Do you want to send newsletters but don’t want to use a third-party subscription service? If so, you’re in luck! Mail Merge is a feature available in Microsoft Office that allows you to create and send mass e-mails without relying on a third party. This article will show you how…

Inventory-heavy businesses constantly look at ways to optimize their inventory balances. If a company purchases too much stock, it ties up too much cash into inventory and ends up experiencing high storage costs. …

Businesses use financial metrics to measure their performance over time. One such metric is Days Working Capital (DWC) which shows us the number of days the company takes to convert working capital into sales revenue. Many investors use DWC as a liquidity indicator to track working capital management efficiency. In…

If you’re like most people, you probably use Microsoft Excel regularly. But what do you know about this powerful software? This article looks at 10 interesting facts and quirks about Microsoft Excel that you may not have known. So, grab a cup of coffee, and let’s get started! Fact #1 Before it…

The Residual Income Model is a popular option for valuing businesses. The model assumes that the value of a company equals the present value of all future residual incomes, discounted at the cost of equity. This model uses the principle of residual income, which is an estimation of the free…

Do you want to learn how to use Excel like a pro? In this article, I will show you 15 great tips and tricks to help you get started. Are you new to Excel? Whether you just started or have been using it for a while, you will learn 15…

Introduced in Excel 2010, slicers and timelines are two of the best features in Excel pivots. They can quickly filter data in your pivot table, making it easier to find the information you need. …

Standard Cost Accounting (or Standard Costing) is a form of cost accounting that uses predetermined costs for materials, labor, and overhead to estimate the costs of goods or services. Standard costing is typically used in manufacturing to determine the cost of products based on standard rates for materials, labor, and…

In this article, I will show you how to create professional-looking charts in Excel that would help your data stand out and convey a more straightforward message. We have a summary of historical performance over the past seven years — revenue, EBIDTA, and EBITDA margin.