Operating Budgets: Bridging Planning and Control Solutions
Chapter 7
Operating budgets: bridging planning and control solutions Review Questions
1. A plan for using limited resources.
2. Firms budget for (1) planning, (2) coordination, and (3) control (performance evaluation and feedback).
3. Operating budgets reflect the collective expression of numerous short-term decisions that conform to the direction set by long-term plans. Financial budgets quantify the outcomes of operating budgets in summary financial statements.
4. The revenue budget. Organizations begin with the revenue budget because it is the first line on the income statement. Additionally, organizations begin with the revenue budget because revenues dictate the volume of operations which, in turn, drive many costs such as those related to materials and labor.
5. The production budget.
6. The budgets for materials, labor, and overhead.
7. Cost of goods sold = Cost of beginning finished goods inventory + cost of goods manufactured – cost of ending finished goods inventory.
8. The cash budget is important for managing a firm’s working capital. It allows companies to determine whether they will have enough money on hand to sustain projected operations.
9. (1) Inflows from operations, (2) outflows from operations, and (3) special items.
10. Because most businesses offer credit terms to their customers – as such, they receive cash a few days, weeks, or months after the sale occurs. Moreover, a firm’s credit policy affects the timing and amount of cash flows.
11. (1) Purchases of direct materials, (2) payments for labor, (3) expenditures on manufacturing overhead, and (4) outflows for marketing and administration costs.
12. Some examples include the purchase or sale of equipment, the purchase or sale of stock, and the payment of dividends.
13. A responsibility center is an organizational subunit. There are three types of responsibility centers: (1) cost
Operating budgets: bridging planning and control solutions Review Questions
1. A plan for using limited resources.
2. Firms budget for (1) planning, (2) coordination, and (3) control (performance evaluation and feedback).
3. Operating budgets reflect the collective expression of numerous short-term decisions that conform to the direction set by long-term plans. Financial budgets quantify the outcomes of operating budgets in summary financial statements.
4. The revenue budget. Organizations begin with the revenue budget because it is the first line on the income statement. Additionally, organizations begin with the revenue budget because revenues dictate the volume of operations which, in turn, drive many costs such as those related to materials and labor.
5. The production budget.
6. The budgets for materials, labor, and overhead.
7. Cost of goods sold = Cost of beginning finished goods inventory + cost of goods manufactured – cost of ending finished goods inventory.
8. The cash budget is important for managing a firm’s working capital. It allows companies to determine whether they will have enough money on hand to sustain projected operations.
9. (1) Inflows from operations, (2) outflows from operations, and (3) special items.
10. Because most businesses offer credit terms to their customers – as such, they receive cash a few days, weeks, or months after the sale occurs. Moreover, a firm’s credit policy affects the timing and amount of cash flows.
11. (1) Purchases of direct materials, (2) payments for labor, (3) expenditures on manufacturing overhead, and (4) outflows for marketing and administration costs.
12. Some examples include the purchase or sale of equipment, the purchase or sale of stock, and the payment of dividends.
13. A responsibility center is an organizational subunit. There are three types of responsibility centers: (1) cost