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Target costing template
Target costing templateIn tough times, calculating your prices by adding a profit margin to cost can result in your products becoming uncompetitive. However, you might be able to beat your competition by using target costing to help set prices. What ... Read more
Structure for a business plan
Structure for a business planConfusing a financial budget with a business plan will lead your organisation into the trap of repeating past performance. What are the key features of a good business plan?Strategies and objectivesA good business plan dr... Read more
Overhead allocation calculator
Overhead allocation calculatorIf your company charges by the hour or day, you need to include an element for overhead costs when you calculate the billable rates. What's the best way to allocate the overheads across your billable staff?three methodsTh... Read more
Questioning a sales forecast
Questioning a sales forecastThe sales forecast is perhaps the most important set of numbers to come out of the budgetary process. The sales figure is the driver for all direct expenses and some indirect ones. It's used to predict the cash flow forecas... Read more
Scenario planning template
Scenario planning templatePredicting the future is never easy, and that's particularly the case when developing business plans. Budgets can become outdated or even an impediment to financial decision-making. How can you rise above this problem?Key var... Read more
Capacity planning
Capacity planning Staff capacity is comprised of the number of people, their roles, skills, experience, motivation and potential. Capacity may be made up from permanent full and part-timers through to temporary staff. However, how can you demonstrate... Read more
Business plan budget workbook
Business plan budget workbookFinancial planning for a new business is critical but it's often overlooked because the owners/directors can be overly engaged with trying to drive sales. So your involvement in building up a budget for the business plan ca... Read more
Imputed cost calculator
Imputed cost calculatorAs the company's accountant, how do you make sure that decisions made by the board have taken all costs into account, even where these may not be obvious to them?Hidden costsCosts may not be incurred directly but are still borne... Read more
Funds flow reconciliation
Funds flow reconciliationA rolling monthly cash flow forecast should be based on a profit and loss forecast. However, certain movements in the profit and loss forecast are non-cash items for the month concerned, for example, changes in provisions, de... Read more
Strategic goal setting
Strategic goal settingStrategic business planning involves more than simply preparing a budget or one-year plan. You will need a set of business goals, say, covering the next three years to form part of the budgeting process. Your managing director (... Read more
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