Finance

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Business unit 2 Mind Map on Finance, created by Charlotte Webber on 15/05/2013.
Charlotte Webber
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Finance
  1. Budgeting
    1. Budget- delegating spending power and monitoring business performance
      1. Budget holder- the person who is in change in seeing that the budget is kept to
        1. Expenditure Budgets- a sum of money given to spend in a given amount on time within a department
          1. Profit Budgets- sales revenue target for a department or whole business
            1. Delegated Budgets- giving control in spending of the budget to departments or individuals
              1. Benefits
                1. motivation to staff (targets set)
                  1. Departments are given responsibilities to spend budget on what they need
                  2. Improve Efficiency
                    1. Keeps costs down
                      1. Accountability
                        1. Forward planning by looking at possible outcomes
                        2. Disadvantages
                          1. staff can become too focused on the budget, resulting in lack of care to there tasks
                            1. Demotivate staff if targets too low or high
                              1. Problems caused if one department is given a bigger budget than another
                            2. Variances
                              1. Variance- difference between planning and actual figures achieved
                                1. Adverse Variance- when difference results in lower profits
                                  1. sales revenue below budget
                                    1. Expenditure exceeds the budget figures
                                    2. Favorable variance- when difference results in higher profit
                                      1. sales revenue higher than budget
                                        1. expenditure lower than budget
                                      2. Improving cash flow
                                        1. Causes of cash flow problems...
                                          1. Lack of planning
                                            1. Allowing too much credit
                                              1. Overtrading- producing or purchasing too much stock
                                                1. Overborrowing- high interest payments
                                                  1. High inflation- prices increase
                                                    1. seasonal factors- change of sales during the year (icecream)
                                                    2. Problems Caused...
                                                      1. Staff can't be paid
                                                        1. Bills can't be paid
                                                          1. can't invest
                                                            1. Can't buy materials
                                                              1. BANKRUPSY
                                                              2. Solving cash flow...
                                                                1. Inflows:
                                                                  1. Sales
                                                                    1. Reduce trade credit
                                                                      1. Sell fixed assets
                                                                        1. Get loads or overdrafts
                                                                          1. Marketing
                                                                          2. Outflows:
                                                                            1. Better stock management
                                                                              1. Reduce costs
                                                                                1. Redundancies
                                                                                2. Change suppliers or negotiate deals
                                                                                  1. Budgeting
                                                                              2. Profit Margin= Gross Profit/ Sales x 100
                                                                                1. Net Profit Margin= Net profit/ Sales X 100
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