Create detailed buildups for meaningful line items, such as revenue (price x volume by source), cost of goods sold (cost x volume), personnel (by each employee) and marketing (by channel).
In September, the EPA put forth a new Mandatory Emissions Reporting Rule that will require all facilities that directly emit or supply products or fuels that discharge more than 25, 000 metric tons of carbon dioxide a year to report those emissions by volume and source annually, effective January 2010.
He says securing intellectual property (IP) ownership has become increasingly challenging because of the volume of open-source knowledge and the huge number of existing patents.