Here, at last, is a complete, easy-to-follow guide for nonfinancial managers who need practical, hands-on help preparing budgets and solving budgeting problems. Budgeting Basics and Beyond: A Complete Step-by-Step Guide for Nonfinancial Managers makes it easy for managers with little or no budgeting experience to prepare and analyze budget information - and build the knowledge and skills needed to handle increasingly complex budgeting issues. Step-by-step, the guide discusses what budgets are, how they work, how to prepare and present them, and how to monitor actual results against budget figures. It shows you how to employ financial modeling techniques in the budgeting process; get the most out of the most current software, including Lotus 1-2-3 and specialized plans such as Simplan; use budgeting as an effective tool to reduce departmental expenses through planning and control; project sales, costs, and cash flow with easy-to-use forecasting techniques; evaluate the difference between actual and budgeted revenue and costs to improve efficiency; identify problem budget areas and take corrective action; select the best long-term alternative investment proposal using capital budgeting techniques; and much more. Best of all, Budgeting Basics and Beyond comes with a work-saving disk that features a number of Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet templates. It also outlines budgeting approaches by area of manager responsibility, including marketing, production, engineering, personnel, purchasing, and others, and includes illuminating "what if" analyses throughout. Packed with case studies, illustrations, exhibits, checklists, examples, tables, and graphs, Budgeting Basics and Beyond is a truly valuableresource guaranteed to make the budgeting process effective and hassle-free for all nonfinancial managers who use it.
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This book was not only helpful with creating our companies budget, but it went into complete detail of every day functions our company should be performing. It outlined who should be responsible for what aspects of not only the budget but for daily, weekly, and monthly reports. The book was complete with diagrams and easy to follow samples. It was an easy read besides. The book has become part of our reference library.
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Appear to be some math errors in this book,
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I find this book to be well organized and easy to read. There is a great deal of useful material that does not go over anyone's head.I think there are some math errors - I looked mostly in the CAPITAL BUDGETING chapter. On page 328, the present value of 3.3073 should be 3.0373 with disasterous results. On page 348, the formulae for Standard Deviation appear to be totally wrong. Frankly I am amazed by these errors and they put most of the of math the book into serious question. I didn't continue into this chapter after this as I no longer trust the math - so beware and check for yourself. This is unfortunate - except for some simple yet devastating errors, I like the book a great deal. Just too bad.
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sales mix variance, sales quantity variance, standard fixed overhead rate, material mix variance, sales volume variance, material yield variance, standard variable overhead rate, factory overhead budget, sales price variance, standard variable cost, budgeted fixed overhead, contribution margin analysis, material quantity variance, labor efficiency variance, material price variance, direct material budget, overhead volume variance, direct labor budget, unit material cost, mixed costs, overhead efficiency variance, contribution format, variable overhead costs, budgeted income statement, sales variances Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Simulation in Business Planning and Decision Making (Scs Simulation Series, Vol 9, No 1) by Thomas H. Naylor on page 273
- Financial Management (Decision Maker's Series) by Enabling Technologies in Front Matter
- Management Accounting (No. 2) by J. Innes on page 322
- Financial Management by Joel G. Siegel in Front Matter
- The Ultimate Small Business Guide: A Resource For Startups And Growing Businesses (Ultimate Business Library) by Editors Of Perseus Publishing on page 434
- Graphic Designer's Guide to Pricing, Estimating & Budgeting Revised Edition by Theo Stephan Williams on page 190
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