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Budgeting. Budgets must be made compatible with a business’s strategic objectives. Steps to create a budget comprise…. Long-Term (5 yr.s ?). Short-Term (1 yr.?).
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Budgets must be made compatible with a business’s strategic objectives. Steps to create a budget comprise…
Long-Term (5 yr.s?) Short-Term (1 yr.?)
Budgets convert strategic plans into short-term, actionable blueprints, and are usually expressed in financial terms. Budget targets would include things like….
Inter-relationship between different budgets and business activities (in a manufacturing business)
Sometimes, things other than sales (e.g. production capacity) can be the limiting factor.
Often a Budget Committee is established to set the budgets, and a Budget Officer (often an accountant) is assigned to carry out the budgeting assignments.