1. REVENUE, COSTS AND PROFITS
1.1. Revenue
1.2. Costs
1.3. The Rate of Return
2. BALANCE SHEET RATIOS
2.1. Debt and Equity
2.2. Liquidity
3. SHORT TERM CAPITAL EMPLOYMENT
3.1. Accounts Receivable
3.2. Inventory
4.0 SOURCES OF FINANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
1: Furniture manufacturers' shipments and costs by selected cost item, 2003
2: Selected cost items as a share of total shipments for household and office furniture manufacturers, 2003.
3: Furniture manufacturers' costs as a share of total shipments by industry segment by selected cost item, 2003
4: Production workers, production hours and dollar value added in the US furniture industry by segment, 2003.
5: Rates of return by the manufacturing sector and the furniture and fixtures industry compared to other rates of return, 2004
6: Before tax profit as a percentage of shareholders' equity for the manufacturing sector and the furniture and fixtures industry, 1994 to 2004.
7: Before tax profit as a percentage of shareholders' equity for the furniture and fixtures industry by size of firm, 2004.
8: The equity ratio -- equity as a percent share of total liabilities and equity -- for total manufacturing and the furniture and fixtures industry, 1995 to 2004.
9: Equity expressed as percentage share of total fixed assets for total manufacturing and the furniture and fixtures industry, 1995 to 2004.
10: The equity ratio -- equity as a percentage share of total liabilities and equity -- for the furniture and fixtures industry by size of firm, 2004.
11: The current ratio -- the ratio of current assets to current liabilities - for total manufacturing and the furniture and fixtures industry, 1995 to 2004.
12: The current ratio -- the ratio of current assets to current liabilities - for the furniture and fixtures industry by size of firm, 2004.
13: The quick ratio -- the ratio of current assets excluding inventories to current liabilities -- for total manufacturing and the furniture and fixtures industry, 1995 to 2004.
14: Accounts receivable turnover in days for total manufacturing and the furniture and fixtures industry, 1995 to 2004.
15: Inventory to sales ratios for total manufacturing and the furniture and fixtures industry, 1995 to 2004.
16: Inventory supply in days for total manufacturing and for the furniture and fixtures industry by segment, 2003.
17: Sources of financing in the furniture and fixtures industry by size of firm expressed as a percentage of total liabilities, 2004.
