Friday, 29 January 2010

new balance - quality issues

bbc video

- Why does the New Balance factory need to undertake a “relentless search to boost output & improve productivity”

- What is meant by contiunous improvement?

- “If you love your job, it goes a long way to making people good workers” according to Billy Edgar. To what extent do you agree with this view?

- Evaluate the importance of location to the success of the New Balance factory

- New Balance wants to triple the factory output from 1 million to 3 million pairs of trainers per year. Outline the main challenges New Balance will have to overcome if they are to achive this objective

Monday, 18 January 2010

Budgeting

Candidates should be able to:
•Demonstrate an understanding of the nature, and explain the purpose of, budgeting as an aid to decision-making and control; compare budgeted and actual achievements

Introduction to business planning

Introduction to budgets

Purpose and role of budgets

Incremental budgets

Zero based budgets

streamed presentation on budgeting

streamed presentation on budget control

streamed presentation on variance

budgeting quiz



Financial Times - Management

BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Latest financial, market & economic news and analysis | guardian.co.uk

FT.com - Companies

Business: Profit warnings | guardian.co.uk