Smaller manufacturing companies often operate as S corporations. In many cases, one of the shareholders (or perhaps the only shareholder) also runs the business...
Planning Tools That Can Help Manufacturers Weather Uncertainty
May 12, 2025Manufacturers are facing uncertainty on a variety of fronts. Rapidly shifting tariff policies, supply chain disruptions, fluctuating demand and rising raw mater...
Manufacturers: Focus on Key Performance Indicators
Apr 21, 2025When evaluating the performance of your manufacturing operations, there’s virtually no limit to the number of metrics you can use. Metrics are quantifiabl...
Reshoring: What Manufacturers Need to Know
Apr 17, 2025Tariff plans continue to draw significant attention. While the specifics continue to shift, one of the aims remains the same — to bring manufacturing back to ...
3 Issues for Manufacturers Under the New Administration
Mar 11, 2025The Trump administration is proposing and implementing a wide range of new policies at a rapid pace. Many could have significant repercussions for U.S. manufact...
Manufacturers: Cut Costs by Avoiding Sales Tax Overpayments
Feb 21, 2025Controlling costs is always at the forefront of manufacturers’ minds, but the current environment makes it particularly critical. With new tariffs going i...
Five Ways to Improve Inventory Management
Feb 06, 2025Efficient inventory management can substantially improve your firm’s performance by helping to maintain high customer service levels and reduce variable c...
Work-In-Process: What It Means for Your Manufacturing Company’s Finances and Performance
Jan 10, 2025Work in process (WIP) is a common term in manufacturing, often tossed around loosely. WIP is sometimes used interchangeably with “work in progress.”...
The IRS Issues Final Regs for the Advanced Manufacturing Production Credit
Dec 03, 2024The IRS has published final regulations for the Section 45X advanced manufacturing production credit. The final regs update several significant areas from the p...
Refresher on First-Year Section 179 Depreciation Deductions
Nov 20, 2024Internal Revenue Code Section 179 potentially allows significant first-year depreciation deductions when your business places qualifying assets into service. Yo...