Engineering Business Publications

This series of engineering business continuing education courses cover the details of creating, implementating, and maintaining an Engineering Financial Plan. The continuing education courses are specifically prepared for engineering companies and meet State Licensure Boards continuing education requirements for online pdh courses.

Depending on your Professional Development Hours (PDH) needs, the complete continuing education course can be studied by purchasing each module separately or in its entirety. The total continuing education course is worth 7 PDH. In either case you will be able to download pdf files containing the study guide and presentation. After studying the files you can return to the website to take the quiz as many times as needed. Once passing the quiz with a score of 80% or higher, a Certificate of Completion will be immediately available to you to download and print. A copy of the Certificate will always be available to you at the site.

Part 1 introduces the reader to the financial component of the Business Model and the Financial Plan. This continuing education course also gives the reader strategies to improving profitability and reducing expenses. Yes, you can do both without drastically reducing staff, salaries, or benefits.

• 10 Keys to Increased Profitability
• 10 Keys to Decreased Expenses

Using the strategies in Part 1 will immediately improve your company's bottom line and your cash flow.

2 PDH for $49.00

Part 2 introduces the reader to fundamental financial reports; Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Statement, and Cash Flow Statement. Each report gives the reviewer various information about the financial health of the company, yet all three reports are related. The continuing education course also discusses the Budget Sheet, and how to use the sheet to guide the business through difficult economic conditions. Samples of all 4 financial reports are included.

Once completing Part 2 the reader will have the skills to properly interpert these reports, and to take the proper management action.

3 PDH for $73.50

Although not intended to make you a finacial wizard, Part 3 does attempt to address the common financial terms and indicators that every successful engineering manager should at least have a basic understanding.

The Financial Terms discussed are commonly used within financial reports. Although many terms may sound similar, they usually have completely different meanings. Case in point, terms like write-off and write-down.

This continuing education course also discusses the many different types of the common Financial Indicators that are found on the financial statements. These indicators are separated into 4 categories:

• Profitability Metrics
• Liquidity Metrics and Working Capital
• Cash Ratios
• Financing Ratios

Understanding the financial terms and indicators found in Part 3 will immediately improve your company's ability to adjust to continuously evolving economic conditions.

2 PDH for $49.00

This is the entire continuing education course (Parts 1, 2, and 3) in one package.

Ordering the entire course will save you money.

After passing the short quiz after each of the three continuing education courses you will be issued a course certificate. The three certificates together are worth 7 PDH.

$171.50

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Confirmation Notes

Once in the Testing Center and registered on the site, you will be able to sign-up for each continuing education course. The payment for each course is made through PayPal. Once you have completed your payment, PayPal will email you a confirmation message, and you will immediately be able to enter the course testing page were the course files, tests, and certificates are available. You will not be able to view the certificates until you have passed the tests (quiz) with a score of 80% or higher.

Testing

You will be able to take all of your continuing education course tests at our Testing Center. The Testing Center will require you to register as a student so that you can return to the Testing Center as often as you need to retake the course tests or to sign-in for new courses. The Testing Center also stores all of course Certificates for licensing proposes. Once you have registered onto the site, you will be able to immediately download and review the course material. Once you have completed payement for the course, you can take the test. Upon passing the test with a score of 80% or higher the course Certificate of Completion will be availabe for you to download.

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Description:

Author:

Joe Alvin Haun, PE, MSE

Learning Objective:

Once completing the continuing education courses, the reader will have the following skills:

• 20 new strategies to reducing expenses and increasing profitability
• Fundamental understanding of Balance Sheets, Profit and Loss Statements, and Cash Flow Statements
• Working with Budget Sheets to adjust future company expenses
• Understanding the basic financial terms and indicators used on financial statements

Having trouble understand the difference between a quick ratio and a current ratio? What is the difference between a write off and a write down? What's a Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Statement, or a Cash Flow Statement? Although you don't need to be an expert in financial analysis, being able to understand financial terms and reports are imperative to any engineering manager. These continuing education courses will give you the necessary tools and strategies to not only understanding these reports but also to finding potential profit centers that may have previously gone unnoticed. These continuing education courses cover basic information that is specifically tailored for engineering firms.