{ "item_title" : "Numbers Every Manufacturing Founder Must Know", "item_author" : [" Psrk Prasad "], "item_description" : "You built the factory. But do you know if it's making you rich?Most manufacturing founders are brilliant at making things - and completelyblind to the financial numbers that determine whether those things arebuilding wealth or slowly consuming it. They know their production processbetter than any consultant will ever know it. But they cannot calculatetheir gross profit margin without calling their accountant, have nevermeasured their Cash Conversion Cycle, and have no idea what their factory'strue Cost Per Unit is.This is not their fault. Engineering colleges don't teach financialmanagement. Shop floors don't teach EBITDA. And accounting textbooks arewritten for CAs - not for the founder who gets up at 5 AM, walks the shopfloor before the shift begins, and carries the financial weight of 50 to 200families on every decision he makes.This book is the translation that was missing.P S R K Prasad - with 28+ years in manufacturing operations across India andVietnam, has identified the 12 financial metrics that give a manufacturing founderapproximately 90% of the financial intelligence needed to run a profitable,cash-healthy, growing business. Every formula is explained in plain language.Every benchmark is drawn from direct manufacturing experience - not from adatabase of listed companies irrelevant to your scale.THE 12 METRICS IN THIS BOOKPROFIT NUMBERS: Gross Profit Margin the foundation of everything. NetProfit Margin what you actually keep after all costs. EBITDA the numberyour banker watches, and why you should too.CASH NUMBERS: Cash Conversion Cycle why profitable businesses run out ofcash. Debtor Days - how to stop your customers using your factory as a freebank. Inventory Turnover - the 20% annual tax that dead stock charges you.OPERATIONS NUMBERS: Overall Equipment Effectiveness - the profit sittinguncaptured in your existing machines. Cost Per Unit - the true, fully-loadedcost to make one item. First Pass Yield - the hidden tax of quality failuresand how to eliminate it.GROWTH NUMBERS: Revenue Per Employee - whether your business is becomingmore or less productive as it grows. Customer Concentration - if onecustomer's exit can kill your business, you don't have a business. Return onCapital Employed - the ultimate question: is your factory worth the risk?PLUS: A complete Factory Dashboard system. A 12-month implementationroadmap. Seven real manufacturing turnaround stories. Six industry benchmarksets. Practical calculation worksheets for all 12 metrics. A self-assessmentquiz. And a letter to every founder who has ever wondered where the moneywent.WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR:This book is written specifically for Indian MSME manufacturing founders withrevenues between ₹5 crore and ₹100 crore ceramics, auto components,packaging, textiles, food processing, plastic molding, steel fabrication,garments, and every other manufacturing segment where the founder built thebusiness through operational expertise and now needs financial clarity totake it further.WHAT READERS HAVE EXPERIENCEDFounders who implement the 12-metric program consistently report: grossmargin improvements of 3-6 percentage points, Cash Conversion Cyclereductions of 25-45 days, OEE improvements of 8-15 percentage points, andcombined annual profit improvements of ₹80-180 lakh on a ₹20 crore revenuebusiness without new capital, new products, or new markets.THE FACTORY THAT KNOWS ITS NUMBERS ALWAYS WINSNot always immediately. Not always dramatically. But always, eventually,consistently - the numbers point toward what needs to be done, and doing itproduces the results.Download your free Factory Dashboard template at spikex.co.in.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers4.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/9/79/818/077/9798180771971_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "14.99", "online_price" : "14.99", "our_price" : "14.99", "club_price" : "14.99", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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