Business Arithmetic Series

Labor, Material and profit "Coordinator" (Calculator)                

             
For people starting out in business and for those people with some staff, one of the biggest hurdles is calculating the arithmetic of the business to return a profit, pay taxes and grow the business.

This Profit Coordinator (Calculator) maps out the path and does the arithmetic as you go. It covers most of the bits and pieces of business that combine to make you a profit or loss.

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This is the opening screen and it indicates that it covers Labor, Material and Profit.

The "Browse a Sample" button will give you a good feel for how the Profit Coordinator works. The "Country" selection will give you a head start on such things as vacation time, cost  headings etc.  as well as an insight into various Labor conditions in comparable Countries. Please be aware that , as the the US$ is the de-facto World currency, USA information has been included in this sample. The information will vary from State to State and within the States. It is used for example purposes only. The spelling of "Labor" is adopted for International purposes.

Having arrived at a result, you will want to move back and forth ,in the Profit Coordinator, to refresh your memory and to reconsider such things as an extra staff member, a charge out rate etc. The calculator has been designed from the  experience of working  with clients.

DESIGN

The six building blocks of The Business Arithmetic Series are set out across the top of the initial working screen. As you click on one of the blocks, the Menu and the process that it will follow is set out in the bottom half of the screen. The six building blocks are :-

These building blocks are viewed and outlined in :
What the Profit Coordinator (calculator) does

Suitable For :-

Labor Or
Labor and Materials

Labor includes : Full-Time Staff, Staff on Contract, Full-Time Casual Staff, Part- time Casual Staff and valuable machines

Zero to 15 productive staff and 5 non productive staff. More productive staff may be added if there are employees with similar costs and charge out rates.

Increased Profit and more available time is the objective.

After considering and applying such matters as : charge out rates, labor hours availability, productivity, labor and materials relativity, write down on jobs, costs related directly to staff and finally overhead costs, the calculated objective of increased profit and more available time, should be within reach. 

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 Raleigh Enterprises Pty Ltd and J.V.Hodgkinson F.C.A Chartered Accountant, 193 Old Cleveland Road, Coorparoo, Brisbane Australia 4151