Sue Hirst: Founder, CAD Partners

Gosford, New South Wales
http://www.cadpartners.biz

Sue Hirst is the founder of CAD partners, which is a team of Financial Controllers who have helped thousands of business owners to maximise Profit, Cashflow and Business Value. CAD partners have achieved this by providing plain English education about the value of Financial Control within small business.

The value of thinking strategically about Financial Control is often overlooked, hence the high incidence of small business failure. There is a big payoff in terms of business success when Financial Control is treated as importantly as other aspects of business management, rather than just being used for taxation return purposes.

A solid understanding of pricing, costing, working capital and overheads is a must for business success. Sue provides understanding by simple, plain English explanation of the basic financial workings in business.

Sue's memorable quote
"True success is not about 'sailing through unscathed' but how you overcome set-backs and hurdles."

Articles by Sue

• Working Smarter

  Business systems: How they save your sanity!

  A challenge for any solo business owner is how to get others to help run the business, so that it doesn’t completely take over your life. You can look over everybody’s shoulder all of the time or you can invest in business systems to free yourself.

  • Published 28 April 08
  • Sue Hirst
  • 7 Comments

• Working Smarter

  Benefits of a good work-in-progress system

  A successfully managed work-in-progress system for your solo business can help you improve profitability, cashflow and customer satisifaction.

  • Published 24 March 08
  • Sue Hirst
  • 2 Comments

• Working Smarter

  Taking stock of your stock management

  Stock needs to be available for sale when your customer is ready to buy. But because it sucks up cash to have it waiting to be sold, it is good stock management to keep stock on the shelf for the shortest possible time.

  • Published 21 January 08
  • Sue Hirst
  • 4 Comments

• Working Smarter

  Five ways to make the most of your Accounts Payable

  Accounts Payable may seem like a dull subject but when handled properly it can provide many opportunities to improve your cashflow and profit. This article discusses how to use your Accounts Payable to your advantage.

  • Published 05 December 07
  • Sue Hirst
  • 7 Comments

• Working Smarter

  Recovering money: How to speed up payment from customers

  In my last article I discussed ways to improve business invoicing and steps to avoid bad debts. In this article I'll discuss recovering money and ways to speed up payment after the invoice has been sent out to your customer.

  • Published 05 November 07
  • Sue Hirst
  • 8 Comments

• Working Smarter

  Business invoicing: Steps to avoid bad debts

  How well you handle business invoicing can make or break your business. There are a number of different methods, so let’s look at some of the key factors in running a successful accounts receivable process in a typical small business.

  • Published 03 October 07
  • Sue Hirst
  • 8 Comments

• Working Smarter

  How profitable businesses can go bust

  How can a business making plenty of sales possibly go bust, you may wonder? The answer is cash. Your cash can be in a surprising number of places other than where it belongs - in your account.

  • Published 31 August 07
  • Sue Hirst
  • 12 Comments