Manufacturing & Distribution

Maximizing Profit and Opportunity Begins with Assembling the Right Team of Experienced Advisors to Help Drive Your Goals.

Reaching growth and profit objectives in the manufacturing sector requires constant adaptation to conditions outside the factory floor, assembly line or fabricating shop. Competition, economic conditions, fluctuating costs, regulations and productivity are but a few of the strategic considerations a business must make. Those issues are compounded if you market your goods internationally.

To maximize profitability, the organization needs reliable information to base critical decisions on. After working with all types of manufacturing clients for more than 60 years, DS&B has developed key financial strategies that have made our client’s businesses stronger. More than just a CPA firm, our advisory group has specific expertise working within the manufacturing sector. Our full range of services can assist with traditional audits, tax planning, identifying operational efficiencies, reducing costs and maximizing profits.

Through our membership with BKR International, a world-wide network of independent professional accounting firms, DS&B is able to assist our clients build and expand in the global marketplace. Whether your revenues range from $3 million to $300 million, a partnership with our manufacturing advisory team can help you with:

Specialized manufacturing and distribution industry services, including:

• R&D studies for new and/or enhanced product lines
• Geographic expansion
• Increase profit and margins
• Improve operating efficiencies
• Control costs and outside risk
• State & local tax consulting manufacturer’s credit
• Cost accounting for reporting and/or pricing purposes
• Disaster prevention and recovery
• IT selection projects for administration and plant operations
• Cost segregation for manufacturing facilities
• Tax minimization strategies, including estate and financial planning
• Management of manufacturing systems applications software
• Employment tax credits related to plant, distribution and administrative employees

Traditional core services:

• Audit, review & compilations
• Tax planning, compliance & consulting
• Mergers & acquisition
• Capital acquisition – financing to secure new plant, equipment and materials
• Strategic business and succession planning