Whether you own a small business or work for a large corporation–whether you are looking for help making financial and business decisions–this book is for you.  Business Analysis with Microsoft® Excel, Third Edition, provides in-depth information that will streamline your use of the tools within Excel. Professional advice and guidance from an experienced author provide the answers to your most pressing questions:        •    What’s the relationship between my cost of goods sold and my inventory?      •    How do I get Excel to keep these values up-to-date on my income statement and my balance sheet?      •    I have to track service quality over time. How can I automate that using Excel charts?      •    How can I forecast future demand for my products, based on prior sales results?      •    What’s the difference between financial leverage and operating leverage? How do I calculate them using my financial records?      •    I need to project my financials for next year. Does Excel have a tool for that? What do I need to know to use it effectively?      •    How do I do all these things using the new Ribbon in Excel 2007?      •    What are the best ways to automate a connection between Excel and an external database?   Category  Spreadsheets Covers    Applicable for versions of Microsoft Excel 97 to 2007 User Level    Intermediate–Advanced   More great stuff… is just a click away!      •    Sample journals and ledgers; examples of trial balances, income statements, and balance sheets      •    Custom functions, such as FIFO and LIFO, for inventory management      •    VBA routines that automate the creation of forecasts, quality control charts, and sales and marketing analysis      •    Statistical process control charts: P charts, X-and-S charts, X-and-MR charts      •    Forecasting tools: Seasonal smoothing and ARIMA model identification   quote from the front cover “Conrad takes the time to give the readers an easy-to-follow step-by-step understanding of the material, accompanied by clear illustrations, making this an excellent book to learn the material. I recommend this book to anyone wanting to gain more expertise in using and manipulating business data from within Excel.” –Bob Umlas, Excel MVP