Break-even Analysis Advantages And Disadvantages Flashcards
1st advantage of break-even analysis
Easy to work out
2nd advantage to break-even analysis
It’s quick. This means that if businesses decide they want to increase their margin of safety,they can take immediate action to increase sales or reduce costs to do that
3rd advantage to break-even analysis
It allows businesses to predict how changes in sales may affect costs ,revenue and profits,and how changes in price and costs will affect sales
4th advantage of break -even
Businesses can use break-even analysis to help persuade the bank to give them a loan
5th advantage of break-even analysis
It can stop businesses from releasing products that might be difficult to sell in large quantities
1st disadvantage of break-even analysis
Is assumes that the firm can sell any quantity of the product at the current price
2nd disadvantage of break-even analysis
Assumes that all products are sold without any waste
3rd disadvantage of break-even analysis
If the data is wrong,then the results of the analysis will be wrong
4th disadvantage of break-even analysis
It can be complicated if it involves more than one product
5th disadvantage of break-even analysis
It only shows how much a business needs to sell,and not how much it will sell