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How do you forecast your operating budget?

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Question ajoutée par Fawad Hussain , Planning Analyst & Budget Controller , Al-Khafji Joint Operations (Joint venture of Aramco and Kuwait Gulf oil Co.)
Date de publication: 2014/12/17
Ahmed Abdi Mahad
par Ahmed Abdi Mahad , Director of Internal Auditing Directorate , Jigjiga University

forecasting operating budgets starts from sales  budget and followed by production budget, direct materials budget, purchase budget, cost of materials required for production, Direct labor budget and the factory overhead budget are the most necessary steps required in forecasting operating budget

     

Arup Kumar Datta
par Arup Kumar Datta , AGM-Finance,Accounts & Commercial , Verdanta Harvests Plc

Operating budget starts with Sales Budget. Sales Budget depends on sales forecast which starts with historical trend, economic and industry conditions, rising cost,policies on pricing and extending credit, the amount of advertising and marketing expenditures, number of unfilled back orders.

Sales forecast should use statistical analysis such as regression analysis and time series analysis and also market expectations and customer's need.

Waqas Athar
par Waqas Athar , Manager Accounts (SAP Business One 9.1) , Six-B Food Industries Private Limited

Operating Budgets are Forecasted Normally in two ways.

1 Through Trend analysis

2 Relation with Sales Budgets.