A System Without a Name --Dickeson

Week and rolling quarter. To the extent possible, information must be available each week by week, and in the summary context of a "rolling" quarter of the 13 most current weeks. Currency and perspective are essential.

Contribution and period expense. Contribution is sales less job-related materials and buy-outs. Period expenses are all of the expenses of the enterprise other than raw materials. Those expenses include factory labor, supervision, lease rentals, sales and administration. Profitability can only be increased by reducing period expense or increasing contribution.