whether you own a small business or work for a large corporation-whether you are looking for help making financial and business decisions-this book is for you. Business Analysis with Microsoft(R) Excel, Third Edition, provides in-depth information that will streamline your use of the tools within Excel. Professional advice and guidance from an experienced author provide the answers to your most pressing questions: * What's the relationship between my cost of goods sold and my inventory? * How do I get Excel to keep these values up-to-date on my income statement and my balance sheet? * I have to track service quality over time. How can I automate that using Excel charts? * How can I forecast future demand for my products, based on prior sales results? * What's the difference between financial leverage and operating leverage? How do I calculate them using my financial records? * I need to project my financials for next year. Does Excel have a tool for that? What do I need to know to use it effectively? * How do I do all these things using the new Ribbon in Excel 2007? * What are the best ways to automate a connection between Excel and an external database? Category Spreadsheets Covers Applicable for versions of Microsoft Excel 97 to 2007 User Level Intermediate-Advanced More great stuff... is just a click away! * Sample journals and ledgers; examples of trial balances, income statements, and balance sheets * Custom functions, such as FIFO and LIFO, for inventory management * VBA routines that automate the creation of forecasts, quality control charts, and sales and marketing analysis * Statistical process control charts: P charts, X-and-S charts, X-and-MR charts * Forecasting tools: Seasonal smoothing and ARIMA model identification quote from the front cover "e;Conrad takes the time to give the readers an easy-to-follow step-by-step understanding of the material, accompanied by clear illustrations, making this an excellent book to learn the material. I recommend this book to anyone wanting to gain more expertise in using and manipulating business data from within Excel."e; -Bob Umlas, Excel MVP