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Budgeting|
RJET Task 2|
C.Smith-Barber4/16/2013|
A1. Budget Concerns
A fiscal document used to plan future revenue and expenditures is a called a budget (Murray, n.d.). The overall process of whether or not the company can continue to run with the projected revenue and expenditures is called budgeting (Murray, n.d.). It is valuable because it helps an organization consume the inadequate financials and human capital for which is best to achieve current business opportunities. A company is also capable of formulating both long-term and short-term strategies for help in implementation and constant assessment of its performance.
Competition Bikes (CB) has made a master budget for Year 9 after being on a roller coaster for
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Unfortunately, the operating income was unfavorable by -$38,478 because the costs were greater than the revenue and the unfavorable variance of the contribution margin.
A2a. Corrective Actions
Competition Bikes experienced some disapproving variances within Year 9 by exceeding or falling below the amount of what was budgeted. Transportation Out had an actual output of $108,297; the contract states that it charges $30/unit which can only mean two things: they were over charged in the amount of $31.64/unit or they produced about 3610 units but only sold 3423. Therefore, it is extremely important that the company abide by the budgeted amount of units and make sure that the contracted amount for each unit is being accounted. For advertising expenses, it went over by $3049 of what was forecasted. It is highly possible that CB underestimated its need for advertising considering the company is trying to comeback from an economic downfall; however, 2% of the gross margin was dedicated for this expense but much more was spent. There is sometimes a possibility that fluctuation will occur among variable costs, but it is important that management remain consistent and not deviate from the forecast or keep in mind the previous year’s budget. With the fixed expenses, administrative salaries and other general and admin expenses were unfavorable. The expenses that should either be
The company started off producing 20,000 units of mountain bikes. We did not change the production quantity. Last year our forecast sales were 24,000 when we only sold 19,866; therefore we thought it would be best to leave production at 20,000 bikes. Having excess inventory, we concluded that 20,000 units should be enough considering our quality has not changed and our advertising will not increase the sales dramatically. Although we had the choice to produce as much as 30,000 units, we felt as though we did not have sufficient money to increase production. We were interested in allocating the money towards marketing as opposed to production. We realized that without awareness, no matter how many units we make, sales would be inefficient.
The budget process is a powerful planning tool for government to make important resource decisions. According the Carney and Schoenfeld‘s article on How to read a Budget, an operating budget is a reflection of government’s financial plans. When a budget is
Competition Bikes, Incorporated (Inc.) makes bicycles for professional and other highly accomplished riders who compete in bike races, biathlons, and triathlons. Approximately sixty percent of all race winners have been victorious using bicycles designed by Competitions Bikes, Inc. This extraordinary success rate is a topic of conversation among racers and has led to exponential success for founder Larry Ferguson who formed the company in 2001 in his garage. Competition Bikes is known for quality products and is leader in the market with the CarbonLite
A1. Budget Concerns Competition Bikes budget has several areas of concern that need to be address. 1. Units expected to be sold for year nine is 3510. Competition Bikes is predicting that they will sell 3510 Bikes but they only sold 3400 Bikes in year eight down 15% from year seven 4000 units sold. Competitions Bikes has budget to high because the current economic down turn is showing no signs of relief for the next three years. Many of Competition Bikes customers are sponsored riders and many sponsors have pulled their funding to their rides. Competition Bikes has not presents a plan that would support their projections. Competition Bikes should lower there should lower the expected units sold so not to over order raw materials that will
Since the Competition Bike Company projected overly optimistic sales, there are several areas in the budget that will be affected. The areas affected are Sales Commission, Transportation Out, Advertising, Research and Development, Raw Materials, and Labor.
JET2 TASK 2 10 Lastly the CB budget as a whole is somewhat of a concern because it has so many miscellaneous expenses that are not detailed and referred to as "Other" be it Asset or Liability and Also because it is a Annual Budget considering CB is a company whose product is a seasonal one ( competitive bicycle racing is a Spring and Summer sport) CB should use a quarterly budget or have a quarterly budget broke down as part of their annual budget. Not to mention that within the storyline a monthly budget is referenced being used for the purchasing department in order to purchase raw materials. The overall
This research paper is a brief discussion of budget management analysis. Budgeting is the key to financial management, and is the key to translates an organization goals or plan into money. Budgeting is a rough estimate of how much a company will need to get their work done, and provides the basis for evaluating performance, a source of motivation, coordinating business activities, a tool for management communication and instructions to employees. Without a budget an organization would be like a driver, driving blinded without instructions or any sense of direction, that’s how important a budget is to every organization and individual likewise (Clark, 2005).
Variable Costs. Overall the company had favorable variances in variable costs, excluding the efficiency variance. As expected, since Competition Bikes sold less than predicted, their related costs: direct materials, direct labor, manufacturing overhead and variable expenses were less than budgeted amounts showing a favorable variance. The labor and overhead revenue and spending variances however, showed unfavorable due to actual output despite the changes to the flexible budget. With the prediction of decreases costs based on sales, these costs should have also decreased. There is no further information on why these rates were high, Competition Bikes will need to look into those expenses.
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