Your Questions, Answered

  • I offer General Business Consultations on various business topics in areas with which I’ve worked. I also offer Consultations specific to a client wanting to learn more about a specific service. I also offer services for Business Process Documentation, Travel to a client’s Commercial facility to complete certain aspects of that Documentation process, some Reporting Design, and Downloadable templates for Personal Vacation (PTO) and Sick Time Tracking. Everything is tailored to help you move forward with clarity and confidence.

  • Every product or service is offered at a flat rate pricing, which you see on the site. The only addition a client may see upon checkout is for any Sales Tax or applicable platform fees.

  • No, but I have an undergraduate degree in Accounting and a Master's in Business Administration (MBA). I have almost 18.5 years of real world experience in a Food Manufacturing company and Life Sciences company. I've held multiple roles that give me a wide range of knowledge of a business from Transportation, Shipping, Receiving, Quality Assurance, Inventory Management, Cost Accounting, Operations Accounting, Financial Accounting, and System Implementations &/or Upgrades. I've been a people manager and an individual contributor. I've hired team members and trained team members. I've also been around for multiple business life cycle ebbs and flows. I've witnessed how a business manages surplus inventory in an overly saturated market, as well as how the business handles shortages due to varying restraints and the effects on the end customer.

    You can also visit my LinkedIn profile, Latoya D. Allen’s LinkedIn Page, for additional information regarding my experience.

  • I've earned a couple of graduate degrees, spent time in trainings, and gained almost 18.5 years of real world experience to offer a solution to a business problem in less than an hour.

  • Most services offered by Latoya D. Allen Consulting, LLC are for a virtual service, meaning all meetings and communication are conducted virtually to keep the rate reasonable. If an onsite visit is needed there is a premium for the travel and time spent at that location. The time spent onsite will be to shadow team members for the project of documenting their step-by-step work instruction and process flows that aren't completed via a system that can't be handled via a video conference call. My time onsite will be fully dedicated to understanding your business and being available in person for any assistance needed. This time can also be used to have a meeting to discuss any additional questions regarding the project.

  • The contracts for Documenting the Business Process and Onsite Travel are separate due to timing. Latoya D. Allen Consulting, LLC can shadow many business processes during that onsite visit. But to formally document those processes is a separate service contract. My service contracts are setup to be completed within 5 business days.

  • The plan is to have my schedule aligned so that I'm not working on more than 2 major projects at a time. The Business Consultations and the project consultations will be held at the beginning of the week, so that the latter part of the week can be dedicated to completing the special projects. My goal is to ensure that I'm offering a quality product or resolution to each customer.

  • SAP - PR3, SAP - S4 Hana, QuickBooks Online, Fishbowl, Bill.com, DocuSign, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Teams, PowerBi, Microsoft Analysis for Excel

    You can also visit my LinkedIn profile, Latoya D. Allen’s LinkedIn Page, for additional information regarding my experience.

  • Shipping, Receiving, Production, Quality Assurance, Inventory Management, Cycle Counts, Balance Sheet Reconciliations, Journal Entries, Accrual Entries, Customer/Vendor/Supplier Account Reconciliations, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payables, Purchase Orders, Process Orders, Budgeting, Profit & Loss by SKU or Statement Review, Variance Reporting, Line Hours, Man Hours, Variable Overheads, Fixed Overheads, Capacity, Product Costing, Material Ledger or Fully Absorbed Costing, Standard Costing, Internal Audits: Finished Good Inventory, WIP Inventory, Direct/Indirect Materials, Fixed Assets, Payroll, & Scale

  • Business Problem: An Inventory cycle count process was needed. Upon review of the Inventory System, there was no way to scan the product directly into the system and log the last count date.

    Resolve: Since the IT resources were not available to build custom programming into the Inventory System to be able to solve the issue, I had to think outside the box for a resolve. I designed a custom report and submitted it to the Inventory System's IT group to build. Then, used that report to export the Current System Inventory List. The Inventory Count Team scanned product found during the count into a blank spreadsheet. That data was then compared to the exported system Inventory list to verify product counted was the product selected for the count, a register to floor assessment was performed, and a floor to register assessment was also performed. Lastly the results were compiled into a workbook to submit to the Leadership team noting what specific serial numbers, quantities,and product discrepancies were found during the count.

  • Business Problem: Needed a way to understand the company's financial standing (owed to vendor or due to us) with a vendor or product supplier. Vendor/Product Supplier data exists between 3 Integrated systems. No reporting existed to analyze all of this data.

    Resolve: Created a custom Workbook report that pulled in open purchase orders from the Inventory System, Prepaid Balances from the Financial System, and the open payable invoices due from the Billing system to compile a net balance by vendor.

  • Consultations are non-refundable. Consultations can be booked up to 30 days in advance, but no less than 48-hour prior to an appointment time. Each consultation can only be rescheduled, ahead of the 48-hr window prior to the scheduled consultation, therefore, only book when you are sure you can make the consultation appointment.

    With the Service Contracts, there is a non-refundable deposit for each upon fully executing the respective contracts. The cancellation terms are specific to each contract. That detail can be found within the contract upon booking.

    Note: If Latoya D. Allen Consulting, LLC cancels the appointment due to unforeseen circumstances, the client will be fully refunded.

  • The 48-hr advance Consultation booking window is meant to give Latoya D. Allen Consulting, LLC time to review the Consultation request and prepare for the upcoming Consultation appointment. Therefore, the client should ensure that the request is thoroughly detailed so that Latoya D. Allen Consulting LLC can adequately prepare and make the most of the Consultation session.

  • This is to ensure Latoya D. Allen Consulting, LLC can meet the travel request. If a flight has to be booked, this booking window will help to keep travel costs at a reasonable rate.

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