Numbers Every Manufacturing Founder Must Know : The 12 Financial Metrics That Separate Profitable Plants from Struggling Ones
Overview
You built the factory. But do you know if it's making you rich?Most manufacturing founders are brilliant at making things - and completely
blind to the financial numbers that determine whether those things are
building wealth or slowly consuming it. They know their production process
better than any consultant will ever know it. But they cannot calculate
their gross profit margin without calling their accountant, have never
measured their Cash Conversion Cycle, and have no idea what their factory's
true Cost Per Unit is.This is not their fault. Engineering colleges don't teach financial
management. Shop floors don't teach EBITDA. And accounting textbooks are
written for CAs - not for the founder who gets up at 5 AM, walks the shop
floor before the shift begins, and carries the financial weight of 50 to 200
families 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 and
Vietnam, has identified the 12 financial metrics that give a manufacturing founder
approximately 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 a
database of listed companies irrelevant to your scale.THE 12 METRICS IN THIS BOOKPROFIT NUMBERS: Gross Profit Margin the foundation of everything. Net
Profit Margin what you actually keep after all costs. EBITDA the number
your banker watches, and why you should too.CASH NUMBERS: Cash Conversion Cycle why profitable businesses run out of
cash. Debtor Days - how to stop your customers using your factory as a free
bank. Inventory Turnover - the 20% annual tax that dead stock charges you.OPERATIONS NUMBERS: Overall Equipment Effectiveness - the profit sitting
uncaptured in your existing machines. Cost Per Unit - the true, fully-loaded
cost to make one item. First Pass Yield - the hidden tax of quality failures
and how to eliminate it.GROWTH NUMBERS: Revenue Per Employee - whether your business is becoming
more or less productive as it grows. Customer Concentration - if one
customer's exit can kill your business, you don't have a business. Return on
Capital Employed - the ultimate question: is your factory worth the risk?PLUS: A complete Factory Dashboard system. A 12-month implementation
roadmap. Seven real manufacturing turnaround stories. Six industry benchmark
sets. Practical calculation worksheets for all 12 metrics. A self-assessment
quiz. And a letter to every founder who has ever wondered where the money
went.WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR:This book is written specifically for Indian MSME manufacturing founders with
revenues 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 the
business through operational expertise and now needs financial clarity to
take it further.WHAT READERS HAVE EXPERIENCEDFounders who implement the 12-metric program consistently report: gross
margin improvements of 3-6 percentage points, Cash Conversion Cycle
reductions of 25-45 days, OEE improvements of 8-15 percentage points, and
combined annual profit improvements of ₹80-180 lakh on a ₹20 crore revenue
business 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 it
produces the results.Download your free Factory Dashboard template at spikex.co.in.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9798180771971
- ISBN-10: 9798180771971
- Publisher: Independently Published
- Publish Date: June 2026
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.86 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.14 pounds
- Page Count: 388
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