Turn Operational Chaos into Cash: How TOC, Lean, and Six Sigma Work Together
Stop localized cost-cutting. Learn how to combine TOC, Lean, and Six Sigma (the TLS Model) to turn operational chaos into real profit and maximize Throughput.
How Your “Most Profitable” Product Might Be Killing Your Business
Why choosing the product with the highest contribution margin can actually lower your total profit. A guide to optimizing product mix using the Theory of Constraints.
Make or Buy? How to Avoid Fatal Decisions
Should you manufacture or outsource? Don't rely on full production costs. Learn how to analyze relevant costs, opportunity costs, and strategic risks correctly.
Special Orders: Should You Accept a Price Below Production Cost?
Should you accept a special order below full cost? A real-world manufacturing case study analyzing relevant costs, contribution margin, and strategic risks.
Costing Traps (Part 2)
Using Weighted Average Cost (WAC) for decisions can kill your profit. A real-world case study showing why separating variable costs is crucial for sales planning.
Costing Traps (Part 1)
Stop using accounting cost for business decisions. Learn how to identify Relevant Costs, ignore Sunk Costs, and avoid the "Death Spiral" in pricing and make-or-buy scenarios.
When Accounting Deceives: How Absorption Costing Distorts Profit
Why did profit go up while sales stayed flat? A detailed case study comparing Absorption Costing vs. Variable Costing. Learn how inventory build-up creates "phantom profit".
Weighted Average Cost Is a Fiction
Using Weighted Average Cost for decision-making is a dangerous trap. A real-world case study showing how mechanical accounting destroys profit and how to fix it.