Certificate of Achievement

Sam Moreton

has completed the following course:

Budget Forecasting, Costing, and Variances

Kaplan

The second course of four in A Practical Guide to Budgeting ExpertTrack delved deeper into budgeting. This included calculating different types of costs and forecasting using a variety of methods and calculations. It finished with variance analysis, covering materials, labour and sales.

3 weeks, 3 hours per week

Katie

CIMA Curriculum Manager and tutor

Kaplan

Transcript

Learning outcomes

  • Calculate fixed and variable costs
  • Identify the differences between fixed, flexible and flexed budgets
  • Calculate forecasts using a variety of methods
  • Calculate variances using appropriate methods
  • Identify the difference between adverse and favourable variances

Syllabus

  • Why organisations need to plan
  • Fixed, flexed and flexible budgets
  • Calculate forecasts using a variety of methods
  • The limitations of forecasting methods
  • Indexes
  • Expected values

Issued on 19th April 2023

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Budget Forecasting, Costing, and Variances

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