Business Analysis with Microsoft Excel (3rd Edition) (Paperback)

~ Conrad Carlberg (Author)
Key Phrases: general ledger, general journal, sales journal, Accounts Receivable, Microsoft Query, Evans Electronics (more...)

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Carlberg develops each concept within the context of a realistic business case, using Excel spreadsheets as examples. -- PC World, May, 1997 --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Description

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

 

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Product Details

• Paperback: 504 pages
• Publisher: Que; 3 edition (June 29, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789736640
• ISBN-13: 978-0789736642
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #321,780 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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28 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Dissatisfaction rating, May 29, 2006

By	Mizuno (CA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Business Analysis with Microsoft Excel (2nd Edition) (Que-Consumer-Other) (Paperback)

I'm generally disappointed at what the book seems to promise and what it delivers. My take on the book is that it is not thorough enough, and topped with a number of typos and reference errors. I find that several examples and references are hard to follow. Perhaps expanding on the explanation on the examples would help. I would also recommend adding a CD for examples. I wouldn't mind paying more to be able to follow the concepts and fully understand them. Afterall, this is business analysis with "Microsoft Excel." There's just no "Excel", just text. Trying to go through this book is more like reading a cliff note version of a "real" book (again, hard to follow leading to discouragement and disappointment. If you're patient, you can find some values, no doubt, just be prepared to spend some time more than you would expect, and to reference a couple more books for validation/clarification of concepts discussed in this book.

30 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well-rounded Book for Aspiring Business Analysts, May 25, 2002

By	Robert DeLaMartre (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Business Analysis with Microsoft Excel (2nd Edition) (Que-Consumer-Other) (Paperback)

Carlberg puts together a very enlightening book with both high level and detailed information. Starting with an introduction to each topic, he then gets into progressively detailed explanations and examples. The beauty of this approach, of course, is that the reader can pursue however much he or she wants to learn about a particular subject.

For the "old hands at BA", beware, this is not an all-encompassing tome on the subject. It is, however, a very good introduction into basic and intermediate analysis of business statistics.

19 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A MBA student, October 19, 2004

By	V. Sayakanit (United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Business Analysis with Microsoft Excel (2nd Edition) (Que-Consumer-Other) (Paperback)

Surprisingly, this is an incredible book. I take my MBA at University of Delaware. To apply how to use MS Excel effectively, this is the all-in-one book that can serve me for many classes such as Financial Reporting and Analysis, Data Analysis and Management Control, Financial Management, Marketing Management, Operation Management and Management Science, etc. The book is about intermediate level not too easy or too advance.

Before you buy other books in Excel, you should check the content first.
If the content focus on the function such as how to use date function, do not buy it. The content that you looking for should like this book. For example, the book should show you how you deal with balance sheet. Then, it explaints what Excel function can do for you.