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Finance Techniques

Strategic Business Units

Strategic Business Units

A strategic business unit is a separate, specialised subsystem in the company which acts as an independent company. Having SBU assists organisations to plan their strategies and make manufacturing decisions. The concept provides a review of the critical issues on an SBU benefits and success factors.

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Strategy Map

Strategy Map

The concept explains how organisations can use strategy maps as an essential tool in their strategy and planning activities. It describes how organisations have successfully used strategy maps to achieve strategic alignment and identifies the steps required to apply the concept in practice.

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Supply-side Policies

Supply-side Policies

The need to balance supply-side policies with demand-side policies is explained, alongside strengths and drawbacks of supply-side policies in relation to taxes and innovation and practical case studies illustrating supply-side policy in practice are presented.

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Theory of Constraints

Theory of Constraints

Theory of constraints is an essential concept in operations management to remove bottlenecks in the throughput chain. The concept explains best practice implementation and the critical factors for success.

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Value Chain Management

Value Chain Management

The value chain management concept will help project leaders and its sponsors to develop long-lasting trusting relationships with suppliers. The concept reviews the main capabilities and pitfalls of the approach and highlights the main implementation steps.

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Variance Analysis

Variance Analysis

The concept describes the essential activity of variance analysis for budgetary control. It explains the key strengths of variance analysis, as well as some limitations and offers practical implementation guidance and measures for success.

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Zero-based Budgeting

Zero-based Budgeting

Zero-based budgeting is a fundamental technique in finance and accounting. The concept explains the advantages and drawbacks of zero-based budgeting and provides a useful set of steps to guide leaders and managers in implementing the technique successfully.

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