The immediate cause of the United Statesâ entry into World War I in April 1917 was the German announcement of unrestricted submarine warfare and the subsequent sinking of ships with U.S. citizens on board. But President Woodrow Wilsonâs war aims went beyond the defense of U.S. maritime interests.
Key metrics in the evaluation of management are financial performance numbers. These include sales, profits and costs. For the business owner or manager, a good metric to keep an eye on is year-over-year sales. This shows how your sales performance this year compares to the performance last year.
While gross sales is a useful metric for keeping track of how popular a small businessâs product is for inventory purposes, it is a relatively poor measure of business performance since it does not consider expenses or profitability. 1  1. Establish the time period you wish to measure.