Busn 278 Budgeting and Forecasting Entire Course

The goal is to generate an income of $40,000 per year, starting sometime in the second year of operation, as wells as profit that is at least 2% of sales.

Customers come to this restaurant because of the good Italian food at a low price – you can get a meal for $7, including drinks. Customers also eat at Papa Geo’s due to the cleanliness of the facility, the speed of getting their seat and food, and the vending machines which keep the children busy while adults enjoy their meal.

All new employees are entitled to company benefits which include, pension, season ticket loan, gym subsidy, BUPA and PHI. Employees who wish to participate in any of these schemes, fill in a form with the relevant details which the employee must sign to authorise payroll to make the deductions from monthly pay. The majority of employees are permanent staff; there are only two on fixed term contracts. All employees employed on either a fixed or permanent contract are entitled to all the staff benefits as per The Fixed Term Employees Regulations 2002 (Thompson Solicitors, 2013). Global also has ten staff that are employed on a part time basis; these employees also have entitlement to all benefits on a pro rata basis, as per The Part - Time Workers Regulations 2000 (Compactlaw, 2013).

Customers also eat at Papa Geo’s due to the cleanliness of the facility, the speed of getting their seat and food, and the vending machines which keep the children busy while adults enjoy their meal.

Listed below are the initial cost estimates for the ingredients and labor for 1000 sandwiches delivered to the retail outlets:

Irrelevant Costs, Insurance (General Liability, Physical Damage, Workers Compensation, Health insurance), Security, Depreciation, Salaries Benefits, Bad Debt Expense, Permits, Rental Equipment, Payroll Taxes, Accounting Fees, Supplies, Computer Maintenance, Miscellaneous.

Rent, custodial services, computer leases, maintenance, depreciation, salaried staff wages, administration, sales, systems development, sales promotion, corporate services

b) HR manager/professional savings of $500,000 – The “time savings” of the HR managers and professionals cannot be considered to be an incremental cash flow. The managers will still be paid the same annual salary.

Western Health System provided the management staff with good salaries and benefits, but this was not enough to keep them motivated. The managers were looking for recognition, growth opportunities, and additional

The restaurants setting is aesthetically pleasing and uniquely from other traditional fast-food restaurants. The restaurants’ food preparation area was equipped with stoves and grills, pots and pans, cutting knives, wire whisks, walk-in refrigerator and other kitchen utensils. Besides, the company support systems and functions include distribution centers, quality assurance department, training and risk management department, accounting and finance, internal team of real estate managers, administrative and general management. All of these let the company to maintain the daily operation and run the business

The HIM department has contracted with an agency to scan paper records into the new EHR system. The budget for this project is $500,000.00 dollars to be spread over the next three years.

Tonya’s percentage in the salaries and benefits should be at 70% to 80%. If Tonya’s goal is to have a high quality program she needs to give an appropriate salary to her employees. If the program that Tonya is working for has an infant program then she would have to work with the high cost of running it. Therefore, it is an “approximately 70 percent of your operating budget will be spent on staff salaries and benefits.” The food percentage should be at a higher percentage because the cost of the food to be served for each child and teacher. “Usually, two meals and two snacks per child per day are served in full-day centers, with one snack offered in a half-day program. In any case, sufficient food should be provided so that teachers can eat

All of associates weather hourly or salary get medical and dental insurance, 401K, and profit sharing.

Prezzo restaurant is well known in Uk. It has 280 restaurants in UK (Prezzorestaurants.co.uk, 2017). They provide high quality lunch, dinner and drinks. It is in one of the famous locations. As near amazing beaches of Bournemouth and it has impressive structure (Prezzorestaurants.co.uk, 2017). They have fantastic views to attract more customers. The quality of food and service is excellent.

There are several concerns with the forecast budget for year 9. This first concern is in Advertising. Competition Bikes has annually budgeted 2% of gross profit. Due to the weakening economy and -15% reductions in year 8, the concern is not making the forecasted amount of units without increased advertising. Competition Bikes should consider increasing its cost of advertising to help with communication about the company and its product lines to drive higher sales to meet the 3510 units. The second concern is Utilities. In year 7, utilities were running $130,000 or 8.24% of gross profit. During year 7, Competition Bikes sold 4000 units. The concern with Utilities is that it isn’t decreasing to a level comparable to when Competition Bikes had its highest year of production. The third concern is with Research and Development (R&D. Research and Development is designed to allocate funds toward research for the purpose of discovering or creating new products. Year over year, Competition Bikes has only allocated 6% of gross profit toward the research and development of new product lines. To help with the previous years’ -15% in net sales, Competition Bikes should begin more R&D activities to help boost sales to meet the projected number. Another concern is the costs associated with “Other General and Admin Expenses.” The allocation of $170,000 didn’t increase from the previous year; however when Competition Bikes sold their highest volume in year 7, Other G&A expenses