When Processes Are No Longer Optional

By Amy Kinnaird It’s Monday morning and you have everything all lined up for the week. Ah! What a good feeling. You sit down at your desk at 7:45am with your second cup of coffee…and by 9am, everything you had planned to do has changed. The phone is ringing off the hook and your email […]

April 1, 2018

The Rule of 72: Having the Assets to Support Future Sales

By Dr. Albert D. Bates, Director of Research, Profit Planning Group One of the most interesting concepts in financial analysis is what is commonly called the Rule of 72. It states that the number of years required to double the value of an investment can be estimated by dividing the number 72 by the annual […]

January 31, 2018

ITR Economic Forecast: A Positive Outlook for 2018

B-to-B will continue to be strong in 2018 and outperform B-to-C in 2019 ITR Economics CEO Brian Beaulieu will be presenting at the MHEDA Convention on Monday, May 7, 2018, at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida. His presentation, “The Winds of Change” will discuss the current business cycle status of the […]

January 31, 2018

The President’s Executive Order 13789 and its Future Effect on the Tax Code

By Roman A. Basi The tax landscape in the United States continues to show the potential of changing in the very near future. As we saw with the House Ways and Means Committee’s report last summer, followed up by the President’s tax proposal this Spring, and now the issuance of Executive Order 13789, the commitment […]

October 1, 2017

Valuing the Material Handling Business

By Roman Basi and Marcus Renwick Let me ask four tough questions: (1) Do you own a business that your family depends on? (2) Are you a partner in a business with or without a buy-sell agreement? (3) Are you in a difficult family situation? (4) Do you think you want to sell or retire […]

April 2, 2017