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CHRIS ELLIS · 12-18-2009, 01:02 PM

remember it is easier to move cogs % earlier when the numbers are smaller, i think the trick is to start well at the begining and stay there. When I was a KM my managers and I would work a hrly position on Monday lunch. A slow day , we would stay in touch with the processes and because of the VERY low hrly labor % we always started off the month or week well below budget, and because of this we were able to slip up at times later and still be where we needed to be to budget. I ran the lowest labor in the company of 30 stores for 8 straight months.

As a cost controller I tried to spend money on the backside of revenue. Rather than spend on the front side and end up hoping for the sales needed to stay within budget.

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CHRIS ELLIS Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 8 User Status: Offline	cost control and budget again remember it is easier to move cogs % earlier when the numbers are smaller, i think the trick is to start well at the begining and stay there. When I was a KM my managers and I would work a hrly position on Monday lunch. A slow day , we would stay in touch with the processes and because of the VERY low hrly labor % we always started off the month or week well below budget, and because of this we were able to slip up at times later and still be where we needed to be to budget. I ran the lowest labor in the company of 30 stores for 8 straight months. As a cost controller I tried to spend money on the backside of revenue. Rather than spend on the front side and end up hoping for the sales needed to stay within budget.