Books by Douglas T. Hicks, CPA

President, D. T. Hicks & Co.

• I May Be Wrong, But I Doubt It: How Accounting Information Undermines Profitability (Lulu Publishing, 2008)
  • Customer reviews of the book
• Activity-Based Costing: Making it Work for Small and Mid-Sized Businesses, (New York, John Wiley & Sons, 1999)
  • Customer reviews of the book
• Activity-Based Costing for Small and Mid-Sized Businesses: An Implementation Guide, (New York, John Wiley & Sons, 1992)

Sample Executive Letters

• Summer 2019 – Activities of the CMCQ
• Winter 2017 – Management Lessons from MLB’s 2017 Post-Season
• Mid-Winter 2015 - Measuring & Managing Customer Profitability
• Winter 2013 - 21^st Century FP&A
• Autumn 2012 - Gatekeepers
• Mid-Summer 2011 - The Blindfolded Race
• Spring 2010 - Profit as a % of Sales
• Winter 2016 - Making Management Accounting Work in the 21^st Century
• Spring 2018 - The Conceptual Framework of Managerial Costing

Recent Presentations

• Management Accounting's Most Dangerous Myths
• Do Cost Engineers Really Want to Measure Costs Accurately?

White Papers

• Shortcomings of Direct Labor-Based Costing
• Customer & Product Profitability at Banks
• Cost Information & Pricing Decisions
• Cost Information & Lean Enterprise
• Good Decisions Require Good Models

Case Studies

• Small Forging Company
• Two Product Line Company

Other

• Twelve Characteristics of a Company Whose Costing Methods Put it "At Risk"
• Managerial Costing For Automotive Cost Estimators, Buyers, and Cost Engineers

Articles on Other Sites

• Doug Hicks' quarterly articles in BONEZONE - The quarterly periodical of the Medical Device Manufacturing Industry
• From CPA Insider: 21st Century Financial Planning & Analysis
• From Journal of Accountancy: Yes, ABC Is for Small Business, Too