Growing a business:
How is your business performing?
Do you know how well your business is performing?
In order to be able to answer this question, you need points of comparison. For example:
- What were your expectations for the business and how well has your business succeeded in fulfilling them?
- How do your financial results compare with those of previous years or your budget?
- How does your business performance compare with that of your competitors?
- How profitable are different activities within your business compared with each other? This comparison can be made at various levels, for example between group companies, operating divisions, product types or individual sale lines.
You should consider the following techniques:
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