THE BOTTOM LINE

摘要

Just in case you were nodding off during ac- counting 101, here's a quick review: Profit = Revenue-Expenses. It's laid out in black and white (and hopefully not red) on your company's monthly financial state-ment. If sales are up, everything's hunky-dory. If sales are down, it's time to cut costs. That's the extent to which some companies go to manage their profits. Rick Lijana, division vice president global manufacturing at Ondeo Nalco, tells a different story.