As a "bean counter" I have to say that these decisions fall under the purview of management, marketing, and R&D. "Bean counters" tell you numbers, they don't make the decisions. Most "bean counters" I have met can tell you that cutting costs usually results in lower quality and sales.
Sir, I agree wholeheartedly. However, matters not one iota when the PE partner tells the head corporate bean counter that they expect a payment of $XX million dollars on such and such date later in the month. Vendor payments get delayed. Projects get cancelled. Salary raises go out the window. Productive working relationships with long standing vendors get scrapped because new guy vendor will offer Net 60 terms in lieu of Net 45. Profitable long term lease contracts are sold to a finance company at a loss to pull ahead the cash flow.
