Thursday July  21 2016 The  Old San Francisco Steakhouse off San Pedro in San Antonio is no longer a restaurant. The owners realized a market exists for meetings only out side of hotels. Now the venue is only open for meetings. This solves most of the existing problem of running a restaurant. See the previous…

Thursday July  21 2016 Here is an example of what I mean about articles illustrating managerial accounting. This blogger explains why Texans love Whataburger. When Harmon Dobson began what would become the chain in Corpus Christi in the early 1950s, he wanted customers to say, what a burger when it took two hands to move…

Weekend June 24 2016 http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/a21478/open-your-eyes-hbo-documentary/   A wonderful story and a victory for TQM and managerial accounting

Monday May 2 2016 The push for a $15 minimum wage is in fact reducing the number of fast food jobs. Pizza, hamburger, and SBUX joints are all rushing to digital ordering. Just as Uber is threatening taxi cab cartels, digital ordering will result in fewer jobs at the order counter for fast food. Demanding…

Monday April 4, 2016 Elon Musk says he has 276,000 orders for his to be built by late 2017 model Tesla. Any major manufacturer would give well just about anything for those kind of numbers for a new car. Okay he has sold 100 K versions and successfully shot rockets and brought them back to…

Monday April 4, 2016 MCD reloads its chicken sandwich to take on Chik Fil A. Here is an evaluation of the winner. We had chik fil a catered in recently. I was amazed that something so simple would be so popular.  

Friday April 1, 2016 Elon Musk held a party and 100,000 folks pre ordered the next car model. One succeeds in the car business by building cars people want to buy.  A 200 mile range is claimed.

Friday April 1, 2016 Free College Tuition? Not Exactly!ByAlan Preston, MHA, Sc.D.I must confess, I never thought so many Americans would be attracted to a self-described socialist running for president. As one who has embraced our constitution and what I thought were universal American values, such as liberty, freedom, capitalism, and individuality; I have been…

Friday March 25, 2016 Kirk Tuck's Visual Science Lab is one of my favorite weblogs. In this post, How Sharp Does It Need to Be he tells an interesting story about a client who said they wanted a really top notch photo that could be blow up a large size say 40 in by 60…

Weekend Dec 6, 2015 I had a client in the auto salvage business. The key is to specialize as this you tube video demonstrates. this scrapyard in England searches the world for parts from wrecked Ferraris and such. The inventory is quoted at  7.5 million euros.  This is a great example of how managerial accounting could…