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Fast Close: How companies can speed up their annual financial statements
A fast annual closing creates transparency, improves corporate management, and provides banks, shareholders, and management with reliable decision-making foundations at an early stage. The key to a fast close lies in clearly defined processes, month-end and quarter-end closings that mirror the annual process, and close coordination with tax advisors and auditors. Learn how professionally organized accounting turns the annual closing from a yearly struggle into a routine process.
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Process optimization through digitalization: A lever for profitability
Digitalization and AI offer mid-sized family businesses significant efficiency potential across the entire value chain—yet these are often not being utilized consistently. Especially in uncertain times, investments are under pressure, even though they are proven to strengthen profitability, growth, and resilience. This article shows how companies can achieve sustainable efficiency gains through a clear strategy, end-to-end thinking, and an active role played by the owner family.
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What is your company really worth? Business valuation for SMEs
How much your company is really worth depends on far more than just revenue or EBIT. Find out which valuation methods make sense for medium-sized businesses, why company value and selling price are not the same thing, and why an early valuation in the succession process creates important room for maneuver.
Fast Close: How companies can speed up their annual financial statements
A fast annual closing creates transparency, improves corporate management, and provides banks, shareholders, and management with reliable decision-making foundations at an early stage. The key to a fast close lies in clearly defined processes, month-end and quarter-end closings that mirror the annual process, and close coordination with tax advisors and auditors. Learn how professionally organized accounting turns the annual closing from a yearly struggle into a routine process.
Corporate management: Data- and fact-based
Successful family businesses rely on clarity and transparency in corporate management – yet the increasing dynamics of markets, costs, and technologies are pushing existing information foundations to their limits. To make reliable, data- and fact-based decisions, information gaps must be systematically identified and external influences must be given greater consideration. This article shows how the targeted use of artificial intelligence helps to better understand developments and align management more soundly.
Digitalization in Africa and business opportunities for SMEs: Our guest article in "AfrikaContact" magazine
Digitalization in Africa is opening up new opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises to grow, internationalize, and build global networks. This article explores why digital transformation in many African markets can serve as a springboard for new business models, professional development, and modern value chains. Discover the potential available to German SMEs and why now is the perfect time to explore the opportunities the African continent has to offer.
Compensation meets AI: How to make job grading more efficient and consistent
AI can provide targeted support to compensation teams in job grading by analyzing job profiles in a structured manner and preparing classification proposals in a transparent way. This allows companies to gain speed and consistency, while professional review, calibration, and final decision-making remain with humans.
Girls' Day 2025: A day as a boss
Under the motto "I'm going to be a boss," 30 girls gained practical insights into the world of corporate management during Girls' Day at THE MAK'ED TEAM, where they actively experienced responsibility, teamwork, and leadership. Through role-playing games and discussions with management, the opportunities and challenges of entrepreneurship became clear. This article shows how such formats spark enthusiasm and strengthen entrepreneurial ambitions.