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What is sales revenue

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The value of total sales made by a business within a period

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What are costs

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The expenses incurred by a firm in producing and selling its products, such as wages and raw materials

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What is profit

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It is made when sales revenue exceeds total costs

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Why is profit important (3)

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  • it provides a measure of success
  • it is a source of capital
  • it attracts further funds from investors enticed by a high return on their investment (shares and dividends)
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Formula for sales revenue

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Quality sold X selling price

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How can a firm increase its revenue? What does it depend on

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It depends on price elasticity

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If price goes up and demand does not change much, what is this called

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Price inelastic

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If the price goes down and demand increases, what is this known as

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Price elastic

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Why is cost information a very important element in managing a business (2)

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  • Can the price customers are willing to pay cover the costs of production?
  • How do actual costs compare to budgeted costs? Is the business working costs efficiently?
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What are fixed costs

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Costs that do not change directly with the level of output. They exist even if the business does not produce any goods

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What are variable costs

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Costs that can vary directly with the level of output. The more a business produces, the higher the cost would be

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Total costs formula

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Fixed costs +total variable costs

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Profit formula

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Total revenue - total costs

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Gross Profit formula

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Sales - cost of sales

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Net profit formula

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Gross profit - expenses

Gross profit= sales - cost of sales

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Profit for the year formula

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Net profit - all other costs such as tax etc

Net profit = gross profit - expenses

Gross profit= sales - cost of sales

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Profit margin formula

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Profit
——- X 100
Sales revenue

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Price elasticity of demand formula

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% change in demand
_______________________

% change in price

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How to increase profit

-variable costs? (2)

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Reduce variable costs per unit

  • bargain with suppliers for cheaper deals
  • improve productive efficiency to increase productivity and lower wastage
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How to increase profit

-fixed costs?

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Increase output

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Factors that affect the level of demand (5)

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  • price and incomes
  • tastes and fashions
  • competitor actions
  • seasonal changes
  • changing technology
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What is turnover

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Revenue

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What are the 2 ways of increasing revenues

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-increase quantity sold e.g. by cutting the price offering a volume related incentive (2 for 1)

-achieve a higher selling price
•best to add value rather than simply increase price

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Why are tracking costs important (3)

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  • it drains away profit
  • main cause of cash flow problems
  • changes as output or activity of business changes
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What is profit (4)
- a measure of business success - a motivating factor and incentive - a return on investment - reward for taking risks
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What is profitability
A relative measure- comparing profits to another variable e.g. sales revenue
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If there is a high added value, what does this suggest
A high added value and a strong brand
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How can gross profit margin be managed (3)
- increase added value- by having the advantage of economies of scale - go to different (maybe cheaper) suppliers, except without affecting quality - increase sales through: increased price, promotion, we want the good to price inelastic so we don’t lose a lot of customers
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How to improve operating profit margin (net profit)
- increase selling price | - decrease costs (both direct and overheads)
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How can overheads be reduced (6)
- moving business to a cheaper country - lose staff, make redundant or cut their hours - machines to place workers - change suppliers - reduce wastage of electricity etc - outsourcing- get other people to do advertising etc
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How may a business have a low net profit margin
Their added value may be very low
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Internal influences on financial objectives (3)
- ambitions of the leader - finance - operations
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External influences on financial objectives
- competitive environment - economic environment - government
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Ethical environmental influences on financial objectives (4)
- interest in the environment - bargaining with suppliers - taxation - public imagine
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Contribution formula
Selling price - variable cost per unit
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What does all the contribution from all items sold pay towards the for the business
Fixed costs
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Once enough products have been sold to make enough money to pay the fixed costs, the contribution from each item is
Profit
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Total contribution formula (2)
Total revenue - total variable costs Contribution per u it X number of units sold
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If the total contribution EXCEEDS the fixed costs, the business is making a ...
Profit
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When will a firm break even
When total revenue = total costs
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If the FIXED costs exceed the total contribution, the business is making a ...
Loss
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Factors affecting break even output (3)
- changes in selling price - changes to variable costs - changes to fixed costs
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``` Strengths of break even analysis (4) -what does it focus on -what does it help -what does MOS calculation show -what does it illustrate ```
- focuses on what output is required before a business reaches profitability - helps management and finance providers better understand the viability and risk of a business or business idea - margin of safety calculation shows how much sales forecast can improve over-optimistic before losses are incurred - illustrates the importance of keeping fixed costs down to a min
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Limitations of break even analysis - what are the assumptions and give an example - what are unlikely - what foes not always stay the same - what does BE only work for - what may increase
- unrealistic assumptions1 products may not be sold at the same price at different levels of output - sales are unlikely to be same as output-there may be build up of stock or wasted output - variable costs do not always stay the same - only works for one product - fixed costs could change e.g. you may need new workers etc
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What 2 things does a business need to consider before increasing price
- price elasticity (price inelastic because you do not want to lose customers) - level of competition
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An advantage of increasing your price for BE
You do not have to sell as many products/ services to BE (reduces BE output)
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What does contribution look at | -and what is it used to calculate
The profit made on each product- it is used in calculating how many items need to be sold to cover all the business’ total costs
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What is margin of safety
The difference between actual output and breakeven output
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What benefits does a cash flow forecast provide (3)
- advanced warning of cash shortages - making sure tue business can pay suppliers - spot problems with customer payments
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what is cash flow
The flow of money INTO and OUT of a business in a given time period
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What is cash flow forecasting
Estimating when cash inflows and outflows will occur and how much they will be
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Importance of cash flow management Cash position
Current and future cash position can be continually monitored
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Importance of cash flow management Cash needs
Cash needs and availability can be shown on a cash flow forecast
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Importance of cash flow management Bills
Bills must be paid by cash
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Examples of cash inflows (4)
- cash sales (revenue) - receipts from trade customers - sale of spare assets - investment of share capital
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Examples of cash outflows (4)
- payment of wages and salaries - buying equipment and supplies - interest on bank loan or overdraft - payment of dividends
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What are payables (cash flow related)
Money owed to suppliers by a business (when goods have been bought on credit)
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What are receivables
Money owed to a business by customers who have bought goods on credit
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Total inflows =
All up all cash received
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Total outflows =
All up all payments made
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Net cash flow =
Total inflow - total outflow
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Opening balance =
Amount of cash in bank at the start of the month
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For an existing business, what is the opening balance
The closing balance of the previous month
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Closing balance =
Net cash flow + opening balance
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What causes cash flow problems? - low ... - increased ... - buying ... - late... - unexpected ... - over... - capacity
- low sales - increased costs outside of the business’ control - buying machines or equipment - late payments - unexpected costs - overtrading - too much spare capacity (FC are too high e.g. if u have extra staff to look after ur extra stock)
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How can we improve cash flow - lease... - outflows - suppliers - shares - price - debt - credit - stock
- leaseback - reduce outflows - negotiate with suppliers (or alternative suppliers) - sell more shares (at expense of losing control of business) - change price - debt factoring - credit control with customers - hold less stock
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What are the 4 ways to analyse cash flow forecasts - closing and opening balance - plot trends - timings of payments and receivables - net cash flows
- look at closing balances and compare them to the opening balance figure - use monthly closing balances to plot trends- there may be short term problems due to seasonality but a recovery may be apparent - look at the timings of payments and receipts. How long do customers have to pay? How long is the credit period? - look at the net cash flows. Are you continually spending more than you are receiving?

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