Municipal leaders in recent years have grappled with mounting underfunded liabilities for public employee pension plans, but there is an even more pernicious fiscal challenge just around the bend. “Other…
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Maximize CapEx Benefits with Lean Six Sigma
The weather is hot and humid right now, but business owners and financial executives know that budget season is just around the corner. An important part of the budgeting process…
The Tax Impact of Pennsylvania’s 2016-17 Budget
Pennsylvania passed a $31.5 billion budget on July 14, 2016; although not on time, the delay was nowhere near the magnitude of last year’s nearly nine-month budget impasse. The budget…
How to Save for College and Save on Taxes
The numbers don’t lie: Higher education is expensive, and the cost keeps rising. FinAid.org predicts that the price of college will increase around eight percent each year, which means that…
2 Ways to Boost Lean Results
Operational excellence. Toyota Production System. Six Sigma. All of these are different names for the same methodology: Lean process improvement. Widely adopted by companies across many industries, Lean methods have…