Assignment Grading Criteria Budget Management Analysis Week Five 1. Write a 1‚200- to 1‚500-word paper‚ which includes a cost variance‚ in which you complete the following: Determine specific strategies to manage budgets within forecasts. Zero based (analyzes every expense within an organization and justifies the need and cost of each)‚ activity based (is the gathering of the operating cost data‚ which is assigned to specifc activies such as engineering) performance based (performance dashboard
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flexible budget? A flexible budget projects budget data for various levels of activity. The flexible budget is a series of static budgets at different levels of activity. The flexible budget recognizes that the budgetary process is more useful if it is adaptable to changed operation conditions. Flexible budgets can be prepared for each of the types of budgets include in the master budget‚ so depending on your particular business you will have different budgets in your flexible budget. • What
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units at an average sales price of $39.75. The total dollar amount of the flexible budget sales variance is a favorable variance of $. Smith Wholesale’s budgeted sales price is $40 per unit for a budgeted sales volume of 5‚000 units. The actual performance was 5‚500 units at an average sales price of $39.75. The dollar amount of sales variance to the difference in actual and budgeted volume is a favorable variance of $. McCarver Roofing’s budgeted manufacturing costs for 22‚000 squares of shingles
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Retail Marketing‚ budget variance vs. actual for Jun 2011. Sure‚ Let me get my notes out that I had submitted to your group. I emailed you a copy as well with your comments for this review. Did you receive it? Yes‚ I did Ok‚ there were 3 main categories where the variance between actual and budget were the highest. Those categories are Compensation‚ Marketing‚ IT‚ and then we put everything else from your department into other. Correct. I have my notes here when we put the budget together last
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sales projections 7 flexible budget 7-8 Favorable and Unfavorable Variance Analysis 8 master budget 9-12 management by EXCEPTION 13-15 References 16 Introduction For a business to grow and survive in today ’s dynamic environment where profit margins are squeezed and businesses are forced to operate with lower costs‚ budgeting and forecasting are important financial disciplines for business success. The challenge not only lies in drafting the budget‚ but also in operating within the
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Tri-Cities Community Bank – A Balanced Scorecard Case By Tom Albright‚ Stan Davis‚ and Aleecia Hibbets Case A. Balanced Scorecard Development Tri-Cities Community Bank (TCCB) is located in the Midwest US and has a total of 10 branches grouped into two divisions‚ the southern division (SD) and the northern division (ND). Each division consists of five branches; each branch employs a branch president‚ branch vice-president/chief loan officer‚ customer service representatives‚ loan
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BUDGET MANAGEMENT ANALYSIS To have a basis in illustrating the analysis of variance or difference between budgeted and actual figures‚ the budget of a sampled (unknown) company was utilized (http://www.smallbusinessnotes.com/business-finances/budgeting-systems.html). | | | | | | | | |
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Question: Budget acts as planning and monitoring tools. Critically evaluate. A budget is a financial plan for the future concerning the revenues and costs of a business. However‚ a budget is about much more than just financial numbers. Without a budget‚ the business owner is literally shooting in the dark when it comes to trying to plan expenditures for the business and match them to sales revenue. Budget is not only a plan of action for a business; it is also a tool for monitoring performance
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Master Budget Master Budget Definition The master budget is the aggregation of all lower-level budgets produced by a company’s various functional areas‚ and also includes budgeted financial statements‚ a cash forecast‚ and a financing plan. The master budget is typically presented in either a monthly or quarterly format‚ and usually covers a company’s entire fiscal year. An explanatory text may be included with the master budget‚ which explains the company’s strategic direction‚ how the master
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1. There are many criticisms about budget‚ but using budget can increase sales‚ decentralize and empower to lower level. According to the reading articles‚ budgetary can replace the fixed performance target with openness and transparency. And also management can give employees more freedom to manage. For example‚ Musimundo did not have budget before 2004. After 2004‚ it had established budget system. The budget was separated in two ways which were bottom-up and top-down. Employees who are at the
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