Books by Douglas T. Hicks, CPA, CMC

President, D. T. Hicks & Co.

• I May Be Wrong, But I Doubt It: How Accounting Information Undermines Profitability (Lulu Publishing, 2008)
  • Customer reviews of the book
• Activity-Based Costing: Making it Work for Small and Mid-Sized Businesses, (New York, John Wiley & Sons, 1999)
  • Customer reviews of the book
• Activity-Based Costing for Small and Mid-Sized Businesses: An Implementation Guide, (New York, John Wiley & Sons, 1992)

Sample Executive Letters

• December 2011 – Costing Methods With a Name
• Mid-Summer 2011 – The Blindfolded Race
• Early Summer 2011 – Quotes and Estimates
• Spring 2011 – Total Cost of Ownership and Other Topics
• Winter 2011 – The Decline of US Manufacturing
• Autumn 2010 – Costing and the Auto Industry
• Summer 2010 – Costing Pioneers
• Spring 2010 - Profit as a % of Sales
• Winter 2010 - Manufacturing Engineer

Recent Presentations

• Cost Information for a 21st Century Organization
• Does Your Company's Accounting Information Undermine Profitability
• Strategic Costing

White Papers

• Shortcomings of Direct Labor-Based Costing
• Customer & Product Profitability at Banks
• Cost Information & Pricing Decisions
• Cost Information & Lean Enterprise
• Good Decisions Require Good Models

Case Studies

• Small Forging Company
• Two Product Line Company

Other

• Twelve Characteristics of a Company Whose Costing Methods Put it “At Risk”
• What is a Certified Management Consultant (CMC)?

Articles on Other Sites

• From Journal of Accountancy: Yes, ABC Is for Small Business, Too
• From Manufacturing Engineering: Keeping Score: Rethink your accounting approach to properly measure the benefits of "build-to-order" and mass customization