Bringing the Discipline of Direct Cost Management to G&A Costs

A report on midsize companies prepared by CFO Research Services in collaboration with Expense Reduction Analysts.

Contents

1. Finance teams at midsize companies return to fundamentals
2. Cost reduction will play an important role in maintaining profitability
3. Companies aspire to use cost savings to strengthen the balance sheet and maintain headcount
4. Companies direct more resources to managing direct costs than they apply to managing G&A costs
5. Finance executives anticipate organizational and operational benefits to emerge from cost reductions
6. Finance executives seek to guide employees to greater thrift
7. Sponsor’s perspective

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