Integrating Budgeting, Forecasting and Business Planning Training

Course Info

Length: 1 Week

Type: Online

Available Dates

Fees

  • Jan-13-2025

    1,790

  • Feb-10-2025

    1,790

  • Mar-10-2025

    1,790

  • Apr-14-2025

    1,790

  • May-12-2025

    1,790

  • June-09-2025

    1,790

  • July-14-2025

    1,790

  • Aug-11-2025

    1,790

  • Sep-08-2025

    1,790

  • Oct-13-2025

    1,790

  • Nov-10-2025

    1,790

  • Dec-08-2025

    1,790

Course Details

Course Outline

5 days course

 

Budgets and Strategy in Today’s International Environment

 

  • Organizational planning framework
  • The product / information / decision support cycle
  • Strategic, tactical, and operational forecasts
  • The strategic approach to business planning
  • Various strategic and tactical approaches to business planning
  • The international business environment

 

The Business Plan and Budget Development

 

  • Developing the business plan
  • Identification of key value drivers
  • Achieving objectives
  • Zero base budgeting
  • Activity based budgeting
  • Developing the Cash Budget

 

Analysing the Applicability of Historical Data Using Excel

 

  • Problems of forecasting
  • Using historical data to help predict the future
  • Forecasting
  • Development of Time Series Models
  • Using Regression Analysis as a predictor and estimator
  • Mastering the use of Exponential Smoothing as a Data Analysis tool

 

Using Activity-Based Budgeting and Cost Analysis Techniques

 

  • Cost behaviour and breakeven analysis
  • Activity based costing
  • Budgeting for Processes rather than Departments
  • Defining Key Cost Drivers
  • Defining Key Activities
  • Developing the Activity-Based Budget

 

Capital Budgeting and Project Appraisal

 

  • Identify the various types of capital projects
  • Discuss the capital project evaluation process
  • The impact time has on the value of money
  • Using WACC and ROIC as benchmarks
  • Development of the "Hurdle Rate" for capital projects
  • Evaluate capital projects by applying NPV, IRR, ARR Payback model

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